<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2812b065-ff1e-431c-9646-e433220c61b5/E982105F-33A3-4569-A4D3-A5E597B8FAB5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/geekend/?p=745" href="http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/geekend/?p=745" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.techrepublic.com.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/geekend/?p=745"><P>Okay, old-school gamers, now’s the time to prove your 8-bit mettle and prove once and for all that the golden age of console gaming began and ended with the likes of the Commodore 64 and the Atari 2600. I present you with the <A href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/9617/?cpg=54H" target="_blank"><STRONG>Hydra Console Game Developer Kit</STRONG></A>, which ThinkGeek describes thusly:<A id="more-745"></A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/geekend/?p=745"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.techrepublic.com.com/img/0FBD4A33-4C83-431F-9D14-A76C62ACAC08" alt="hydra_dev_kit.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/geekend/?p=745">“For beginner to intermediate coders, you need only a minimum of programming experience in any BASIC or C-like language. You get all of the hardware and software you need including the Hydra console, comprehensive programming guide, keyboard, mouse, gamepad, and your own cartridge to store your games on. Included on the CD is all the source code and executables for all the included games, demos, tools, and examples.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E982105F-33A3-4569-A4D3-A5E597B8FAB5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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