The sweet spot for home turntable enthusiasts on a budget seems to be the $200 mark. This might be the best of the bunch.

One can only imagine the sake-fueled club hopping that led to the development of the Seiko Frequency drum machine watch.

New LCD Tabletop Game Series

Centipede lcdThe popularity of arcade games such as Asteroids and Centipede led to the release of miniature tabletop versions with tiny LCD displays. I owned a tiny version of Pac-Man called Mini Munchman in the early 1980s, and it was nothing like the real thing. They sold quite well for a short time, even though the look and game play was a mere shadow of the their arcade siblings.

It looks like the LCD arcade craze has returned. The Source by Circuit City in Canada recently added a series of four "Retro Classic" tabletop games to their toy lineup. They include Asteroids, Pac-Man, Centipede and Breakout. They're priced at CAD$14.99 (about $13 each)

Retro Classic tabletop LCD games (The Source)

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