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rare nintendo kiosk system on ebay

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NES Kiosk

This eBay listing is for serious fans of the old Nintendo Entertainment System only. It’s a special NES in-store kiosk that holds multiple game cartridges and lets you flip between them using pushbutton switch.

The box has a custom version of the NES with twelve cartridge slots, five controller ports, and even the ability to limit play times so kids wouldn’t hog the machine…

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April 10th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

the $10 playstation 3

filed under: just plain fun | video | video games

PlayStation 3 Famiclone

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

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February 27th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

play original nes and snes games with the fctwin

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FCTwin Video Game System

Got an itch to play some old Nintendo and Super Nintendo games? The FCTwin console lets you play both NES and SNES cartridges using a single, low priced console.

While it’s definitely not an official Nintendo product, the console does play original cartridges from the popular retro gaming systems…

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February 17th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

retro nes skin for the nintendo wii

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NES Wii Skin from DecalGirl

If you’re feeling nostalgic for the game systems of the 80’s, but still want all that the latest consoles have to offer, look no further than the Retro Revolution skin for the Nintendo Wii.

DecalGirl’s 8-bit NES skin for the Wii is made out of vinyl and features a protective gloss coating. It runs $14.99 and matching skins are available for the Wii-mote and Nunchuck controllers…

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November 26th, 2006 4 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

“nes” paul electric guitar mod

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NES Paul Guitar Mod

“Don’t Touch it, Don’t even look at it…”
Actually, I don’t seem to remember seeing this one in Nigel Tufnel’s guitar collection…

The NES Paul electric guitar case mod, is the mutant offspring of musician/gamer, Jason Cox (aka ‘XOC’,) who decided to meld two of his favorite passions into a single ax of doom…

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November 17th, 2006 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

play nintendo nes games online for free

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vNES Classic Games Online

Can’t wait to get your new Nintendo Wii so you can download and play classic NES games? Over at vNES, you can get a head start by playing 395 games from the old Nintendo online, right now.

Although it’s a little annoying that the site requires Java (v.1.5 or later) to play, it’s done an admirable job of emulating these classics…

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October 8th, 2006 22 comments stumble it! digg it! 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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September 8th, 2006 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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