Nes

Gaming

Control An Etch-A-Sketch With a NES Controller!

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11:00AM December 2, 2011 | Mark Serrels

As a clumsy three year old, my hands lovingly coated in a smear of saliva and nutella, there was nothing I couldn’t break or destroy. The humble Etch-A-Sketch was a serial victim of mine. Standing on it, pawing at it with sticky, disgusting toddler fingers. Imagine someone had given me this awesome mod back then? Maybe my beloved Etch-A-Sketch would still be with us to this day… [sniff] More »


Geek Out

Playing With Boobs Is Funner Than Playing NES

12:20PM June 25, 2011 | Casey Chan

Now if this were a Super NES we might be having a different conversation. No, but seriously, if you find a girl wearing this, she’s a keeper. It’s made by the same Etsy folks as the Pokeball bra. $US30 [Etsy]


Mobile

Fake Nintendo Cartridges Make The Best iPhone Covers

11:20PM April 11, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Designed by gamer shop Meteor, these iPhone 4 cases are supposed to look like the backsides of retro Famicom and NES catridges, complete with warnings on what not to do with the carts. We think they look pretty nice. More »


Computing

Many NES Cartridges Were Harmed In The Making Of This Flash Drive

5:40PM March 8, 2011 | Adrian Covert

This USB Flash Drive, made from an old NES system and a Tetris game cartridge, is utterly pointless. Then again, so is this thing. And this thing too. I’ll let it pass. More »


Geek Out

NES + Too Much Alcohol = 8-Bit Breathalyser

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10:34AM March 3, 2011 | Daniel Long

We love it when crazy ideas like this come to fruition and given our love of all things 8-bit, this takes the cake. An electrical engineer got hold of a regular NES cartridge and loaded it with a breathalyser, then fashioned it into a game that scores points off how smashed the players ultimately get… More »


Gaming

Enormous 10:1 Scale NES Coffee Table Actually Works

6:00AM December 13, 2010 | Jack Loftus

There have been NES coffee tables constructed in the past, and there will be NES coffee tables constructed again in the future. For now, however, this playable NES coffee table is the sexiest yet. Plus, (incredibly ambitious) DIY! More »


Going Off The Rails On A Guitar Made Out Of An NES

2:40AM December 11, 2010 | Owen Good

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Here’s a late entry for the Christmas shopping list: an electric guitar made out of an NES. It’s $US150, though currently its maker only has one in stock. More »


These Disks Are Not Toys (OK, Maybe They Are)

2:59AM November 2, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

The whole “urban vinyl” craze has been on the slide for years now, but we can still spare a tip of the hat for misshapen plastic figures when they represent classic video game storage mediums. More »


Gaming

Super Mario Bros’ Controls Were Originally Different

1:00AM October 26, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

In Super Mario Bros, the “A” button is jump, and the “B” button is run or shoot fireballs. It wasn’t always that way. More »


Gaming

Happy 25th Birthday, Nintendo Entertainment System!

2:39AM October 19, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

It’s not just Super Mario Bros turning 25 this year. Today, October 18, marks the 25th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System going on sale in the US. More »