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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

r2-d2 8 console hack proves casemods don’t have to make sense to be cool

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I’m not sure why this R2-D2 has 8 video game consoles built into its innards, but I still like it. Maybe it’s just the very fact that I’ve never seen an R2 unit with more than 20 game controllers connected to its front, or maybe it’s just the sheer absurdity of the thing that has…

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September 23rd, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods retro strange + wonderful video games

sp2 handheld emulator: looks like a game boy advance, but plays nes, snes, gbc, gba and neo-geo games, videos and music

sp2_game_emulator

This odd little handheld gaming system may look a heckuva lot like a Nintendo Game Boy Advance, but it’s actually one of those multi-system emulators that can play games from a variety of retro consoles.

The mysteriously named SP2 handheld can play games from the original NES, Super Nintendo, Game Boy Color, Neo Geo and…

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September 17th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: media players mobile tech retro technology video games

snes emulator on the xbox360: instructions please!

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Felix Domke, who’s also known on the Internets as famous console hacker tmbinc, recently announced that he has ported the SNES9x GX Super Nintendo emulator – originally made for the Wii and the Gamecube – to the Xbox 360. Domke adds that the emulator runs “on the bare metal”, which hackaday interprets as direct hardware…

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August 20th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: hacks + mods just plain fun retro video games

game over snes casemod from a clearly disturbed mind

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I’ve seen some interesting Super Nintendo casemods in my time, but never one quite this whacked out. The Game Over casemod looks like a console that’s been possessed by Satan or something.

The console looks like it’s been bludgeoned with an axe, bled all over, burned and then possessed by some demonic power. Amazingly, even…

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July 14th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft hacks + mods retro strange + wonderful video games

sleek, compact portable snes mod

tsupertendo snes nintendo mod portable

The Super Nintendo has been the target of some really sweet mods in its time, and this latest portable fits right into that pantheon of excellent mods. Marshall’s Supertendo looks so good that you’d swear it was professionally made.

To get a good idea of the size of this custom handheld, check out this picture…

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July 2nd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: cool toys hacks + mods retro video games

openemu mac emulator lets you play and play with retro video games

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There aren’t as many video game apps for the Mac as there are for Windows computers, and even then I have a feeling that there’s no program, Windows or otherwise, that lets you play and play with retro video games the way OpenEmu does. The basic function of the app, as its name implies, is…

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

filed under: computing cool toys hacks + mods interactive retro technology video games

super nintendo pc casemod runs 32-bit os in a 16-bit box

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Check out this clever casemod which combines the shell of an old SNES console with the brains of a modern PC.

Modders quangDX and DuPPs took an old Super Nintendo they had lying around, splayed open its guts and married it with the internals of an Acer Aspire One A150 laptop, then dubbed it the…

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June 10th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing hacks + mods retro technology video games

that’s no snes controller: going old school for the xbox 360

snes advantage controller xbox 360 diy hack mod

Would you sacrifice that second analog stick for an Xbox 360 controller infinitely cooler (probably) than the one you usually use? What if it gave you an advantage? What if it was an Advantage, as in an SNES Advantage? Oh yeah. I bet you’d trade up, too, just like Hifeno did.

Ah, finally a use…

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May 27th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: hacks + mods video games

super nice: gamer stuffs usb hub inside snes cartridge

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Retro gamer/DIYer kristopher.hammar got sick of having a messed up gaming area. He regularly plays snes & nes games on his big TV, and everything was fine, except that the extension cables of the gamepads that he uses were all over the place. His solution? USB hub + Mario Kart SNES cartridge = gamepad hub.…

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April 23rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets hacks + mods retro

dingoo a320 handheld gaming system plays nes, snes, genesis, gba, neo-geo and capcom arcade games

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I’ve seen plenty of portable retro video game systems in my travels, but never one that attempts to cover as many bases as this one.

This Chinese import plays 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit titles from 7 different game platforms in one compact system. While it sports a less than thrilling name, the CVFH-N03-4G (aka the…

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April 23rd, 2009 comments (8) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio media players mobile tech retro technology video video games

super nintoaster might burn your cartridges

super nintoaster snes mod toaster

We’ve seen people put old Nintendo systems into all kinds of things, but I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve seen a Super Nintendo inside a toaster. I guess you just can’t deny that cartridges and slices of bread aren’t completely dissimilar.

Yep, it’s a working SNES in a stark white toaster enlivened with…

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March 21st, 2009 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: hacks + mods retro video games

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