Ideas for T-shirts?
April 12, 2005 12:23 PM Subscribe
Some friends and I are going to a classic arcade themed party (8-bit) and need ideas for custom T-shirt sayings...
A bunch of us are getting T-shirts made up based on the classic arcade theme; Pong, Pac Man, Space Invaders, etc. and need ideas on what to get, "1-Up", "Free Credit", "Insert Coin", etc. Any and all ideas welcome!
A bunch of us are getting T-shirts made up based on the classic arcade theme; Pong, Pac Man, Space Invaders, etc. and need ideas on what to get, "1-Up", "Free Credit", "Insert Coin", etc. Any and all ideas welcome!
Well if you don't mind copying ones already being sold, you can use 'Wizard needs food', 'A winner is you!' and 'Our princess is in another castle'.
posted by Vaska at 12:30 PM on April 12, 2005
posted by Vaska at 12:30 PM on April 12, 2005
NICE 2P!
(picture of Calvin peeing on a bubble bobble dinosaur)
posted by shepd at 12:32 PM on April 12, 2005
(picture of Calvin peeing on a bubble bobble dinosaur)
posted by shepd at 12:32 PM on April 12, 2005
[front] Another visitor. Stay awhile.
[back] Stay forever!
posted by Wolfdog at 12:35 PM on April 12, 2005
[back] Stay forever!
posted by Wolfdog at 12:35 PM on April 12, 2005
up, up, down, down, left, righ, left, right, b, a, select, start
posted by slapshot57 at 12:42 PM on April 12, 2005
posted by slapshot57 at 12:42 PM on April 12, 2005
Black shirt.
Front is a big WHITE square.
Back has nothing.
You're a NES emulator -- stand still, turn quickly, stand still, turn quickly...
posted by effugas at 12:42 PM on April 12, 2005
Front is a big WHITE square.
Back has nothing.
You're a NES emulator -- stand still, turn quickly, stand still, turn quickly...
posted by effugas at 12:42 PM on April 12, 2005
Response by poster: Great ideas! Keem 'em coming!
Up, Up, Down, Down, is already taken, by me! Not sure how many will get it though.
effugas - I maybe dense here but huh?
"Our princess..." is great!
posted by Cosine at 12:45 PM on April 12, 2005
Up, Up, Down, Down, is already taken, by me! Not sure how many will get it though.
effugas - I maybe dense here but huh?
"Our princess..." is great!
posted by Cosine at 12:45 PM on April 12, 2005
"Created by Warren Robinett"
"Avoid missing ball for high score."
posted by Otis at 12:57 PM on April 12, 2005
"Avoid missing ball for high score."
posted by Otis at 12:57 PM on April 12, 2005
Whoa, this is local to me at the moment?! Rad.
I was going to suggest "You Spoony Bard" but I guess that's sort of SNES era.
Megaman looking up for new toys in Megaman2 might be a cool image.
Skate Or Die could work.
To go technical -- 6502 CPU (or the pin view). Or Superchip!
If you don't get how a black and white flashing square is evocative of a NES, you didn't own one.
posted by effugas at 1:07 PM on April 12, 2005
I was going to suggest "You Spoony Bard" but I guess that's sort of SNES era.
Megaman looking up for new toys in Megaman2 might be a cool image.
Skate Or Die could work.
To go technical -- 6502 CPU (or the pin view). Or Superchip!
If you don't get how a black and white flashing square is evocative of a NES, you didn't own one.
posted by effugas at 1:07 PM on April 12, 2005
Response by poster: AH! AH! I DO get it now, very nice. Really funny actually.
Wasn't 2600 a 6507? Yeah, i thought of that too.
These are really great.
Also "High Scorer"
posted by Cosine at 1:09 PM on April 12, 2005
Wasn't 2600 a 6507? Yeah, i thought of that too.
These are really great.
Also "High Scorer"
posted by Cosine at 1:09 PM on April 12, 2005
"How high can you get?"
"Ohhhh noooooo!"
A big picture of Evil Otto would be good.
How many friends? If there are four of you you could name yourselved Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde.
posted by bondcliff at 1:11 PM on April 12, 2005
"Ohhhh noooooo!"
A big picture of Evil Otto would be good.
How many friends? If there are four of you you could name yourselved Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde.
posted by bondcliff at 1:11 PM on April 12, 2005
bond, that owns. Especially if you hand out Ms. Pac Man stickers.
posted by effugas at 1:25 PM on April 12, 2005
posted by effugas at 1:25 PM on April 12, 2005
Response by poster: Yeah, the Ghost idea was already a front runner, don't forget Sue and Tim too!
posted by Cosine at 1:27 PM on April 12, 2005
posted by Cosine at 1:27 PM on April 12, 2005
I saw a dude the other day wearing a T-shirt with a picture of an NES on the front and the phrase "Classically Trained" written on it. I thought that was pretty awesome.
posted by ludwig_van at 1:45 PM on April 12, 2005
posted by ludwig_van at 1:45 PM on April 12, 2005
Coin detected in pocket
For real ghost cred, go with Shadow, Speedy, Bashful, and Pokey.
Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde were just their nicknames.
posted by Aknaton at 2:07 PM on April 12, 2005
For real ghost cred, go with Shadow, Speedy, Bashful, and Pokey.
Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde were just their nicknames.
posted by Aknaton at 2:07 PM on April 12, 2005
Response by poster: Micky, Mucky, Macky, Mocky... or whatever their alternate japanese names were! HA!
posted by Cosine at 2:09 PM on April 12, 2005
posted by Cosine at 2:09 PM on April 12, 2005
If you don't get how a black and white flashing square is evocative of a NES, you didn't own one.
i owned one, but i guess i'm still not getting it. lay it on me.
posted by jimmy at 3:13 PM on April 12, 2005
i owned one, but i guess i'm still not getting it. lay it on me.
posted by jimmy at 3:13 PM on April 12, 2005
Response by poster: jimmy - guess your house was cleaner than average, if you had dust on your cart you would just get a flashing black/white screen.
posted by Cosine at 3:34 PM on April 12, 2005
posted by Cosine at 3:34 PM on April 12, 2005
A phrase burned forever into my memory:
2 WARPS TO NEPTUNE
RPG instead of arcade, but certainly T-shirt worthy:
TCELES B HSUP (I'm pretty sure that's right.)
How much is a custom T-shirt? I'd wear either one of these. With a coat and tie. To any and all formal events. Including state dinners and the funerals of venerated religious figures.
posted by crake at 3:39 PM on April 12, 2005
2 WARPS TO NEPTUNE
RPG instead of arcade, but certainly T-shirt worthy:
TCELES B HSUP (I'm pretty sure that's right.)
How much is a custom T-shirt? I'd wear either one of these. With a coat and tie. To any and all formal events. Including state dinners and the funerals of venerated religious figures.
posted by crake at 3:39 PM on April 12, 2005
"I am Error"
"Dodongo dislikes smoke"
"I'm getting sleepy - I feel asleep!"
"Let's play money making game"
"Get the heck out of here, you nerd"
"Bag big points for Rad moves"
"sorry, but you are finished here"
"The other Metroid"
Name the games for added nerd cred.
posted by Four Flavors at 4:17 PM on April 12, 2005
"Dodongo dislikes smoke"
"I'm getting sleepy - I feel asleep!"
"Let's play money making game"
"Get the heck out of here, you nerd"
"Bag big points for Rad moves"
"sorry, but you are finished here"
"The other Metroid"
Name the games for added nerd cred.
posted by Four Flavors at 4:17 PM on April 12, 2005
"Grumble Grumble..."
"Get equipped with Bubble Lead" (or any of the Mega Man 2 weapons)
"What a horrible night to have a curse..."
"Let us make a journey to the cave of monsters!"
posted by Servo5678 at 4:40 PM on April 12, 2005
"Get equipped with Bubble Lead" (or any of the Mega Man 2 weapons)
"What a horrible night to have a curse..."
"Let us make a journey to the cave of monsters!"
posted by Servo5678 at 4:40 PM on April 12, 2005
there is the famous metroid code:
J U S T I N B A I L E Y
- - - - - - - - - - - -
or how about the classic introduction from bad dudes"
"THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED BY NINJAS. ARE YOU A BAD ENOUGH DUDE TO RESCUE THE PRESIDENT?"
posted by hendrixson at 5:39 PM on April 12, 2005
J U S T I N B A I L E Y
- - - - - - - - - - - -
or how about the classic introduction from bad dudes"
"THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED BY NINJAS. ARE YOU A BAD ENOUGH DUDE TO RESCUE THE PRESIDENT?"
posted by hendrixson at 5:39 PM on April 12, 2005
A big toggle switch labeled "amateur" at the bottom and "Advanced" up top
posted by Mick at 5:41 PM on April 12, 2005
posted by Mick at 5:41 PM on April 12, 2005
i owned one, but i guess i'm still not getting it. lay it on me.
You didn't own a NES for *long*, did you?
(Any NES older than a year or two would flash black and white instead of actually playing a game, about one out of ten tries. Thus, the fantastic BLOW ME tshirt, which I must have. Though the Power Glove reference is also fantastic.)
posted by effugas at 11:43 PM on April 12, 2005
See also, gameskins. A couple of ideas mentioned above are already in production.
(I'm not connected with these guys in any way, but I do like their designs).
posted by grahamspankee at 4:58 AM on April 13, 2005
(I'm not connected with these guys in any way, but I do like their designs).
posted by grahamspankee at 4:58 AM on April 13, 2005
Winners Don't Use Drugs
-- William Sessions, FBI Director
BEWARE - I LIVE
INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!
How far can you invade our Scramble system?
posted by PlusDistance at 7:08 AM on April 13, 2005
-- William Sessions, FBI Director
BEWARE - I LIVE
INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!
How far can you invade our Scramble system?
posted by PlusDistance at 7:08 AM on April 13, 2005
SYS64738
Warrior is about to die
HEAVY BARREL!
Jab! Jab! Body blow! Body blow!
I HUNGER!
posted by papercake at 7:27 AM on April 13, 2005
Warrior is about to die
HEAVY BARREL!
Jab! Jab! Body blow! Body blow!
I HUNGER!
posted by papercake at 7:27 AM on April 13, 2005
I've been looking for good test pattern designs on t-shirts, but they seem to reveal too many flaws in the printer's process, nobody wants to put them on shirts. ;)
If you have resources to do text, you can probably manage simple shapes too. Try a Tetris block or two?
Lots of inspiration from text games like Adventure and the Infocom games.
I'm a C64 kid myself, so try sky-blue text on a navy shirt:
LOAD "*",8,1
Or, simply:
READY.
Next time my license plate comes up for renewal, I'm going to try for IDKFA. ;)
posted by Myself at 8:41 PM on April 14, 2005
If you have resources to do text, you can probably manage simple shapes too. Try a Tetris block or two?
Lots of inspiration from text games like Adventure and the Infocom games.
I'm a C64 kid myself, so try sky-blue text on a navy shirt:
LOAD "*",8,1
Or, simply:
READY.
Next time my license plate comes up for renewal, I'm going to try for IDKFA. ;)
posted by Myself at 8:41 PM on April 14, 2005
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