The best early Black Friday retro tech deals — retro-inspired tech for your modern PC setup
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The Early Black Friday deals are in full swing, despite it not being Black Friday until November 28. We're constantly scouring e-tailers to find the best deals available, selecting them based on our in-depth knowledge gained from years of gaming and hoarding old tech. We'll be keeping an eye on the deals as we dig for more nuggets of nostalgia.
Retro gaming consoles, handhelds, and even replica arcade cabinets are on sale this early Black Friday. Relive the glory years where your high score reigned supreme, and you could get a meal for $5 and still have change for the arcades!
Do you prefer gaming on your PC? Then we have retro-inspired gaming peripherals and keyboards, as well as mice for you. We also cover retro and nostalgic décor for your gaming setup, including a rather fabulous Lego Game Boy and some genuinely "floppy" disks.
So if you want to beat the Black Friday rush this year and spend your money early, then these are all the retailers and vendors that are hosting their official Black Friday sales right now.
- All Amazon Holiday Deals
- Mini Street Fighter 2 arcade cabinet for $59!
- The Xbox Duke controller, but smaller!
- 'IBM' inspired mechanical keyboard.
Early Black Friday Retro Tech Sales
Consoles and Handhelds
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This bright yellow Atari 2600+ brings back memories of playing Pac-Man with my family at Christmas. Compatible with Atari 2600 and 7800 from back in the day and modern cartridges, this console comes with a double-feature cartridge that contains a new arcade-style version of Pac-Man and the original 2600 version. You also get one wireless Atari game controller. Additional controllers can be purchased in the colors of Pac-Man ghosts..
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Put M Bison, Vega, Ryu, and Chun-Li in your pocket and battle the world warriors as you commute to work!
<p>This handheld console comes with two versions of the popular brawler, Street Fighter II - Special Champion Edition and Super Street Fighter II. Super brings more fighters to the mix, offering new moves and strategies to bring down your opponents. This handheld unit features a 2.75-inch screen and a comfortable grip, so your dragon punch or yoga flame destroys your enemies.
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With over 100 classic games in your pocket, your commute just became bearable.
<p>An officially licensed console, the Pocket Player Pro has classics such as Pong, Yars Revenge, Missile Command, and Breakout. You'll be swept away with classic gaming in the palm of your hand, with a high-resolution 2.75-inch screen and a headphone jack, which means you get all the glorious sounds of the golden age of gaming.
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Got a Raspberry Pi Zero, Zero W, or Zero 2W? Then this case has everything that you need to emulate your legally owned games, and it looks like a Nintendo Game Boy.
<p>Your Raspberry Pi Zero of choice is contained inside the game cartridge, making access a breeze. Load up your favorite game emulator suite, and you'll have plenty of fun on your commute.<p>The chassis is to scale with the famous handheld, and the large 3-inch 640x480 IPS display is great for retro gaming, which often ran on 4:3 screens. The buttons and controls are close to the Game Boy, with additional face buttons and shoulder buttons on the rear. Powering everything is a 2800mAh Li-ion battery, rechargeable while inside the unit.<p>A ton of fun from a great gaming era. I bought mine a few years ago, and it has always proved fun.Arcade Cabinets
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Whenever I go to an arcade, I seek out Tempest. This classic "tube shooter" game sees you destroying enemies in a vector-based world. This table-top cabinet features the "spinner" controller, which sends your player around the tube to defeat the aliens. The 8-inch LCD screen gives you plenty of screen to see the action, without dominating your living room.
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Zangief, Dhalsim, Chun-Li, Ryu. If these names just brought back a flood of memories, then this little cabinet is for you. Street Fighter 2 was a global phenomenon in the 1990s, and I played it for MANY hours on my SNES.
<p>This tiny, authentically recreated arcade cabinet features a 3.25-inch screen and scaled controls that mirror the original layout. The cabinet is only 6.9 x 5.6 x 8.7 inches in size, and it will look great on your desk. Buy a couple and link up with a friend to decide who is the world warriorControllers / Keyboards / Mice
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The original Xbox came with "The Duke" controller, and unless you had huge hands, it was painful to play with. The "Duchess" is a smaller version of the famous controller, made for the Xbox Series X and your PC. The layout and aesthetic are so early 2000s, and I love it!
