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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as famous console hacker tmbinc, recently announced that he has ported the SNES9x GX Super Nintendo emulator – originally made for the Wii and the Gamecube – to the Xbox 360.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
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author: lambert v.
filed under: hacks + mods just plain fun retro video games
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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
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author: technabob
filed under: geek art + craft hacks + mods retro strange + wonderful video games
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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
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author: alisha k.
filed under: cool toys hacks + mods retro video games
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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
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author: technabob
filed under: computing hacks + mods retro technology video games
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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
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author: alisha k.
filed under: hacks + mods retro video games
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Call me a sucker for old school gaming, but the Super Nintendo (SNES) has always been one of my favorite consoles. This custom-built handheld brings back those classic gaming memories.
Perfect for the occasional on-the-road game of Super Mario World or Star Fox, this portable SNES was put together by retro modder Kotomi, who’s earlier…
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November 10th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: hacks + mods retro video games
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This amazing papercraft Super Nintendo system is so small that it’ll fit in the palm of your hand.
Created by Chilean papercrafter ryo007, the teeny tiny SNES even include a pair of minuscule controllers and a set of game cartridges. Best of all, ryo has provided the cut-out diagrams over on DeviantArt so you can…
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April 9th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: geek art + craft video games
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Here’s a fun one. Some guys in Japan has taken an old Super Nintendo (known as the Super Famicom over there) and turned it into a Windows PC.
The computer is running a full version of Windows Vista Ultimate. Apparently they started with an MSI Axis 945GM barebones system and rejiggered it to fit into…
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August 14th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: hacks + mods retro video games