Need to carry your money in something a little more retro-chic and a little less skin-from-dead-bovines? Then NilesZ's Atari wallets might be for you.
If you can't tell from the picture above, Niles makes wallets out of old, gutted Atari cartridges. Apparently, it's taken him five years to perfect the process and he uses every component except the screws. It takes Niles about two hours to hand-make one wallet. Niles uses Atari carts because they're about the right size and because the labels are sturdier than most -- if you're rough on your Atari wallet, the lable will start to fade in six months. According to the testimonials on his blog, they're comfortable to boot.
Head over to Niles' Etsy store -- your friendly neighborhood purveyor off all things crafty -- to make a purchase. Each wallet costs $60, and you can choose from Pac-Man, Defender, Maze Craze, Haunted House, Pitfall, a number of sports games, and (my personal favorite for delicious irony) E.T.
Hit the jump for a short demonstration of Niles' Atari wallet in action.
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If only those douches didn't bury thousands of ET carts in that fateful landfill, we'd have more wallets!
Seriously I can't think of a better way to dishonor the worst game of all time than to restructure it into a wallet (don't fall into any pits while wearing wallet: it will weigh you down, and render you unable to escape).
60 bucks? I don't think I've ever spent more than 15 bucks on something to carry my cash. I always wait until the thing wont hold any more receipts, and explodes in my back pocket. Until that day, I'll make my OWN cartridge wallet out of Superman 64 Carts. :-)
$60 no way, i can use one of the spare carts i have lying around the house to make my own, and save my self some money. but if i am going to take that route, i can think of a few more things i can do with that >>grins evilly<<
chill out everyone, nobodies forcing you to buy a wallet for sixty bucks. Although I'd consider it if I wasn't already sporting my NES controller wallet....
Check the Etsy store again, the wallets cost up to $80! The guy is insane. I'll figure out how to make these wallets and sell the damn things for $20 because I know guy who sells Atari games for $3 a pop.
I was this close to buying one of the 35$ ones when I had a thought, can you sit on these things?
Seriously, I don't want to drop 40$ on a wallet only to find out that it's too damn fragile to put in my back pocket and actually SIT on it.
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6:30 PM on 06.13.2009
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Seriously I can't think of a better way to dishonor the worst game of all time than to restructure it into a wallet (don't fall into any pits while wearing wallet: it will weigh you down, and render you unable to escape).
besides, everyone knows the sega genesis games are the most secure.
I want one of those!
Cool idea! =)
But 60 bucks? That's just a tad bit too pricey.
it makes me mad games are $60 w/o knowing that people are trying to make major bank targeting our entertainment, but this makes me furious.
Seriously, I don't want to drop 40$ on a wallet only to find out that it's too damn fragile to put in my back pocket and actually SIT on it.
Also, Faith, they're not 80$.