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SNESGENES P Combo Mod Comes With Plenty Of Junk In The Trunk
7:30AM Jack Loftus | From the front, this threesome looks pretty hot. Clear case with bright LEDs, original SNES buttons and the ability to play three great systems on the go. All great. But what’s going on in the back? More »
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Sega Genesis/Saturn Lighters, Or Why Sonic No Longer Runs 5Ks
11:40PM Mark Wilson | It’s easy to think, hey, America and Japan aren’t so different! Then Sega licenses fantastic, official Genesis/Saturn lighters ($US114). And I can’t even begin to imagine the Truth campaign that would stem from the controversy here. [Net-you via Kotaku]
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Retro-Gen Plays Dusty Old Sega Genesis Cartridges And Digital ROMs
8:00AM Dan Nosowitz | We’ve seen reimagined Genesises (Geneses?) before, but this might be the best one yet. It’s portable, it plays both original cartridges and ROMS off an SD card, it’s got TV-out and it only costs $US50. Sign us up. More »
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Yobo FC3 Plus Plays NES, SNES and Genesis Cartridges
1:15AM Mark Wilson | We may take the system for granted now, but your inner 10-year-old is simply amazed by the Yobo FC3 Plus. A console that’s fully compatible with NES, SNES and Sega Genesis titles, you can finally put those old cartridges to use without filling your home theatre setup with unsustainable levels of boxes and wires. Including an NES-compatible light gun and two controllers, the FC3 Plus is a smart eBay purchase for the time being, going for about $US50 from various independent retailers. Read on for a full unboxing. More »
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Old Sega Genesis Ads Remind Us of the First Real Console War
8:40AM Adam Frucci | Oh man, are these ads awesome. No ads really become outdated faster than ads for video game systems, with their quickly-antiquated technology, ridiculous music and hilarious editing. And boy, was Sega aggressive: “If you’re not playing these games, you’re a giant loser!” That may have been so, but unfortunately for Sega, there were way more Giant Losers than Cool Kids. As corny as it looks now, it’s the same in-your-face style used today, where the marketplace is strangely similar to the early ’90s, with warm fuzzy Nintendo in the dominant position, and more edgy aggressors trying to steal market share. Will we laugh as hard at today’s commercials as we do to the following Sega ads of yesteryear? More »
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Revive Those Repressed Sega Genesis Memories With 16-bit Blaze Portable Game Player
5:00AM Jack Loftus | If you weren’t lucky enough to have an SNES back in the 90’s, and were instead stuck with a Sega Megadrive (Genesis), the Blaze 16-bit handheld will bring a flood of those memories back to the surface and them some. The controller set up is even the same, complete with the Start button switching that made fighters like Street Fighter 2 impossible to play. Blaze is a fraction of the size of the original Genesis, and comes preloaded with 20 games. Some of them are actually pretty good. More »
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Multi-Platform Universal Console Mod Plays Everything Modularly
6:20AM Jason Chen | This game console mod does things slightly different from older mods we’ve seen. Instead of taking an old console and shoving it into a smaller body, this guy made a universal body and modularizes consoles–in effect, turning consoles like the N64, NES, Megadrive, Jaguar, GBA, and PlayStation into insertable “cartridges” that can be played on this main unit. He’s only got the N64 working (he says it’s the hardest one), but will keep working on other systems until he can pretty much play everything made before 1998 on this thing. [Modded By Bacteria] More »
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Super Genintari 4-in-1 Console Jams Nintendo, SEGA, and Atari Together
1:20AM Jesus Diaz | Super Genintari is the latest mega-console mod by Richard DaLuz, a perfect cocktail of Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System, Genesis and Super NES enclosed in a retro-’80s bronze acrylic case, “formed and shaped on a homemade stript heater.” It connects to a TV using a single cable, running four games simultaneously, and probably cooks bread with the generated heat—like the video shows after the jump. We talked with Richard about his superconsole mod: More »
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