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Rolls-Royce Unveils One-Off Black Badge Ghost ‘Gamer’ Honoring 8-Bit Arcade Culture

The bespoke commission channels high-end collectors’ gaming nostalgia through hand-crafted details under Black Badge’s bolder design brief.

Overview

  • Rolls-Royce’s Bespoke division revealed the Black Badge Ghost Gamer on November 19 as a private, one-off commission for an unnamed tech entrepreneur.
  • The exterior coachline features a hand-painted “Cheeky Alien” composed of 89 individual 3 mm pixels on a two-tone scheme of Salamanca Blue with Crystal‑over‑Diamond Black.
  • Inside, 8-bit “Player 1–4” seat embroidery joins illuminated treadplates reading prompts like “PRESS START” and “INSERT COIN,” while a hand-painted Waterfall scene between the rear seats took over two weeks to complete.
  • A reprogrammed “Pixel Blaster” Starlight Headliner shows 80 bitmapped battlecruisers with laser-fire effects, paired with a “Laser Base” illuminated fascia that integrates an 85‑star gunship motif.
  • Based on the Black Badge Ghost, it retains the 6.75‑liter twin‑turbo V12 and performance tuning, with no price disclosed as coverage praised the craft and questioned the concept’s inventiveness.