A while back, a modder by the name of Hailraizer crafted the NCube, a portable version of the Gamecube. Looking to outdo himself, the modder is at it again with what just might be the pinnacle of console-to-handheld modding.
Dubbed the Kamikaze 64and commissioned by an unknown individual, this portable version of the N64 has got it all. It has all the familiar controls, input for a second controller, video output, and even includes the controller's I/O port on the back which means that it's Controller Pak compatible (!).
Whoever paid for this device sure got their money's worth and will no doubt be the envy of every gamer on the block. Well done, Hailraizer. Oh and just out of curiosity, how much would a portable Dreamcast run me?
Ever wonder what it might be like to sip on a fine glass of wine while playing a few nostalgic rounds of Super Mario Bros. 3 or any number of retro gaming hits? Wonder no more.
8-Bit Vintners is taking gaming to a whole new level of class and sophistication. Now you can enjoy the glory days of 8-Bit gaming with a glass of wine prepared with the highest of winemaking standards.
"My wine is for anyone who spent time trying to save a princess or fit odd shaped blocks together. We may have never met, but we have more in common than we ever knew. So blow out that old Contra cartridge, give the NES a good dust off, and pour yourself a glass."
Poking around 8-Bit Vintners homepage shows off a bit of the winemaking process as well as just how much these drinkers are commited to old-school gaming. Cheers!
oh yes! quite fascinating too. The author of this video created a Jesus flipbook but not the usual setting you'd expect from any Jesus film/cartoon. Check it out.
Don't worry, I don't have a boring lecture for you, since your MTV-riddled and ADD-addled minds probably couldn't even follow– hey. HEY, still talking!
Look, just click here. And check out this sweet visual history of all the major gaming consoles that have made their way into our homes and hearts over the years. Click on any of them to get a bigger image and brief description, and learn yourself some history, "gamer."
Ahh, the Colecovision, 4th row from the top – that was back before we had all your fancy ergonomic motion sensitive nonsense. Talk about buttons! There were like twelve buttons on that sucker, including a full fledged numeric keypad – take that, Dualshock! After a few hours, you'd get the handcramps… that was how you knew you were becoming a man. Why, I remember… *zzzzsnore*
Hey, what's that in the background of a scene from the new John Cusack comedy, Hot Tub Time Machine? A Super Mario Bros. arcade cabinet? There can't be many of those left around. Maybe Arrested Development's Frank Wrench, aka Moses Taylor (aka actor Rob Corddry in real life, there on the right) is about to get into a fight with the burly gentleman on the left over whose turn it is to insert a quarter. Maybe Mario Bros. will play a pivotal role in making this relationship work, or settling a high-stakes debt of around fifty grand. Or perhaps they're arguing over how to best ridicule John Cusack in a grueling test of manual dexterity and hand-eye-coordination in front of his high-school-crush-that-got-away-for-25-years as punishment for making Roland Emmerich's truly execrable 2012.
Hell, maybe they actually went back in time with a hot tub and are looking at 1980s state of the art technology from Japan!
You'll just have to go see the movie to know for sure. In any case, it's more proof that video games have unquestionably hit pop-culture mainstream.
So, it looks like Nintendo prez Satoru Iwata was bluffing when he made those comments about the successor to the DS.
No, I'm kidding. There is no such thing as a Game Boy Advance Touch, although if there were, that would be cool. Instead this is a mod someone created for an iPhone, namely jamming it a GBA case and making it play the iPhone's Sonic the Hedgehog port and other things.
Unfortunately, as is plainly evident in the pictures, the game still uses the iPhone's touchscreen controls to play the game. The B button works as the phone's "home" key, but that's probably because it lines up with where the key is on the phone exactly. Kinda cool, but what do you do when you're not playing horizontally oriented games?
It makes total sense that developers would want to take advantage of the DSi's photographic capabilities, but the jury's still out whether this idea is hilarious or just plain scary. In new-ish title, Foto Face: The Face Stealer Strikes, you use your DSi to capture your own or your friends' faces and insert them into the game. You can also record your "heroic battle cry" if you so choose.
The game pays lip service to being a real game by having you "reclaim your stolen identity" from the sinister Face Stealer but mainly it's just an excuse to make your friends look like hydrocephalic game characters. The game features platforming puzzles through 15 levels and 8 unlockable costumes that allow you to look like ninjas, spies or Conan the Barbarian. And if the mood takes you, you can upload your in-game photos and share your swollen skull with anyone who cares to look at it.
