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princess peach’s castle n64 casemod is just a little over the top

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This insane looking N64 has to be one of the most creative video game casemods I’ve seen in quite a while.

When I first saw the photos of this thing, I actually thought it was some sort of wedding cake. But hiding beneath the Princess Peach’s castle shell is a fully-functional Nintendo 64 console.

The…

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July 19th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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fossils from the future: gadget edition

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What will future societies think of us when they excavate bits of iPods and N64 controllers? (That we had damn fine taste, that’s what!) Though we can never know, you can get a glimpse of the future of current tech thanks to one artist creating fake fossils from for (from?) the future.

Artist Christopher Locke…

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May 12th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

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portable n64 straight from hyrule

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It’s becoming quite normal for amazing DIY portable systems to pop up everywhere. If it can play games, someone’s going to try to make it portable, and the Nintendo 64 is one of the most popular candidates for such projects. So what’s a portable aficionado to do to stand out in such a crowd? Why,…

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February 26th, 2009 comments (11) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

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handheld n64 is awesome, non-ergonomic

diy custom portable handheld n64 nintendo sixtyfree lite-r

The Nintendo Sixtyfree Lite-R: the past of gaming, futurized in handheld form. While playing this shrunken, portable N64 might be a challenge, particularly when it comes to, say, some of the console’s excellent first-person shooters, it certainly looks good.

BenHeck.com forumite SifuF cut away half the size of the original N64 and added a headphone jack…

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December 30th, 2008 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

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nes stealth edition game console pc casemod

NES PC Stealth Casemod by Cbutters

Check out this excellent casemod which is so neat and tidy that you wouldn’t think that it’s anything but an old 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System. But hidden beneath the hood of this inconspicuous looking NES is a fully-functional Windows PC, loaded up with emulators for playing games from other consoles.

Imaging hooking up this plain-Jane…

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August 17th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods retro video games