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snes + genesis + nes + portable = snegenes p

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Want to play all your favorite classic retro console games? Sure you could cheat and buy yourself a Dingoo, but what fun would that be? This custom-built portable uses hardware from a couple of other devices to create a system that plays games from the Nintendo NES, SNES and Sega Genesis.

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November 8th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods mobile tech retro technology video games

thundercats, ho! a custom xbox 360!

thundercats xbox 360 custom

I’m not sure there’s much I can say about this Thundercats Xbox 360 that it doesn’t say for itself. I mean, sure, I can throw some adjectives around, but I propose instead a moment of silence, in which we all look about the might of this design (and possibly despair).

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November 6th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft hacks + mods video games

mr. pac-man chevy pimpmobile: do power pills count as alternative energy?

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Seen on the streets of southern Georgia, this Mr. Pac-Man car is definitely a looker.

Actually, that’s Mr. Pac-Man to you, sir. This over-the-top red and yellow 1996 Chrevrolet Caprice is decked out with custom Pac-Man leather seats.

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November 1st, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun

glowing zelda belt buckle lights the way

zelda belt buckle mod

When I think Legend of Zelda, I think glowing belt buckles. Okay, no, actually I think of Link holding things over his head, but there’s nothing that says you couldn’t hold this modded belt buckle (belt! buckle! mod!) over your head. In fact, if it was mine? That’s exactly what I’d do.

At this point,…

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October 22nd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: cool toys hacks + mods strange + wonderful video games

old sega sc-3000h gets reborn as windows pc [casemod]

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We’ve seen a variety of old 1980s computers get transformed into new things thanks to the wonders of casemodding. But amongst the Sinclairs, Ataris, Commodores and the like, this is the first time I’ve come across a Sega PC mod. This one in particular is an old 1983 Sega SC-3000H, that’s been converted into a…

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October 21st, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing hacks + mods retro technology

xbox 360 controller sings the blues in the xcm blue blood

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Looking for an Xbox 360 controller that’ll really make a splash when you have your friends over to play some games? Check out this beautiful blue beast from XCM.

The cool thing about the XCM Blue Blood is that it’s actually a kit that you can use to mod your boring white Xbox 360 controller…

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October 3rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods video

world’s loudest alarm clock will definitely wake you up – and make your ears bleed

kip_kay_alarm_clock

Hit the snooze bar too many times every morning? Do you sleep through the alarm? Maybe you should check out KipKay’s latest hack, sure to jolt you out of bed in the morning.

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September 24th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods just plain fun timepieces

customized playstation 3 controller by ben heck: I don’t get it

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Master modician Ben Heck was commissioned to create a customized Playstation 3 controller. The customer wanted Heck “to make the shoulder buttons easier to get at”. Judging from the finished product, which required the removal of the rumble motors, I’m inclined to believe that the customer has 4 extra thumbs and no ring and middle fingers.…

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September 17th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: hacks + mods strange + wonderful video games

blood and leds make the perfect gears of war controller

gears of war controller

If you’re going to go custom, you might as well go all the way with it–at least, that seems to be the philosophy this modder embraced for this Gears of War-inspired Xbox 360 controller. Not content simply to slap on a custom design, velocitti added the franchise’s logo and brightened up the blood-red skull with…

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September 13th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft hacks + mods video games

antique radio turned into an atom pc: it wooden play crysis

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Get it? ‘Cause it’s a radio made of wood and okay you get it. Seriously though it’s an absolute beauty of a computer case, an old Delco wooden “tombstone style” radio that’s been gutted and fitted with computer hardware. It’s a perfect complement to the soviet TV pc. While it’s not as beautiful inside as…

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September 2nd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing design geek art + craft hacks + mods retro strange + wonderful technology

golden nes is perfect for that gold zelda cartridge lying around

gold nintendo nes mod custom

If you had an NES as a budding young gamer, odds are the gold cartridge for The Legend of Zelda had a special place in your heart. Sure, it looked a little cheap if you really studied it, maybe even tacky, but after blowing the dust out of one of those babies, all other cartridges were…

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September 1st, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: hacks + mods technology video games

nintendo 64 + lazer doodle + psone = darth64

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We already featured Jon Jandran aka Hailrazer’s awesome Dreamcast portable mod, the dreamtrooper. He originally wanted to paint the dreamtrooper’s case black and call it the DarthCast, but he decided to stick with the original console’s white color. But he also ended up stuffing a Nintendo 64 into a Lazer Doodle – a gadget that…

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August 31st, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: cool toys hacks + mods just plain fun mobile tech retro technology video games

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