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8-bit nintendo does music videos

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8-bit music videos on nintendo famicom

While these brief musical interludes won’t win any prizes for their sweeping cinematography, they do win a place in my heart for being put together using some good old fashioned 8-bit gaming technology…

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posted: May 30th, 2008 1 comment author: technabob

fc mobile game console plays original nes carts

filed under: mobile tech | retro | video games

FC Mobile Nintendo NES Portable

I’ve seen plenty of Nintendo NES clone systems in my travels, but this is the first time I’ve seen a mass-produced portable that can play the actual cartridges from the classic 8-bit gaming system.

The FC Mobile portable console plays original game carts from the NES wherever you go…

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posted: April 27th, 2008 7 comments author: technabob

nes system built into game cartridge [casemod]

filed under: hacks-mods | retro | video games

Fami-Cart NES System on a Cartridge

This awesome NES casemod manages to squeeze a fully-functional Nintendo 8-bit console into the body of one of the system’s own game cartridges.

The Fami-Card started out its life as an original Super Mario Brothers cartridge…

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posted: April 21st, 2008 11 comments author: technabob

play famicom games on your nintendo ds

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CYBER Familator Lite Famicom NES Emulator for Nintendo DS

Sick of all those newfangled games on your Nintendo DS? This new gadget lets you dust off your old 8-bit games and play them on your DS Lite.

The CYBER Familator Lite plugs into your DS Lite’s GBA adapter slot and lets you plug in carts from the old Nintendo Famicom (aka NES here in the states), and play them right on the DS screen…

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posted: November 24th, 2007 3 comments author: technabob

nintendo famicom kleenex cozy: paper mario, literally

filed under: strange and unusual | video games

Famicom Tissue Box

A perfect bathroom accessory to complement to those Mario Brothers air fresheners, this tissue box cover looks just like the original Japanese Nintendo Famicom console.

The box slips over the top of a standard box of tissues, and dispenses them from the cartridge slot.
Amazingly, these are official Nintendo-licensed accessories…

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posted: October 13th, 2007 1 comment author: technabob

the $10 playstation 3

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PlayStation 3 Famiclone

The guys over at Destructoid dug up this $10 beauty…

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posted: February 27th, 2007 2 comments author: technabob

nintendo nes controller alarm clock

filed under: gadgets | just plain fun | retro | timepieces | video games

Nintendo NES Alarm Clock

The folks over at ThinkGeek have just started carrying this fun little Japanese import. It’s a portable alarm clock that’s shaped like case from the classic Nintendo NES joypad. Looks like they went with the color scheme from the Japanese original Famicom system though…

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posted: September 8th, 2006 post a comment author: technabob

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