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 / 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

Check out this dope situation: An NES arcade cabinet.

This is what was poppin’ in the Nintendo Fun Club — if you’d only taken Doc Louis’ advice, this could’ve been you rocking the NFC shirt with a matching pair of aquamarine and pink shorts. Peep the setup:

• Low key wooden cabinet? Check.
• Dual NES Advantage sticks? Check.
• Slots for standard and MAX controllers? Check.
• Room to flip the system lid? Check.
• Featured game slot? Check.
• Nearby electrical outlet with its plate blown off due to the situation’s dopeness? Check.
• Jizz all up in your hair? Check.

See also: Another dope situation

[Via Fort90]

tags / nintendo fun club / nes advantage / arcade sticks / nes meax / arcade / ec