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NES M9 display. This auction is a few days old and has been posted elsewhere, but I think this item is really neat. It’s a store display, containing non-functional versions of the NES, the ROB, and its games, with marketing junk about all of them on the back wall. It’s like a time capsule preserving Christmas 1985.
I remember staring at this exact display (well, an identical one, but you know what I mean) in the back room of the toy store in which my mom worked. It wasn’t on display out front because the NES had long since sold out and they didn’t want to appear as if they were carrying them.
Anyway, bidding is up to like a thousand bucks now.
[Via GameSniped]
tags / nes / ebay / rob / jc
NES controller with Game Boy buttons. Such a simple mod, with such interesting results! If you want this unique pad, with its “slightly wobbly D-Pad and low-riding buttons,” you need only bid on this eBay auction.
Or make it yourself using one of the many junk Game Boys you keep around for projects.
[Update: Thretris shared some his wicked NES controller mods with Game Boy buttons. Wow!]
[Via GameSniped]
tags / nes / ebay / game boy / jc
Remade boxart from a recent NES Cover Art Jam. The new Double Dragon II and Iron Sword pieces actually surpass the originals (though I’m sure Fabio fans will disagree)!
List of artists (by order in the slideshow):
- Double Dragon II by Ben Camberos
- Castlevania III by Gerardo Ramirez
- Super Mario Bros. by Mick Collins
- River City Ransom by Ray Ocampo
- Iron Sword by Carlos Lerma
This re-illustrated Crystalis cover by Lamar Abrams wasn’t part of the jam but definitely merits mentioning.
See also: More Double Dragon stuff (all these posts rock)
[Via Carlos Lerma, Gamefreaks]
tags / fanart / boxart / nes / super mario bros / castlevania iii / double dragon / iron sword / river city ransom / ec
Roll & Rocker. How could somebody have the Roll & Rocker — the only controller worthy of the LJN label — and keep it wrapped in its original plastic bag? What kind of cold-hearted person is able to resist the temptation of playing NES games by wobbling on a plastic board with a ball in the middle?
If you now need one of these, but don’t require your Roll & Rocker to be absolutely new (at a cost of $299) you can buy this cheap(er) complete, but not sealed, version for $100.
[Via GameSniped]
tags / ebay / nes / ljn / roll and rocker
Nintendo Fun Club’s Metroid Artist Contest Winners from April/May 1988 (click for a larger image). At least two of these kids didn’t play Metroid to the end.
Buy: Metroid Prime Trilogy Collector’s Edition
See also: “Super Metroid” by Jace Wallace
[Via Jonah Gregory]
tags / metroid / nes / nintendo fun club / fanart / ecTommy T’s Sound Editor, a NES cartridge used by composer Tommy Tallarico in early works like Color a Dinosaur. Amazingly, this rare item was found at a swap meet by NintendoAge forum user Kirakid. I can imagine chiptuners would lose their shit for something like this.
Kirakid sold this item off along with a few prototypes, including the aforementioned Color a Dinosaur. Which, by the way, is kind of amazing:
[Via Retronauts]
tags / tommy tallarico / color a dinosaur / prototype / nes / jcGameplay video for Mr. Gimmick, Sunsoft’s charming NES platformer released only in Japan and Scandinavia. The game looks fun, but I’m posting it because Retronauts’s Frank Cifaldi did a bang-up job producing the clip, making this not only the most informative video game playthrough I’ve ever sat through, but the best use of annotations I’ve seen yet on Youtube. Watch the entire playlist here (don’t miss the minecart section in part 2!).
I typically cannot listen to more than a few seconds of the longplay movies posted by talkative or preteen nerds on Youtube — though I love the way the kid in this Retro Game Challenge video sings, “This game is win! Very much win!” — so it’s nice to come across such a well-executed, annotated clip like this. Of course, it helps that Mr. Gimmick looks like one of the most fun and impressive Famicom/NES games I’ve never played.
See also: Sonic and Tails Adventure 2 trailer
[Via Retronauts. Thanks for the GCCX clip, Matty!]
tags / frank cifaldi / retronauts / mr gimmick / lost levels / sunsoft / nes / famicom
“How To Take A Punch”, an interesting packaging project by Tristan Bowersox, inspired by the identically titled chapter from The Worst Case Scenario Handbook.
Buy: Punch-Out!! (Wii)
See also: “The Most Unbalanced Fight In History”
[Via Tristan Bowersox]
tags / how to take a punch / the worst case scenario handbook / tristan bowsersox / boxart / punch-out!! / nes / fanart / ec
The NES cabinet in its finished form! The gorgeous homemade cabinet we featured before, as it turns out, had more work done on it after that iconic picture was taken. Once again, I entreat you to peep the setup, with links to pictures from owner/creator Will’s site:
- Custom Mario, Link, Samus, and even Howard and Nester artwork painted by owner Will’s mom? Check.
- Cupholders? Check.
- Side-mounted pockets for magazines, instructions, and even index cards with cheat codes on them? Check!
- Pad to maintain distance between two NES Advantages? Check!!
- Star Wars action figures? Check!!!
This thing only got more awesome in its finished state. I love how every inch of this cabinet is built specifically for something related to the NES experience. Though Will sold off his games for college, this story has what I consider a happy ending: his parents kept the cabinet, and it now resides in his house where he and his lucky family get to see it all the time.
tags / nes / arcade / nintendo fun club / nes max / nes advantage / jc
Terra Cresta “promo cartridge.” I have no idea if this is legitimately what the seller says it is, or if it’s a recently-created item, but I really don’t care, because
- The current bid is just $4.99, and
- This thing looks awesome.
If you were to put a NES cartridge on a photocopier and somehow copy the whole thing, it would look like this. If it actually plays Terra Cresta, bonus! If it is actually a vintage promotional copy, even better.
[Via GameSniped]
tags / vic tokai / terra cresta / ebay / nes / jc
And on the other end of the spectrum, there’s this velvet NES mod by Phil McCoy. I’m kind of disappointed that it’s not actually a red velvet NES cake. That’d be delicious.
I’m not sure what compels someone to wrap their console in red velvet, but his Sonic Gold Ring Genesis/Mega Drive system mod is much more sensible:
And his friend Greg made this wicked Battletoads NES:
[Via Phil McCoy]
tags / velvet / mods / phil mccoy / nes / ec / sonic the hedgehog / battletoads / genesis
Smart Boy Arkanoid. GameSniped explains that these unlicensed cartridges were produced by a South American company and distributed to rental stores by a company called Video Store Services as a cheaper alternative to real NES games.
This is one of two known Smart Boy Arkanoids. Other releases include Super Mario Bros. 2 and 3, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and (Tengen) Tetris — an unlicensed copy of an unlicensed game!
Oh, by the way, it’s $430.
[Via GameSniped]
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