<p>Hall effect sticks, so no drift, headphone jack and bumpers that mimic the white and black buttons. All you need is Halo: Campaign Evolved, some Mountain Dew, and Cheetos, and you are back fragging newbs before class.
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If you play retro games and more modern titles, then this is the controller for you. The overall shape is similar to the Super Nintendo, but it has the dual analog sticks and horns of a Sony PlayStation pad. This makes it useful for PlayStation emulation, SNES, and other 8/16-bit machines. But when you want to play newer titles, you won't need to reach for another pad! Best of all, this controller has Bluetooth, so you can game in comfort on your sofa!
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This 87-key Bluetooth/2.4GHz/USB keyboard has all the retro vibes of a classic IBM-style keyboard, but without the huge price tag!
<p>You get a healthy dose of nostalgia in the aesthetics, but you get all the functionality that you need for a modern keyboard. Kailh Box Switch V2 White mechanical key switches, dye-sub PBT keycaps, and multiple connection options make this a great keyboard for retro computing and getting work done. The two large A and B "super" buttons can be programmed to do anything, probably to switch to Excel when the boss comes back into the office, saving you from a retro gaming dismissal.
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An OG-Xbox inspired 87-key keyboard with RGB backlight!
<p>Translucent plastics were all the rage in the 1990s, and while the OG Xbox didn't have a translucent case until the Crystal, this keyboard is a homage to an era of care-free gaming!<p>We get 87 keys with Kailh Jellyfish X switches, double-layered ABS keycaps, and a lovely translucent green plastic shell! The colored cursor keys are beautiful. Yes, we get the A and B super buttons that you can program to be any key, handy if you need to really make a point!
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If the Nintendo NES were merged in some telepod / transporter accident with a wireless mouse, the 8-bit do N30 would be the result.
<p>You get a 2.4GHz wireless mouse in a NES-inspired case, and there is even a D-pad on the side. The mouse buttons are very similar to the NES controller, as is the case color.<p>It may not be a Logitech MX Master 4, but it is fun!Nostalgic Decoration
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A 1:1 scale replica of the gaming handheld that dominated the 1990s.
<p>Nintendo's Game Boy is an iconic piece of tech, and this Lego model is an exact replica of the great handheld. It comes with two cartridges, Super Mario Land and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. The screen can be replaced with a lenticular screen that recreates the original console's pixels.<p>This is a glorious piece of retro tech, preserved in Lego form for your shelves. Yes, I have already bought mine!
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It looks like a retro computer, but this is really a 90s-inspired mini Bluetooth speaker with a smart pixel screen, an alarm clock, and focus tools. It looks like a retro computer, but this is really a 90s inspired mini Bluetooth speaker with smart pixel screen, alarm clock and focus tools. Play your tunes via Bluetooth, USB audio, or via TF card.
<p>The 1.77-inch screen can show pixel art, time, and more via a companion app. This is a tiny retro PC for those who want to show their love for a long-since-passed era.
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No, these are not 3D-printed save icons; they are silicone replicas of how we used to save our work in school / college / work back in the 1980s and 1990s.
<p>Waterproof, wipeable (not with a magnet), and you can even write messages on the labels. A lovely reminder of when 1.44MB was considered enough storage for your projects. <p>If you have a floppy drive, do not stick these in!
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Seeing neon always makes me think of the 1980s, and this sign is fresh out of that decade, but without the dangers of neon.
<p>Using an RGB LED, this USB-powered LED "Neon" wall art is 15.7 by 6.8 inches in size, and it clearly states that your vibe is 1980s arcades!<p>Put it in the background of your next stream, hang it in the garage, or put it on a shelf; it'll look great and show your love for classic gaming.If you're looking for more savings, check out our Best PC Hardware deals for a range of products, or dive deeper into our specialized SSD and Storage Deals, Hard Drive Deals, Gaming Monitor Deals, Graphics Card Deals, Gaming Chair, or CPU Deals pages.
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Les Pounder is an associate editor at Tom's Hardware. He is a creative technologist and for seven years has created projects to educate and inspire minds both young and old. He has worked with the Raspberry Pi Foundation to write and deliver their teacher training program "Picademy".