Stop motion video is one of those things that if done correctly, can be rather impressive. With HD, 3D, and all kinds of other new age technology, sometimes a jerky, rudimentary video is what we need. YouTube member, bornforthis43 (AKA steelersmaniac36), burned through 120+ hours of his life piecing together over 7,000 still images and creating one of the coolest stop-motion videos I’ve seen yet. To set the mood — it relives all of the NES’s best games...
Before you get too excited, we must mention that these are renderings and not actual buildings. Bummer, I know. How cool would it be to tell your friends you live in a giant NES? You’d be the envy of geeks everywhere. Click on past to see a few more nerdy buildings based off of a couple other favorite consoles… TechEblog > Technabob >...
Tinkers in the whole modding scene will know that it isn’t your cute nickname that gets you street cred, it’s what you do that matters. That’s probably a good thing for Nintendo Age forum member “Bunnyboy” whose name is questionable, but his acts of kindness upon nerd kingdom are worth their weight in gold. Using the guts of an old Gameboy and the case of an NES game, BunnyBoy created a masterpiece — an adapter to play Gameboy games on...
The NES was truly a staple of gaming back in the day. While other systems were languishing in averageness and confusion, the Nintendo console came along and caused an explosion in the gaming scene. But those days are long gone. Thankfully, the memories and functionality of that old gaming great don’t have to be. The NES Controller Flash Drive is a perfect example of how the old can become new again… Whether you buy the 4GB model above (Dare Dream –...
When I think of “retro” gaming consoles, the GameCube isn’t necessarily one that first comes to mind. Yet if you really think about it in technology years, the GameCube is pretty old. Just because it’s old doesn’t mean we can’t still have some fun with it though. One of the most popular mods for gamers and tinkers alike is the “portable console mod”. Taking a console such as a PS2, Dreamcast, or in this case, a GameCube,...
