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Nintendo’s First 3D Video Game System: No, It’s Not the Virtual Boy

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Nintendo’s 3DS has attracted a lot of attention mostly because of its glasses-free 3D screen, which will no doubt be a joy to use for some people but will be disappointing or worse, harmful to others. Overall though it’s considered a step up from Nintendo’s earlier foray into 3D, the…

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March 10th, 2011 by: Lambert Varias

Protect Your iPhone By Wrapping it in a Video Game Console

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We’ve featured some cool handmade cases by rabbitrampage before, but these are definitely my favorites so far.

Each handmade felt case is a tiny little replica of a famous gaming console, precisely stitched, and filled with a little bit of padding to protect your delicate iPhone, iPod Touch or other…

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February 13th, 2011 by: Technabob

Famicom Toyota Scion: 8-bit Heir

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The boxy, toy-like car you see below is the work of Giant Robot magazine publisher Eric Nakamura and Len Higa of Onimotorworks. Nakamura was asked by Toyota to come up with a design for a custom Scion, and he decided to go with a video game theme. Nakamura says he…

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January 7th, 2011 by: Lambert Varias

Turn Your iPhone 4 Into a Famicom Controller

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Well, not really. But you can make your iPhone 4 look a whole lot like the classic Nintendo Famicom controller thanks to this case.…

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October 29th, 2010 by: Technabob

Weird Famicom Controllers: Too Specialized for Their Own Good

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You think the PlayStation Move controller looks weird? Well what do you make of this?

A Japanese website has a collection of crazy-ass Famicom controllers, from arcade-style fight sticks to… I don’t even know what some of them are for.…

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May 2nd, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Guy Turns Famicom Controller Into a Wii-Mote

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It’s anyone’s guess why you’d want to rip apart your shiny new Wii-mote controller and make it looks like something out of the 1980s, but this is the DIY-geek generation, and where there’s a will, there’s a way.

This Japanese modder took two old Famicom controllers (that’s NES to you…

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April 20th, 2010 by: Technabob

Weirdest Video Game Genre Ever: NES Pirate Originals on Ebay

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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

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January 14th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

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

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January 11th, 2010 by: Technabob

Sp2 Handheld Emulator: Looks Like a Game Boy Advance, but Plays NES, SNES, Gbc, Gba and Neo-Geo Games, Videos and Music

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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…

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September 17th, 2009 by: Technabob

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…

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August 22nd, 2009 by: Technabob

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