Promotional
Shirts
Cyber
Troopers VirtualOn shirt (front)
Cyber
Troopers VirtualOn shirt (front, close)
Cyber
Troopers VirtualOn shirt (back)
MANX
TT SuperBike shirt (front)
MANX
TT SuperBike shirt (back)
PlayStation
logo shirt (front)
PlayStation
logo shirt (back)
P.N.03
Vanessa Schneider shirt (front)
P.N.03
Vanessa Schneider shirt (back)
P.N.03
Vanessa Schneider shirt (back, close)
Ridge
Racer Type 4 shirt with Reiko Nagase
Ridge
Racer Type 4 shirt with Reiko Nagase (close)
Sonic
the Hedgehog "Turn Me On" shirt
XBox
LIVE Beta Tester 2002 shirt (front)
XBox
LIVE Beta Tester 2002 shirt (front, close)
XBox
LIVE Beta Tester 2002 shirt (back)
XBox
LIVE Beta Tester 2002 shirt (back, close)
Retail Shirts
1942
marquee shirt
1942
marquee shirt (close)
"All
I Know I Learned From Video Games" shirt
"All
I Know I Learned From Video Games" shirt (close)
Donkey
Kong "Bad Monkey" shirt
Donkey
Kong "Bad Monkey" shirt (close)
"Don't
Make Me Go Zelda On You" shirt
"Don't
Make Me Go Zelda On You" shirt (close)
Duck
Hunt NES blackbox cart shirt
Duck
Hunt NES blackbox cart shirt (close)
Galaxian
jersey shirt
Galaxian
jersey shirt (close)
Mario
and Luigi (SMB 2 era) running from a Bob-omb shirt
Mario
and Luigi (SMB 2 era) running from a Bob-omb shirt (close)
Metroid
NES cart shirt
Metroid
NES cart shirt (close)
"Tetris
Is For Commies" shirt
"You
Know You Are In The Mushroom Kingdom When..." shirt
"You
Know You Are In The Mushroom Kingdom When..." shirt (close)
Various video game / video game themed T-shirts I own. "Promotional Shirts" are game shirts usually given out at trade shows or during special events, they are not sold to the general public. "Retail Shirts" are game themed shirts that are sold in national chains and specialty stores. My advice concerning video game T-shirts, especially old ones: if there's a shirt you really like then try to get two! They'll wear out soon enough usually since video game shirts are made to a low standard, so if you wear your favorite game shirt a lot, try to find yourself a replacement before they become scarce. This is especially true of promotional shirts but commercially sold retail shirts are made to low standards as well. The Cyber Troopers VirtualOn shirt is the only one I've seen of this particular graphic, the speech bubble says "Pardon me... do you have any grey poupon?" The Sonic the Hedgehog "Turn Me On" shirt seems to be from around the release of Sonic 2 but I've yet to be able to confirm this.
Rarely do I wear the promotional
shirts, really I only wear them during special occasions (that's odd, I
know) and I only wear the retail shirts when I know what I'm doing for
the day. In other words I do wear my game shirts but I am protective
of them. Remember washing these shirts is where most of the damage
will occur, which is again, one of the reasons I don't wear the promotional
shirts much at all. This should also explain the fold wrinkles on
many of the promotional shirts, most of the time they're packed away.
PRO-Keds Arcade
Series Sneakers
Alien
Arcade II (box)
Alien
Arcade II (pair)
Alien
Arcade II (left)
Alien
Arcade II (back)
Alien
Arcade II (right)
Alien
Arcade II (front)
Alien
Arcade II (top)
Alien
Arcade II (pair from front)
Alien
Arcade II (sole)
Alien
Arcade II (enemy detail)
Alien
Arcade II (marquee detail)
Alien
Arcade II (tongue)
Alien
Arcade II (pair - green laces)
Following the retrogaming
trend, the PRO-Keds sneaker line introduced some classic video game inspired
designs across a few of their shoe styles. Alien Arcade II is a style
based on the classic coin-op Galaga with the alien enemies against back,
green, and purple. The entire sneaker seems to bleed the art design
of Galaga as they are themed throughout. Both yellow-orange and green
laces are included, the green ones are the laces I primarily use.
Styles based on Centipede, Pac-Man, Asteroids and more were released as
well. Unfortunately these have all been hard to find since they were
first released, the Alien Arcade II design above being the most difficult
to obtain. It's a shame really since the sneakers are wonderfully
designed and extremely comfortable. Of course these unique pieces
of gaming apparel aren't cheap but the over all build quality and style
make these a must own for anyone that grew up during the classic arcade
era.
