The Atari 2600 cake, mascarpone cartridges sold separately

What can you really say about this? It's simply the most delicious looking 8-bit console we've ever laid eyes on. Now, if someone could just whip up an Xbox 360 hot-fudge sundae or Genesis-brûlée. Hey -- maybe for our next birthday?

[Via technabob]

[John McKenna @ Feb 24th 2008 7:22PM]

Ahh, the fusion between tech and food.

[Tiptup300 @ Feb 24th 2008 9:02PM]

People probably think this that cake is real.

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Feb 24th 2008 9:02PM]

Fully functioning Palm Treo Cake.

The guy even made calls with it.

http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/16/engadgets-birthday-cake-winners/
http://stadium.weblogsinc.com/engadget/videos/cake/treo_cake.avi

[phanbouy @ Feb 24th 2008 9:10PM]

Simulated simulated wood grain FTW

[bi0hazard @ Feb 24th 2008 9:54PM]

Now we can eat our consoles while we sit on the couch all day. And people wonder why Americans are obese.

PS- i know its not a real cake

[EdgeOne @ Feb 25th 2008 9:34AM]

It could be more realistic... Pac Man needs an eye, a straight mouth, the dots should look like dashes, and the ghosts should be the same semi-transparent dull color.

[CUBSWILLWIN @ Feb 24th 2008 7:24PM]

very detailed. If only I could play and eat it at the same time.

[tha-don @ Feb 25th 2008 12:44AM]

you can't play your cake and eat it too.

[Totalfixation @ Feb 24th 2008 7:27PM]

when the engadget cake off contest happen, does this still have a chance at winning?

[jon @ Feb 24th 2008 7:31PM]

ahhhhh.those tasteful memories...

[CUBSWILLWIN @ Feb 24th 2008 7:38PM]

It's a year old. Looks like you're new here fella

[Totalfixation @ Feb 24th 2008 7:51PM]

A year old? Either engadget is rehashing there news or I haven't seen this here before.

[Backlin @ Feb 24th 2008 8:14PM]

The cake-off is a lie.

[CUBSWILLWIN @ Feb 24th 2008 8:18PM]

They are saying it for their NEXT b-day, meaning the link they provided was the previous one and this years is gonna happen in april.

[Wolfticket @ Feb 24th 2008 11:10PM]

@ "Backlin @ Feb 24th 2008 8:14PM"

Damn you man, 56 minutes. I had 52 in the "cake-lie reference" sweepstake.

[tony @ Feb 24th 2008 7:54PM]

mascarpone carts? that would get very messy, very quickly...

[Reginald @ Feb 24th 2008 9:22PM]

Yeah, I think he meant "Marzipan." Mascarpone is a cheese (like cream cheese).

:-P

[Taylor @ Feb 25th 2008 2:04AM]

Maybe by "mascarpone", he means the games themselves were cheesy.

A lot of them were.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial_%28Atari_2600%29

[Joel @ Feb 24th 2008 7:58PM]

Do the ghosts regenerate after you eat them?

[ClaMs @ Feb 24th 2008 8:38PM]

Best comment possible for this tread!

[ghyspran @ Feb 24th 2008 8:00PM]

Why are there dots directly behind Pacman? Wouldn't he have eaten them already?

[Jacqueline @ Feb 24th 2008 8:26PM]

And where's the power up dot?

[ClaMs @ Feb 24th 2008 8:39PM]

Easy! He was on the way to eat those dots but has just turned back because he saw the ghosts. I know I would.

[StalkerZERO @ Feb 24th 2008 9:21PM]

LOL! You beat me to it! The cake is a lie!! :D

[collide007 @ Feb 24th 2008 8:16PM]

you want marzipan cartridges, cheese and cake? im one for experimenting with food, but i doubt that wud be very nice.

[robert @ Feb 24th 2008 10:18PM]

...Never heard of cheesecake?

[collide007 @ Feb 25th 2008 3:28AM]

Yes but cheesecake isn't actually cake its just biscuit and 'cheese' (because it doesn't actually taste that much like cheese) flavoured desert.

[YoMomma @ Feb 24th 2008 8:34PM]

what the heck is that?

does it play doom?

[CUBSWILLWIN @ Feb 24th 2008 8:45PM]

Pac man FTW!!!!

[Bryan @ Feb 24th 2008 8:51PM]

I don't think cakes can play Doom... but it can be delicious.

[Ellis D. @ Feb 24th 2008 9:22PM]

I don't think it can play doom, but the cake can be doom to someone on a diet and eats it :p

[JuggleNuts @ Feb 24th 2008 8:51PM]

The day I really find something like this cool is the day I realize that my hope of marrying a beautiful, intelligent woman has finally died.

[PDubNYC @ Feb 25th 2008 1:06PM]

Could that be the same day that you chose the name JuggleNuts?

[JuggleNuts @ Feb 25th 2008 4:49PM]

Touche, sir, touche. lol!

But seriously, pacman cake? Have fun shaving your neckbeard and living in the basement.

[Russell @ Feb 24th 2008 8:54PM]

Was I beaten to the cake-is-a-lie punch? Because the cake is a lie. And so are the mascarpone cartridges.

[amped @ Feb 24th 2008 9:34PM]

woodgrain on the dash is fuqing gangstar

[rutsy5 @ Feb 24th 2008 9:47PM]

but will it blend?

[Shadowfox952 @ Feb 24th 2008 9:47PM]

It's so delicious and moist.... ♪♫♪

[John B. @ Feb 24th 2008 9:58PM]

This is a cake? Jesus, it looks like somebody took a picture of an Atari.

[Chris @ Feb 24th 2008 10:00PM]

I just thought of something awsome, a Gameboy cookie. Then you could take it with you.

[Jay @ Feb 24th 2008 10:04PM]

I would definitely have some

Jay

[Jay @ Feb 24th 2008 10:06PM]

Imagine if it was functional


http://www.xjay.ca

[CB @ Feb 24th 2008 11:11PM]

That is full of win.

[hemmy @ Feb 25th 2008 1:37AM]

This. Is. CAKETOWN!

[bdkennedy1 @ Feb 25th 2008 2:43AM]

Don't we wish the Atari 2600 Pac-Man characters looked like that.

[andrew @ Feb 25th 2008 3:52AM]

those characters are inaccurate.

shouldnt the pills be on the other side of pacman, if he's already moved that way he should've eaten the pills already.

...duh

[Covarr @ Feb 25th 2008 2:14PM]

Atari 2600 was not 8 bit, it was 4 bit.

[cakesbythepound @ Feb 26th 2008 12:29PM]

Just a heads up on the picky picky folks, the cake was done 1 day, which limited the artwork. And yes we can make a cake from what ever your minds can think up.
Gabriel Vidauri
www.cakesbythepound.com

[Frederick @ Feb 27th 2008 1:19AM]

http://frederickvan.com/blog/2007/12/17/the-amazing-atari-cake/