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Resident Evil Famicom 2

Die-hard Final Fantasy VII fans may be clamoring for a current gen version of the classic RPG, but apparently in China, people are buying the remaining units of NESes in the world, and so de-makes are all the rage. Speaking of de-makes, the 8-bit Left 4 Dead’s got nothing on the 8-bit Biohazard, aka…


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January 14th, 2010 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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video game business card cases for geeky executives

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These quirky business card holders come to us courtesy of Japan’s Banpresto. Each one features imagery from popular retro arcade or home video game systems.

While the Famicom (NES) controller and Pac-Man business card cases have been available for a little while now, but they just recently rounded out the collection, adding the awesomely…


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January 11th, 2010 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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sp2 handheld emulator: looks like a game boy advance, but plays nes, snes, gbc, gba and neo-geo games, videos and music

sp2_game_emulator

This odd little handheld gaming system may look a heckuva lot like a Nintendo Game Boy Advance, but it’s actually one of those multi-system emulators that can play games from a variety of retro consoles.

The mysteriously named SP2 handheld can play games from the original NES, Super Nintendo, Game Boy Color, Neo Geo…


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September 17th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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synthglove: nintendo power glove as midi controller

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Got a spare Nintendo Power Glove sitting around? Why not do something cool with it like turning it into a modern musical instrument?

That’s what synth hacker Denkitribe did when he rewired an old Famicom/NES Power Glove to control an Arduino-based controller circuit. The Arduino translates finger movements into MIDI CC messages, which in…


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August 22nd, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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nes controller business card case lets your business partners guess how old you are

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It’s possible that I may have fiddled with an Atari 2600 but was probably too young to remember. But I remember the NES – I grew up calling it  the Family Computer – and it’s games, which were loaded in those ridiculous 600-in-1 cartridges: Contra, a game that I must admit I don’t remember…


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July 23rd, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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pxp-900 retro 8/16/32-bit handheld video game system looks an awful lot like a psp

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Does this handheld gaming system look familiar at all? When I first saw it, I had to do a double-take too.

While the PXP-900 steals more thant a few of it’s design cues from the Sony PSP, don’t expect it to play the latest PSP games – it only plays retro game ROMs. The…


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April 29th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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modder squeezes famicom into famicom cart (sort of)

famicom cart mod yinlips

Here’s what this looks like: a workable, playable Famicom cartridge modded to contain an entire Famicom. But oh how deceiving looks can be. Really, this is a Yinlips media player with a Famicom emulator stuffed into a business card holder shaped like a Famicom cart.

But the result looks great and it gets the…


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March 7th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

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ditch your psps: complete famicom collection for sale

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I’m starting to think that the only reason the PSP exists is because some Sony executive’s kid nagged him for a portable version of Monster Hunter. Where the games at Sony? Even Famicom owners have it better than us! There are a busload of games for their console still for sale! Akihabara-based Mandarake are…


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January 16th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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famicom cart + camera = famicam

famicom camera mod cartridge final fantasy iii

Famicom cartridges, and their NES counterparts, have been turned into a great many things by the DIY community–including the consoles themselves–but this particular mod wins major cool points simply for design. Turns out a Sony point-and-shoot camera is just the right size to fit inside a hollowed out cartridge.

I’m not sure I could…


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January 2nd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

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famicard nes on a cartridge gets zelda-fied

Zelda NES in a Cartridge

Remember the awesome Fami-Card – the casemod which managed to cram a fully-functional 8-bit Nintendo console into an old NES cartridge? Well the Fami-Card is back, and this time the circuit has made its way into a classic Zelda cartridge.

While the original NES on a cartridge began life as an old Super Mario…


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September 24th, 2008 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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solar media player emulates nes, genesis, gameboy

Media Street EM-SOL2GIG MP3 MP4 Game Portable

Not only can this portable media player crank out movies and music, but it can play games from classic consoles from Nintendo and SEGA too. It can even charge itself or other devices with its built-in solar panels.

In addition to playing your MP3s and MP4s, the Media Street eMotion EM-SOL2GIG media player offers…


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August 23rd, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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famicase: artists make up new nes game cartridges

Famicase NES Cartridges

What better canvas for your creative expression than an old 8-bit NES cartridge? That’s what the recent Famicase art exhibition in Japan was all about.

Satoshi Sagagami, who runs retro game shop Super Meteor, organizes the annual event which asks over 50 designers, illustrators, authors and game creators to create their own imaginary games…


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July 20th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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