Upcycled Game Controller Wallets
Nintendo controllers that are broken and about to call it quits get remade into functional wallets by Melissa Sidwell. Sadly, punching the Konami code will not dispense economic “power ups” from these wallets!
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NES Controller Interface for Etch A Sketch
YouTuber Alpinedelta32 created this simple but fun retro remix by combining a Nintendo Entertainment System controller with an Etch A Sketch. The drawing toy’s knobs are rotated by 12 volt stepper motors and they’re controlled with the d-pad of the NES controller. Behind the scenes he has an Arduino for motor control and a computer power supply to provide the 12 volts needed by the steppers. I’m guessing the next logical step is to rig the start button to flip the Etch A Sketch over and shake away the drawing.
Hack an NES into A USB Drive Dock for Retro Data Storage
Instructible user fungus amungus turned his broken Nintendo Entertainment System into a flash drive dock and modded his game cartridges with 8GB flash drives. Now when he inserts the game carts into the NES, the drives appear on his desktop. As a nice touch, he added custom icons for each drive so that he knows […]
Open Source Nintendo DS Bluetooth adapter
Gordan Savicic and Gottfried Haider of DSbrut fame have tipped us off that they’ve just released their DS Bluetooth adapter for the Nintendo DS.
Automatic Mario could go on forever …
What happens when automatic level generating software meets skilled Mario-bot software? – the above effortless automation apparently. Hmm, not so quite as exciting to watch without the possibility of tripping up. Though, there was a classic wall-jump save near the midpoint. Update: In the comments, Ian points out this higher qual youtube version and clarifies […]
Austin Event: Mario Kart 64 Tournament!
Tomorrow night, you can get your classic game on at Game Over Videogames’ last event of Classic Game Fest ’08. And, there’s an outdoor screening of The King of Kong, a great if somewhat sad story of the ridiculous rivalry induced by Donkey Kong addiction. Here’s the full info: Sign ups are at 8:00pm, but […]
The iBand
We all have seen tons of hacks for the iPhone and the Nintendo DS, but this one is a bit different. The iBand is a musical collaboration between (2) iPhones and (1) Nintendo DS. They don’t have much on their site, but they claim more information, and songs, will be posted soon. – Link