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Vintage Video Game Consoles and Décor | Koontz Hardware

  • By Admin
  • 03 Mar, 2022

Vintage video games not only offer a fun look into the past, but they provide some cool art pieces, colors, and characters for your home’s décor. The art and style of vintage video games can transform a child's bedroom into a fun place. Not only can you create custom décor pieces and designs, but some of the pieces can feature interactive elements that implement actual gaming.

As you plan out the décor for a child's room, check out some of these unique ideas and then use those ideas for your creations.

1. Video Game Collage

One of the more simple decor options is a video game collage. Dedicate a whole wall to video game designs. Plan out your collage idea using video game images. For example, the whole base of a wall can feature a level layout. You could also create a collage of popular video game characters.

Purchase paint supplies like tape, brushes, and edgers to help make the design look clean and uniform. Use a pencil to draw out the outlines of the collage before you do any painting. Along with the painted elements, consider officially licensed wall decals to add on top of the paint design.

Through various websites, you can find official color schemes from your favorite video game series. When you find the official colors, it will be easier to find an exact paint tone to match and make the walls look accurate. For example, the Super Mario series includes a blue tone of "001FC." When you use this blue, it will look like it comes straight from the game art.

2. Clock Cartridge Clocks

Handheld video game systems like the Game Boy and Sega Saturn relied on old cartridges to operate. With some crafty hardware tools and supplies, you can purchase a clock kit and create a custom game cartridge clock. Instead of numbers around the clock, you could feature 12 game cartridges.

Some hot glue will hold the cartridges in place on a painted wooden circle. Some hardware stores may sell clock bases or you can drill a hole to insert the clock hands and battery-powered kit into. You can choose 12 games that you or your child is a fan of, or do some extra searching to find games with numbers based on the title.

For example, you could purchase "Super Mario Land 2" and place the cartridge in the "2" section of the clock. A game like "Mega Man V" would go great in the "5" section of the clock. Spray-on glaze will help protect the cartridge labels from wear through the years.

3. Old School Console Kiosk

Add an interactive decoration to the room with the construction of your own vintage console kiosk. Retail stores, video rental stores, and restaurants used to showcase gaming systems with a kiosk that showcased the games and has stands for the controllers. At a hardware store, you can find tools and supplies to create your own kiosk stand.

The stand should have a mount for a television or a base to hold an older TV. Additional shelves can hold the consoles and games. Hardware stores also give you access to all kinds of video cables. You may need some outdated cables to connect older consoles to a television.

When a person is not playing the kiosk, you can run the main screen of the game, which often shows a simulation of levels. The animation, graphics, and music add a nice visual element to the room that is similar to a digital picture frame but with a main focus on video games.

Look at images of former kiosks to get a good idea of how the design elements worked and different color schemes to add to the display.

Find all of your hardware needs with us at Koontz Hardware. We can help you find specific tools and hardware to help transform a child's room into a video game oasis.

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