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This custom Twin Famicom looks sharp
I’ll typically take matte surfaces over gloss for my consoles all day errday, but this commissioned paintjob by Zoki64 is foine.
Type of system that turns heads as it walks by, a glance and a smile thrown over her shoulder when she catches you gawking. Type of system you bring over to show off to your friends, only to have them talk behind your back about how she’s way out of your league and comment, “I’m not even sure what she’s doing with him/her.”
Type of system next-gen consoles hide their men/women from, knowing she could steal away their partners with minimal effort, on some ol’ Jolene shit. Like, damn, custom Twin Famicom, don’t do’em like that. Don’t break Xbone’s heart after all it’s gone through to find happiness, just because you can.
BUY Famicom stuff, upcoming games
Wii U GamePad Famicom skin
Because in this day and age, everything must have a skin that looks like an old video game system. Consoles, controllers, clothes, iPhone cases — everything. Eventually we will see a Game Boy decorated with a Game Boy decal, and modded with a tiny PC to play Game Boy games.
Datel Japan will begin selling this Famicom decal at the end of July for ¥1,980, or around $20.
BUY Famicom stuff, upcoming games
My Famicase Exhibition 2013 entries
Meteor, our favorite video game shop in Tokyo, began hosting its annual Famicase gallery last week, displaying nearly 90 Famicom cartridges for fake games dreamt up by artists. It looks like more Western artists than usual participated this year, and judging by the messages we received, a lot of our readers heard about the show from our posts and participated! Congratulations! You might remember that we had our own piece featured by Famicase not too long ago.
I’ve picked out my favorites from 2013’s submissions for the images above. Yuko Yano’s Cat Takes The Breakfast sounds like a game idea JC and I kicked around back in the day — the goal in Yano’s imaginary game is to wake up your master to serve you breakfast. ExedStarSoldius曼蛇Xevi ForceZone 頭脳BeeType is also neat, mashing together of a dozen shmups.
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“The dark red color was simply an order from the president. He had this dark red scarf that he liked to wear a lot; it was just a color that he liked. For an executive like him, the external design is one of the easier ways to put his mark on the project, so to speak.”
- Famicom hardware designer Masayuki Uemura explains why the Japanese console was painted red and white, in a Weekly Playboy interview translated by Kevin Gifford.
The Famicom and former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi:
Baller.
BUY Famicom stuff, Real Steel
Robot Ninja Haggle Man 3 Famicom label
It’s the cartridge art the world I demanded after seeing Nina Matsumoto’s original illustration! Tiny Cartridge reader Lord Toon wasn’t the one who commissioned Nina for the piece, but he decided to answer my request anyway. Is anyone out there a bad enough dude to print this out and desecrate a Famicom cart with the label?
BUY Retro Game Challenge, Retro Game Master DVD set
A fighting robot controlled by a Famicom controller
NBD, you know. This crazy person decided to enter his Famicom-controlled robot (with a Wiimote pass-through) into Robo-One Light. Bonus: the robot is also made partially out of Famicom controllers, it appears. Bonus bonus: so cute.
BUY Famicom stuff, Real Steel
My Famicase Exhibition returns April 27
Meteor’s My Famicase Exhibition, which remains my favorite annual game art thing, will host another series of fake Famicom cartridge designs in Tokyo from April 27-May 31.
There’s still time to submit your own artwork! Google-translateable entry instructions and templates can be found here.
Participating in Famicase was one of the best things we ever did! We got to collaborate with Ashley Davis, we got a cartridge with our idea on it shown in a cool shop in Tokyo (and on the internet everywhere), and then people made games out of it!
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Famicom NES mod by Javier Riquelme
His Famicom and NES-styled DualShock 3 controllers are also impressive.
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Famicom RC car peels out on a conference table
This experimental vehicle makes some very exciting maneuvers, with a dramatic finish I don’t want to spoil!
What I do want, is to drive one of these while playing a driving game. Imagine the Molydeux-esque thrill of playing a racing game in which you controlled both the on-screen car and the console, and had to make sure you didn’t unhook the system from the TV while driving.
VIA La Repisa Nintendo
Dragon Quest still lifes by Kyushu Danji
These red guys are going to get so much XP.
BUY Dragon Quest games
Famicom Domino
Around 1,000 Famicom carts, five hours of prep time, and an indirect tour of Haruna Anno’s crazy retro game museum.
BUY Famicom stuff
Love Plus, the Famicom cartridge and FDS disk … the Christmas ornaments. I believe these were made to put on the tree at the Konamistyle store, which is currently celebrating “Merry Plusmas” with displays and, of course, tons of Love Plus stuff to sell.
IMPORT Love Plus+, New Love Plus
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