As an alternative to the yummy Nintendo DS Chocolate Case that we wrote about this summer, here’s a fun and geeky model for all the LEGO Star Wars fans out there.

Features:

• Protective carrying case for Nintendo DS Lite has two buildable LEGO surfaces for extra fun
• LEGO surfaces work with any LEGO blocks
• Play-Thru design: play games while the system is protected in the case
• Official Star Wars item licensed by Nintendo, LEGO and Lucasfilm Ltd.

The LEGO Star Wars Armor Case for Nintendo DS Lite ships November 2009 and can now be pre-ordered from the official Star Wars Shop for $14.99.

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After a long and hard gaming session, you can now get a much needed massage using this electric vibrating pillow, inspired by the famous life-giving Super Mario 1-Up mushroom.

Product Description

• It can be used for public security in airports, railway stations, docks, prisons, customs and frontier defense as well as quality control of medicine, food and other commodities.
• With very low power consumption, this detector can work for over 40 hours continuously
• Beep sound, LED indicator or vibration when metal detected
• Control: circulation switch (ON, OFF, a sound of light or mode of vibration)
• Operating Frequency: 20KHz
• Adjustable sensitivity
• Operating power: 9V DC Battery (not included)
• Low battery alarm

The Mario Mushroom Vibrating Massage Pillow is yours for $11.99 from DealExtreme.

Modder DHRECK has just finished his first Nintedno Wii controller modifications, an original Wiimote and Nunchuk made with three kinds of 100% natural hemp string.

In stark contrast with the original Wii-mote set, what was once sleek, cold, white and hard plastic has now become a slightly fuzzy, natural, warm and textured concoction. No more bland, branded and boring but mottled, flawfull, rough and a tad sweat absorbing.

The Hemp-Mote is absolutely playable, all buttons, accelerometers and the infrared camera accounted for. Unfortunately its exterior is also quite fragile and prone to degeneration, being in the raw state that it is.

Head over to dhreck.com for more photos and info about the Hemp-Mote.

The knitted Etre Touchy gloves will provide you with a practical way to keep your hands warm while using touchscreen gadgets, portable games and other electronic devices.

Etre Touchy gloves give you the best of both worlds: They give you the warmth and dryness of a normal pair of gloves combined with the touch-screen / electronic device compatibility of fingerless gloves. That’s because they are “part normal pair of gloves, part fingerless pair of gloves!” That is, they cover your middle, ring and little fingers completely, keeping your hands nice cosy, clean and damp-free; while exposing only the tips of your thumbs and index fingers, allowing you to touch, tap, stroke, slide and pinch your device’s display in any which way you choose!

You can get a pair of Etre Touchy gloves from the official website for £14.99 ($24).

Fans of modern retro gadgets like the Telephone USB Hub and the iPod Speaker Dock Lamp can now “enjoy” waking up to the sound of classic game show themes with this alarm clock designed like an old TV.

It displays color changing text patterns that would easily get annoying while trying to sleep. Luckily it includes a remote for turning off the display among other things.

Features

• The clock has a TV test signal background like years of yonder, and it plays game show jingles
• Made of durable plastic materials
• LCD displays hour and minute, 12 hour format
• Month and date display button
• 4 different alarms
• Three function buttons: Mood light ON/OFF button, Mode Button, Set Button
• Remote control mood light ON/OFF up to 2 meter
• Colorful flash mood light
• A handle on the top for easy to carry
• Powered by 3 x AAA batteries or 4.5V DC adaptor (both not included).

The Retro TV Game Show Alarm Clock with Remote Control ($19.99) from SourcingMap is powered using 3 x AAA batteries or a 4.5V DC adaptor (not included in the price).

(Via Coolest Gadgets, CraziestGadgets and GadgetsAlerts)

The guys over at Supermandolini, a graphic designers duo from Thessaloniki, Greece, have created a line of badges made from old school arcade gaming machine buttons.

