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Design

By Royal Decree, The Food Of My Kingdom Is Now Hot Pockets!

6:45AM Adam Frucci | This is a 2m tall throne made entirely of Famicom (NES) cartridges. Whoever sits in it becomes king for the day of the fantastical realm of Sadtopia. More »
Games

Let’s Count The Ways NES Modders Have Decimated My Fondest Childhood Memories

7:00AM Jack Loftus | So a new, potentially very popular Mario title comes out today. Sweet, sweet nostalgia. To celebrate, let’s revisit all the 2009 NES hacks and mods that have, thus far, utterly destroyed or otherwise corrupted my most cherished memories, shall we? More »
Games

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 »
Games

The Perfect Lego NES Only Plays Bricked Tetris

8:40AM Jesus Diaz | This full scale Lego NES reproduction is exactly like the original, complete with video and audio connectors, gamepads with flexible cables made out of solid pieces, pushable buttons, and a working front-loading mechanism to insert the included Tetris cartridge. More »
Games

The NES Guitar That Redefined The Genre

1:24AM Mark Wilson | The console guitar’s are nothing new to the internet, but an NES guitar of this calibre—one in which even the headstock has been replaced with a cartridge—is a rarity indeed. Hit 2:20 for the demo. [TechEBlog via GadgetReview]
Games

What Would Happen If We “Play” This NES Emulator Cartridge Casemod?

7:00AM Jack Loftus | Finally, an NES cartridge casemod I can get behind without weeping uncontrollably. This one houses a complete library of NES games, uses the original buttons, and hides inside the Super Mario/Duck Hunt combo cartridge. But wait, there’s more: More »
Games

NES Controller Mod Unlocks With Pure Nostalgia

3:00AM Jack Loftus | The “security code” installed on this NES controller flash storage mod isn’t going to keep anyone from accessing the files inside, but that’s not really the point: More »
Games

One-Of-A-Kind Nintendo Cartridge Fetches Highest Price Yet

8:40AM Jesus Diaz | Only one of these Nintendo cartridges exist in the world, which is why it has beaten the $US17,500 gold 1990 Nintendo World Championships cartridge. The new record: $US20,400. However, its price is not the strangest thing about it. More »
Peripherals

Another Modder Desecrates Fond Nintendo Memory From My Youth

3:00AM Jack Loftus | Like I’ve said here before, when a modder takes a perfectly perfect piece of Nintendo lore and makes a hard drive out of it, or turns a classic item from gaming history and begets a USB drive, I weep. More »
Games

In The 90s, NES Graphics Were Best Viewed Up Close

6:40AM Danny Allen | Now, this is a story all about how…Wow, this pretty much hits the early-90s on the head. Baseball Stars, Nike Ultra Force kicks, Mariah Carey CD, those pants! But where’s the SNES? I mean, he was the Fresh Prince, right? More »