Archive for the 'Retro Games' Category

NES in a Controller

Previously I have written about a NES System in a cartridge. This is much cooler than that. I have stumbled upon a mod that puts the entire NES system in a NES controller. G-force, a modder from Benheck forums, has this to say about his creation:

“I took a famiclone (Super Joy III) and put it in a controller, with a bit of style and quality added. It was made for my girlfriend who’s a big NES nut like me. That made it easy to guess a gift for her birthday. Just thought, “What would I want?” I got it made a little late, but it was worth it to make right.”

I’m sure he scored huge points with his girlfriend because of this gift. Plus his mini NES controller system has tons of features such as built-in games including Tetris and Contra, a cartridge connector at the back, and a 2nd player controller port.

NES Controller System

G-force has a gallery of the components and the actual controller system here.

    Nintendo Lego

    I found this photos from The Tanooki. Can you identify the different games represented?

    Lego Biohazard

    Lego Castlevania

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      Classic Games in Real Life Settings

      I’ve stumble upon these images at MMOABC.com.These put classic game sprite in real life settings. Enjoy!

      If anyone knows the original artist of these images, let me know.

      Super Mario Bros

      Excite Bike

      Street Fighter

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        FireNes, a way to play NES games in your Firefox

        firenes.pngToday’s my birthday and I’m feeling kind of nostalgic. I miss the old NES games I use to play when I was a kid, Contra, Super Mario Series, and Gradius to name a few.

        Then I stumble upon FireNes. This is an add-on for the Firefox browser that allows you to play 2,000+ NES games. You can download the FireNes installer from its site. Once installed, you can access FireNes from Firefox by going to Tools>FireNes.

        It will open a sidebar with the games listed alphabetically. Choose a game by double clicking and a popup window will open. Controls are simple. All you need to press are the arrow keys for direction, Enter for start, Ctrl for select, Z for B and X for A.

        Every game made for the NES is available. You most likely will find the game you wasted your time on in the past. I give the FireNes add-on two 1-up mushrooms.1up1up

        FireNes requires Java and Firefox to run.

          NES System ala Cart

          This must be mod week. After writing about that great NES controller/coffee table project, this time I’m bringing you a NES System built into its own game cart.

          NES System ala Cart 1

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            Mega Wall Art

            Do you have nothing better to do today? Then why not do something like this. Flickr user dergutemoritz has upload this set of photos documenting his Megaman pixel art.

            He described it as:

            Classic NES Mega Man on my room’s wall, made of 7×7cm paper squares, about 2m in height.

            megaman wall art

            I have always been a Megaman fan. This is a great concept. Maybe I’ll do it using Post-Its.

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