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The $10 Playstation 3

PlayStation 3 Famiclone

The guys over at Destructoid dug up this $10 beauty. It’s a cheap gaming system which looks NOTHING like Sony’s PlayStation 3, but has the audacity to package itself as a “SONY PS3.”

The system actually appears to be one of those shoddy “Famiclone” systems designed to play old games…

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February 27th, 2007 by: Technabob

Play Original NES and SNES Games With the Fctwin

FCTwin Video Game System

Got an itch to play some old Nintendo and Super Nintendo games? The FCTwin console lets you play both NES and SNES cartridges using a single, low priced console.

While it’s definitely not an official Nintendo product, the console does play original cartridges from the popular retro gaming systems. The…

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February 17th, 2007 by: Technabob

Tech Demos From Next-Gen Star Wars Game

The folks over at LucasArts are showing off some pretty cool new tech that’s planned for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed…, planned for next-generation consoles.
The first video shows off the enhanced AI engine (called “Euphoria”) which provides each enemy with a “central nervous system,” which makes

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February 15th, 2007 by: Technabob

Rare Sega Saturn Sgx Arcade Box on Ebay

SEGA SGX Arcade Console

This little known SEGA Saturn SGX system is for sale on eBay. The Saturn SGX was designed to run SEGA Saturn games in video arcades.

Made back in the late 90′s by a company called SunSeibu, The SGX is basically a modified SEGA Saturn mounted in a heavy-duty metal enclosure…

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February 12th, 2007 by: Technabob

Sony PS3 Background Downloads Coming in March

PS3 Vertical

While the Sony PlayStation 3 certainly hasn’t yet lived up to original expectations, there are still several million of us who did buy the console, and would like it to become part of our regular gaming regimen.
Sure, many of us are annoyed by the frequent system updates that we’ve…

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February 11th, 2007 by: Technabob

Wii Os Front-End Running on Windows

Some guy with too much time on his hands developed this painstakingly accurate menu system based on the Wii interface, coined “WiiOS.”
The menu system is a very faithful reproduction of the Wii menu system, and he’s got it all tied together with his Wii-mote to let him control some…

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February 2nd, 2007 by: Technabob

The Wii Laptop

Wii Laptop

My favorite console mod-god, Ben Heck is at it again. This time, he’s helped Engadget take Nintendo’s Wii gaming console and turned it into a laptop.

The portable features a 7-inch widescreen LCD monitor, and even has a built-in “sensor bar” replacement at the top of the screen. The console…

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January 19th, 2007 by: Technabob

Nintendo Cleans Up Over the Holidays

Mario Cashes In

Nintendo announced today some facts and figures from the 2006 holiday selling season, and the Big N racked up some pretty impressive numbers:

During the November – December holiday period, over half of all gaming systems sold in the U.S. were Nintendo brand products.
Nintendo sold every single Wii console…

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January 11th, 2007 by: Technabob

Nokia n-Gage: Not Quite Dead

N-Gage Not Quite Dead

We all thought Nokia had finally given up on their abysmal N-Gage portable gaming console / mobile phone combo, but apparently they’re not quite ready to throw in the towel just yet.

Nokia has recently launched an updated N-Gage website touting that “In mid-2007, the N-Gage experience will evolve.” and…

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January 4th, 2007 by: Technabob

Huge Vintage Video Game Console Auction

Classic Video Game Auctions

If you’ve always wanted to build up a huge collection of vintage console games, now is you chance to do it in one fell swoop. Some guy over in Hamburg, Germany has decided to sell off his collection of over ninety classic (and not so classic) video game consoles on…

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December 30th, 2006 by: Technabob

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