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Nintoaster Mod Makes NES Games Tastier Than Ever

by Donald Melanson, posted Sep 10th 2008 at 4:22PM


This toaster may only have one setting, but that setting is Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and that's good enough for us. Created by the same console modder behind the monstrous Super Genintari, this project is certainly a good deal less ambitious than that endeavor, but it hits all the right marks nonetheless, including a functional front lever that acts as a power switch, and some red LEDs that light up your cart but probably won't do much for your toast. Be sure to hit up the link below for plenty more pics and a look at the complete build process.

'Donkey Kong' Recreated With LEGO Bricks

by Thomas Houston, posted Aug 14th 2008 at 4:23PM



Dan Kressin recently built a LEGO recreation of Nintendo's classic 8-bit title 'Donkey Kong' using a LEGO Mindstorms system (a collection of programmable LEGO bricks, motors and sensors). While you can't actually play the game (maybe a feature in the next version?), you can sit back and relive some of your childhood memories of sitting in front of the tube, tapping away at your Nintendo Entertainment System. Though we spent thousands of hours of our childhood playing with LEGO blocks, we've never seen a LEGO creation like this -- Donkey Kong throws plastic barrels, Mario jumps, and yes, even the 'Donkey Kong' theme song plays.

Need to know how this thing was actually put together? Check out Kressin's Web site, and you'll find a video of the 'guts' of the contraption after the break. [From: LEGO Donkey Kong via: Unplggd]

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Guy Turns Nintendo Game System Into a Belt Buckle

by Darren Murph, posted Jul 28th 2008 at 4:12PM



Just as Mr. Adams wrote of the summer of '69, some heralded pop star decades from now will pen a smash hit recalling the summer of two-thousand and eight. Oddly enough, the tune will likely focus on the revitalization of the Nintendo Entertainment System, which has somehow wiggled into just about everything imaginable over the past few months.

The latest concoction is a bit different, though, as the NES Belt Buckle doesn't really shove NES capabilities into a buckle; rather, the NES is the buckle, which is sort of weird to be frank. Still, for $300 you can have your very own, but we'd recommend boosting your self-esteem and saving your cash by just making your own with that dusty system that's still in your attic. Tons of laughs await you in the demonstration video just past the break.
[Source: NESBuckle] [Thanks, Harrison]

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Guy Stuffs Entire Video Game System Into Retro Controller

by Darren Murph, posted Jul 21st 2008 at 4:55PM


This one has been around the block a time or two, but considering you have absolutely nothing else to do on a Sunday, you might as well dust off that DIY kit and get to work. What you're looking at above is a genuine (albeit modified) NES controller playing a bona fide classic on a laptop.

Amazingly, all of the software required for such a marvelously good time is stuffed tight within the controller itself. Take a step back and digest that -- your very own NES emulator (with ROMs), shoved inside a Nintendo Entertainment System controller. Does it get any more awesome than that? Hit the read link to start building your own and let us know. Video of the action after the jump. [Source: Ed's How-To's Via Hack-A-Day]

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The $15,000 Golden Nintendo Cartridge

by Tim Stevens, posted Feb 15th 2008 at 12:01PM

The $15k Golden Nintendo CartridgeIf you're old enough to have owned a Nintendo Entertainment System in the 80's, chances are you bought a copy of the original 'The Legend of Zelda' with the luscious golden sheen. Those cartridges are only worth a few bucks today, but a certain golden cartridge for the NES is worth much, much more. $15,000, in fact, at least according to an opening bid price on eBay.

The cartridge, pictured to the right, was a prize given out at the Nintendo World Championships in 1990 to winners and runner-ups. 26 were apparently made with the golden color and they pop up on the global auction clearing house from time to time. The cartridge contained the games used during the competition itself, including 'Super Mario Bros.,' 'Rad Racer,' and 'Tetris.' Each game is worth only a few dollars individually, but bundle them together in a shiny cart and you have quite the collector's item.

An earlier one sold for $6,100 according to Wikipedia and, with them becoming more and more rare as uninformed parents clean out closets and attics, $15,000 just may be achievable.

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'Zelda' Spoof Exposes Link as a Pervert!

by Tom Conlon, posted Sep 14th 2007 at 4:31PM


If you don't watch 'Robot Chicken' on Cartoon Network, here's a quick primer: Actor Seth Green (of 'Austin Powers' fame) and friends film lightning-fast pop-culture spoofs using toy action figures and stop-frame animation ala Gumby. Nothing is sacred and nearly everything is ingenious.

This skit from the latest episode takes aim at the legendary Nintendo game, 'The Legend of Zelda' and reveals that our hero Link's mission to save the princess isn't as noble as he'd have you believe. Oh, and the princess is no princess, either.

From Joystiq

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DIY Nintendo Controller for iPod

by Tom Conlon, posted Aug 9th 2007 at 2:00PM

Old School Nintendo Controller for iPod

Sure the Wiimote's motion-detection wizardry is all the rage these days, but for some gamers, that childhood love affair with the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) controller never ended. Yesterday brought news of a touch version of the NES gamepad being hacked onto the iPhone to play such classics as 'Super Mario Bros.'

Now, a super geek has cracked open one of the old controllers and rewired it to control his iPod. His work, along with a how-to, is on display at the Instructables Web site, a place dedicated to DIY projects for hacking almost anything you can imagine.

You may want to keep your eye on that Instructables page. Down in the comments, a fellow Instructables solder monkey suggests building the ultimate iPod dock out of an old NES console where you'd push the iPod down into the cartridge slot and control it with the gamepad.

Holy Luigi, do we want one of those ...

From Shiny Shiny

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Play Nintendo Games on iPhone

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Aug 8th 2007 at 2:51PM

Nintendo on iPhoneThe first thing hackers do when they break a closed system is try to get it to act like another system. More often than not that system tends to be the much-beloved Nintendo Entertainment System.

Of course, the iPhone is no exception.

A group of intrepid developers has ported an NES emulator to run on Apple's touch screen handset. The first version was painfully slow and had no sound, but an update is already available that brings the emulator to a usable level. Controls are handled via an on screen representation of the classic NES remote.

Installation isn't for the light of heart, but there is currently no other way to get your Mario fix on the iPhone.

From Engadget

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