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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
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun | video | video games
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The guys over at Destructoid dug up this $10 beauty…
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February 27th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: retro | video games
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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
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author: technabob
filed under: retro | video games
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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
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author: technabob
filed under: strange and wonderful | video games
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“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
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author: technabob
filed under: retro | video games
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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
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author: technabob
filed under: gadgets | just plain fun | retro | timepieces | video games
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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
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