Period-Correct Game and Electronics Props for Georgia Productions
Productions in Georgia can source period-correct consoles, CRT TVs, handhelds, and vintage electronics from NOSTOS in Duluth for set dressing and props.
Quick Answer
NOSTOS in Duluth, GA keeps a deep, dated inventory of consoles, CRT televisions, handhelds, and 1980s through 2000s electronics that productions can source for period-correct set dressing and props. Because every piece is dated and much of it is working, a production designer can match a scene to its exact year. Reach out to check availability.
Georgia shoots a lot of film and television, and a surprising amount of it is set in the recent past. The 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s show up constantly on screen, and every one of those scenes needs the small, specific objects that place it in time: the console under the television, the chunky monitor on the desk, the handheld in a kid’s hands, the tangle of cables behind it all.
Those objects are genuinely hard to source correctly, and getting the year wrong is the kind of detail an audience notices.
Why Period-Correct Electronics Are Hard to Source
The obvious problem is that most of this hardware is thirty or forty years old and increasingly scarce. The subtler problem is dating. A console that looks “old” to a general prop house can be five years too new for the scene, and the revision, color, and packaging all shifted year to year. Every console that comes through our intake is tested and dated as a matter of course, which is exactly the information a production designer needs and rarely gets from a thrift-store find.
What NOSTOS Can Supply a Production
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| Consoles by era | 8-bit and 16-bit through sixth-generation systems |
| Displays | CRT televisions and gaming monitors that power on |
| Handhelds | Game Boy family, Game Gear, and later portables |
| Peripherals | OEM controllers, cables, memory cards, light guns |
| Boxed and shelf pieces | Complete-in-box games and display-ready boxes |
| Era apparel | Single-stitch tees and vintage pieces for wardrobe |
Because inventory is dated at intake, a request can be filled to a specific window rather than a vague “looks retro.”
Working Pieces Versus Dressing-Only Pieces
Some hardware is fully functional and can show a live screen on camera; some is cosmetically strong but non-working and is perfect as background dressing. Telling us which you need matters, a hero prop a character actually operates has different requirements from a shelf piece that only has to look right in a wide shot, and we can advise on what is realistic for each.
How to Source for a Shoot
This is handled case by case rather than through a standing rental catalog, because every production’s needs, timeline, and budget are different. Reach out through the contact page or email will@nostos.market with the scene’s year, what you need, and your shoot dates, and we check current availability. You can also browse the current floor on the shop page to get a sense of the inventory, and see the wider picture of what NOSTOS is building in Duluth on the experience and destination guide.
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