Ten high quality limited edition hand pressed badges featuring a mix of arcade buttons for showing off your oldschool combos.

Product Specifications:

• 2.5 cm badges
• Set of 10
• Handmade
• Limited edition
• Comes in plastic envelope

The Arcade Badges are available from supermandolini.com for €16 (about $20 USD).

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Here’s a useful alternative to the Mario Collectable Vinyl Figures. Instead of just letting him stand there, you can now use the Nintendo game character to hold your DS.

Would you like mushrooms with that? Too bad, because Mario traded in his mushroom to carry your Nintendo DS! This delightfully entertaining, 12-inch tall Nintendo DS holder showcases the iconic Mario at his bright and colorful best.

The Super Mario Brothers Mario Vinyl Nintendo DS Holder Figure is available from the Past Generation Toys website for $34.95.

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After having read about the USB Retro Arcade Controller featured here at GeekAlerts last week, Curt emailed us a tips about this cool Atari 2600 USB joystick.

The controller is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux and works with almost any Emulator (MAME Stella, etc.) and almost any game that can map and use a standard gamepad as a controller.

The Classic USB Joystick Controller is available for $14.99 (with discounts if you order more than one) from the Legacy Engineering Group website.

Thank you Curt!

The London-based Arcade Memories company has released the Optime Strategies Table, a cool alternative to the Arcade Gaming Table we saw earlier this year.

The Optime Strategies Table is a totally authentic reproduction of the original tabletop arcade games that were present in every self-respecting pub and club in the 1980s. Officially known as ‘cocktail’ cabinets, the games achieved cult status with classic titles like ‘Space Invaders’, ‘Donkey Kong’ and ‘Track & Field’, played face to face across the table rather than upright in the usual arcade style.

In conjunction with its dedicated wireless keyboard and mouse plus built in top quality speakers you can run your office, or leave it to play your collection of MP3 songs as a virtual jukebox in the corner of the room. Surf the Internet, catch up on your email or go head-to-head with your friends in your latest game – all from most stylish retro games console in the business!

The Optime Strategies Table from Arcade Memories, including two stools and delivery, is available to order at £2,995 (about $5,190 USD).

(Via Born Rich)

This USB-powered gamepad is capable of playing MAME arcade games and it also features an extra port, so that you can plug in your good ol’ Atari 2600 joystick.

Now you can have a joystick for your more modern emulated games, as well as a port so you can play those old Atari games properly.

Features

• USB Joystick, OS X and Windows compatible
• Works with most software emulation packages
• Added DB-9 port for Atari joystick capability!

The USB Retro Arcade Controller is yours for $39.99 over at the ThinkGeek website.

The Taiwanese electronics company SilverStone Technology has announced a new product called Raven. It’s a black gaming mouse made of plastic and carbon fiber.

The USB-powered mouse has a a total of 11 programmable buttons. The big one located at the side allows you to adjust the sensitivity from 400 up to 3200 DPI.

Visit the SilverStone Technology website for more info about the Raven mouse.

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The “Wii Samba DE Hammer” accessory for the Nintendo Wii video game console allows you to transform the Wiimote and Nunchuk controllers into a pair of maracas.

Features:

• Ideal for playing the Samba De Amigo game
• Beautiful appearance design
• Easy to operate

The Wii Samba DE Hammer is available from the Video Game Brando website for $15.

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The American NZXT company, a manufacturer of gaming accessories, has released a new product called Avatar – a 2600dpi mouse designed to “provide gamers with the ultimate crafted gaming armor to emerge victorious in the gaming arena of choice”.

Featuring a ambidextrous and smaller form, the Avatar mouse is versatile and ideal for gamers. A hardware implemented DPI switching allows compatibility with any game, and the Avatar interface allows for all types of customization including macros and 9 customizable buttons. Extruded Teflon mouse feet also allows for better accuracy and smoothness during gameplay.

Head over to the NZXT website for more information about the Avatar mouse.

