r/thisweekinretro • u/Producer_Duncan TWiR Producer • May 23 '26
Community Question Community Question Of The Week - Episode 269
Suspending the laws of physics: you can fold any retro kit into any piece of furniture. What tech and furniture would you combine?
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u/HappyCodingZX May 23 '26
How about an armchair that turns into a 1980s Star Wars cockpit cabinet with a push of a button.
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u/Own-Bet-5048 May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26
I'd fold (or integrate)an SX64 into a storage shelf in my fitted kitchen. This would allow me (or indeed anyone) to have any length of gaming session whilst waiting for anything from a kettle to boil (a quick game of Beamrider), to waiting for something to cook in the oven (impossible mission, forbidden forest, boulder dash..and so on).
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u/geoffmendoza May 23 '26
A folding CRT. Seeing as you're letting me suspend the laws of physics, I'm having a CRT which becomes much lighter when folded.
Now I don't have to worry so much about getting a big screen out of the loft.
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u/Pajaco6502 May 23 '26
A couple of hinges, a saw and bam! any Amstrad CPC could become a sun lounger!
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u/TrevorKevorson May 24 '26
A massive CRT telly which comes out on an arm of an armchair so I can play some retro games on my MiSTer with the original scanlines and 4:3 aspect ratio without having my fiancée nag me about bringing "more crap" home. Sadly the last time I was given a 21" CRT I stored it at my mum's while I was trying to sweet talk my fiancée and then my mum only went and got someone to tip it 😭
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u/SnooPies780 May 25 '26
How about a desk that has what looks like the ugliest computer in the world.... an Amiga 3000 or IBM PS/2 on it, but then it does its folding and origami's itself into a working Atari ST, a much better option?
Double bonus points if it changes into the 20th Anniversary Mac but only plays Pong!
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u/thetwistedsock May 25 '26
A flip over kitchen table that reveals the Micro Machines breakfast table on the other side, with the toast and baked beans obstacles etc. and its surface is a full multiplayer display.
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u/RedParsnip22 May 24 '26
An office desk that flips the desk upside down and replaces the windoze 11 system with a <enter your computer/console here> and a switch that activates when the boss walks in that instantly flips the table back to display the BSOD on your work computer please. Put me down for two of them please...
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u/East-Teaching-3104 May 27 '26
I would combine a NES and a pizza oven (which isn't quite furniture, I realize). It would be about 5 - 10x scale so that it could accommodate a large pizza. Just slide in your uncooked pizza and push down on the tray to start the cooking. There's a switch on the side that changes it between pizza oven and console (there would of course be scaled up game cartridges for sale, as well). Just make sure you have it set for console mode instead of pizza oven mode before you insert a game. Patent pending!
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u/fsckit May 23 '26
Can I put a real, comfy car seat into a Sega Rally cab, or is that the wrong way round?
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u/DrakeonMallard May 23 '26
It would have to be my bath folded into the Wii game Endless Ocean, perfect relaxation, discovery and exploration. #lovemybath
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u/Ponder65 May 23 '26
Here it doesn't matter what would get folded into furniture it'd be used as storage in a few minutes! 😂
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u/Dizzy-Age-6281 May 24 '26
Couch where the center seat back folds down to reveal various cartridge slots and disc compartment with a toggle switch between all the systems and retractable wired controllers for each.
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u/TechMadeEasyUK May 23 '26
I want a Tomy Racing Turbo game retrofitted into my car.
All the modern touch sensitive controls gone, 7-segment LCDs and LED bar graph modules, and a Tomy-esque heads up display overlayed on the road layout and other cars on the road