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r2-d2 8 console hack proves casemods don’t have to make sense to be cool

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I’m not sure why this R2-D2 has 8 video game consoles built into its innards, but I still like it. Maybe it’s just the very fact that I’ve never seen an R2 unit with more than 20 game controllers connected to its front, or maybe it’s just the sheer absurdity of the thing that has…

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September 23rd, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods retro strange + wonderful video games

dream tablet mod flattens out the dreamcast

dreamcast mod tablet sega portable

Modder Ben Heckendorm’s forums are always packed with portable projects, but this one’s a little different. You’ve got to hook up a separate controller, but that’s hardly anything to complain about when we’re talking about a Sega Dreamcast shoved into the body of a tablet PC.

The Dream Tablet, as creator Werd named the project,…

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April 2nd, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

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that’s no imac: dreamcast guts, apple form factor

imac mac sega dreamcast icast

No matter how beautiful (or in this case, large) a gaming console, it an almost always be improved upon in some way. In this particular case, the marriage of two classics has produced one harmonious construction that provides everything you need to get your Dreamcast on… and it’s all packaged up like an iMac.

The…

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February 28th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: computing hacks + mods retro technology video games

sega dreamcast stormtrooper portable: the dreamtrooper

Sure, it’s past its time, but the SEGA Dreamcast is still one of the greatest video game systems of all time. So when I found out that someone out there had turned this classic console into an all-in-one portable, I was stoked.

It took modder Jon Jandran (aka “Hailrazer”) about 90 hours of blood, sweat…

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October 15th, 2008 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio hacks + mods retro video games