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Here’s a handy USB computer accessory that is easy to bring along during travel, when you want to be able to play your games using a gamepad.

Features:

• Mini size game controller
• Includes mini detachable steering wheel
• Ideal for travelling
• Easy storage
• Support Window Vista/XP/2000
• Dimension: 101 x 65 x 34mm (approx.)
• Weight: 89g

The USB M.A.D. Game Pad can be pre-ordered from the USB Brando website. The product will ship in mid of August and the price is set to $20.

The 30th Anniversary of the classic arcade video game Space Invaders is in full swing with new products being announced almost every week. Last week we saw these keychains, and soon gamers will be able to lay their hands on a pair of Space Invaders inspired headphones.

The latest product in Taito’s ongoing Space Invaders 30th Anniversary celebration is headphones. Two styles are on offer – black headphones with a single white-pixel Invader design or pink headphones decorated with multiple black invaders.

The Space Invaders Headphones can be pre-ordered from the NCSX shop. They will ship in mid-late October 2008 and the price is set to $19.90 each.

These cool looking Space Invaders keychains from the Japanese video game developer Taito are made of crystal clear acrylic, each one with a colorful pixel invader captured inside.

The Space Invaders Keychain Set contains three keychains; a blue, a yellow and a red one. The product is available from NCSX for $8.50.

You might remember this Web Camera with Interactive Games from earlier this year. Aneo, the company behind the product, has now released a new version of this computer accessory.

ANEO ANWC0804 is a new gaming experience for you to stretch and relax while you are working under stressful and heavy workload. It is a web camera with three PC video interactive games: Kungfu, Super Knight, and Funny Stair.

ANEO ANWC0804 puts YOU into the theme and in real-time puts your moves on the screen while you are in front of the PC.

Features:

• Resolution: 1.3 Megapixel
• Interface: USB1.1/2.0
• Frame Rate: 320 x 240 up 30 frame/sec (CIF)
• Frame Rate: 640 x 480 up 15 frame/sec (VGA)
• Automatic white balance
• Automatic colour compensated
• Dynamic image E-mail
• Manual Focus
• Special Effect (optional)
• Built-in microphone (optional)
• Support Window 2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS 10.4
• **PC Video interactive games support Window Only
• 3 different interactive games
• Dimension: 90 x 44 x 40mm (approx.)
• Weight: 54g

The ANEO ANWC0804 Web Camera ($33) is available from USB Brando.

This 12-button, high performance, USB 2.0 compatible gamepad allows you to add a little touch of Playstation when playing games on your computer.

Features:

• USB interface plug and play
• Fully compatible with USB 2.0
• Analogue and Digital Controls
• Vibration function
• Dual analoue sticks
• Four axis 12 buttons
• Compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2000, ME, 98

The USB Dual Shock Joypad ($12) is available from USB Geek.

Craftster member fluffypants from Ontario, Canada has put together this fun and cool looking lamp using a Nintendo zapper and a Duck Hunt cartridge.

A regular cartridge was too small a base, so I measured one and made a 1.5 scale replica out of cardboard, and screwed the gun to it. I weighted it with stones, and then tackled the shade.

I picked up a $2 shade at the re-store, a pack of fun foam, and voila! After hours and hours of cutting pixellated shapes, I was done! A little dab of glue to secure the shade, and… ta dah!

View more photos of the Duck Hunt NES Zapper Lamp at craftster.org.

(Nintendo Wii Fanboy via CrunchGear)

This little desktop gadget companion flashes on and off and plays the Super Mario Brothers music with a simple push of a button on the back and the star.

Features

• Push a button on the back and the star pulses on-and-off and plays the invincibility song from Super Mario
• Included stand
• Mounting hole on back for wall mounting
• Imported from Japan
• Officially Licensed Nintendo Product
• Requires 2 AAA Batteries. Not Included
• Stands 5.75 inches high

The Super Mario Singing Glow Star ($17.99) is available from ThinkGeek.