If You Like Storage and Nintendo We Have Just the Site for You
Posted by James Newton
New life for old friends
To many retro gamers, cartridges are hallowed things: plastic shrines that hold the sacred texts within. They're also really handy things for sticking hard drives and portable storage in too, of course.
Crafts website Broodr has some of the more ingenious options we've seen so far, with everything from Game Boy Advance carts to NES classics becoming pocket-sized storage devices — perhaps only if you have really big pockets, in the case of the NES cart.
It's not just carts either, with NES controllers also becoming homes for digital files. Best of all, however, is this Hyrule Shield USB stick that lights up. Not even the original shield does that.
[via broodr.com]




















#1
BulbasaurusRex said:
So these are just attractive flash drives? Maybe I'll get one if I ever need a new flash drive.
#2
zezhyrule said:
"It's dangerous to go out without backing up your data! Take this!."
I actually think the NES controller one is the coolest looking, wooden shields are bleh, and I don't like the idea of messing up GBA carts D:
and it just looks kinda awkward really, not that a NES controller isn't xP
#3
warioswoods said:
Flash drives are fine, but nowadays I just throw things in the cloud.
#4
irken004 said:
$34 for a 4GB flashdrive that looks like Link's shield? No thanks
#5
citizenerased said:
Why isn't Nintendo offering things like this. Don't you want our money, Nintendo?
#6
NX01Trekkie1992 said:
@warioswoods Nice one
if I had the money I'd so get one of these, helpful to hide it in your gaming collection when the cops bust in with a search warrant looking for the stolen data-I mean... it looks cool
#7
irken004 said:
@tealover Maybe Nintendo doesn't want to remove the guts of their own products from the past?
#8
TheGreenSpiny said:
That looks cool... but man, did they have to gut Metroid Fusion? Couldn't they have picked some crappy GBA game?
#9
Ryno said:
BLASPHEMY!
#10
Soviet-Dictator said:
Nerdtastic!
#11
Sony_70 said:
Looks Cool. Too Bad I mostly use Cloud Storage. May try to get one just in case.
#12
ryanthehedgehog said:
Too expensive, I'll just stick with getting regular flash drives at Walmart. These are cool though.
#13
Swiket said:
That news title is really misleading.
#14
Milkman-123 said:
WAY too expensive.
#15
SkywardLink98 said:
It's a shame to waste the game. I say they should have the games pre-installed to the flash drives.
#16
CapedGodot said:
I'm an SD card guy. Sorry!
#17
RudyBelmont said:
Cool but too pricey.
#18
James said:
@Swiket In what way?
#19
TheAmazingRaccoon said:
cool but sacrilegious. a game had to die for this.
EDIT: the controller one is beyond awesome
#20
DrCruse said:
Way to expensive. $170 for a 1 Terabyte hard drive is just too much when you can get the same amount of storage for just $80.
#21
theblackdragon said:
@ToadFan: No, but i sure wish we did — i'd have me one'a them NES controller ones already. :3
#22
GamerZack7 said:
@zezzy: lol at that quote!
#23
Peacock said:
That Zelda shield one looks tempting at a low price... and I need a new Flash Drive anyways.
#24
komicturtle said:
I'll invest in a 4TB hard drive instead for $80. More value and better than a glorified flash drive.
#25
CrazedGeek said:
Hmm, I have a broken Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt/WCTM cart for the NES lying around... I may just turn it into an external HDD.
Also, @KomicZ: Link, please? I don't believe I've even seen a 4TB drive, and the cheapest I can find bare 2TB drives is usually around $90.
(I just looked at the linked site. Dear lord, $170 for a 1TB drive?)
#26
_mikero_ said:
Some neat stuff there.... like the pokebra lol
#27
ToadFan said:
@tbd Thanks, broodr is a good site, but it's a little expensive for my wallet right now, D:
#28
theblackdragon said:
@ToadFan: Don't worry, I'm in the same boat at the moment. Window-shopping sure is fun, though :3
#29
AlbertoC said:
I now want a The Legend Of Zelda 1Tb HDD... So much awesomeness in a oh-so tiny cartridge...
#30
DkFluttershyGuy said:
I'll acknowledge creativity, but defiling a Metroid Fusion game is just criminal! I ever know of anybody going all Andy Warhol with a Nintendo masterpiece, I'm having a few choice words with them.
Interesting thing here. I run a search on "cloud" at google, cloud storage comes up first, Cloud Strife second, then regular cloud clouds as in the sky, LOL!
@warioswoods
I didn't know Lakitu had a place to store our computer stuffs. TO THE LAKITU!
#31
James said:
@Everyone We're working with Broodr to offer NL readers some sort of discount. Watch this space!
#32
Ichabod said:
Very nice! Discount would be awesome, and these are fantastic. I might be sold.
#33
Kagamine said:
that would be sooo cool! i would definately buy something then. maybe the hard drive because i needs me some space!
#34
SilentJ said:
Nice!
#35
StarDust said:
I am generally against destorying old classics. Try a PowerPak from RetroUSB.com ($135) next time you feel the need to store data on an NES cart. It plugs into the NES and plays games, too!
@warioswoods: I'm pretty skeptic on the whole "Cloud Storage" concept. Great place to keep Spinies, though.
As someone who lived through the dorcom bust of 2001, data uploaded to the Internet has a tendancy to vaporize quite unexpectantly. After all, clouds are made of vapors, aren't they? One minute it's there, next minute, POOF, it's gone. 
#36
moosa said:
No way I'm supporting destruction of out-of-production Nintendo game goods.
#37
Marakuto said:
I might get one or...