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News: The Portable SNES You've Always Wanted, But Can Never Have

The Portable SNES You've Always Wanted, But Can Never Have

NOT coming soon to shop near you!

Wouldn't it be great to have a mobile SNES that you could take with you everywhere? Well, until Nintendo decides to pull its finger out and launch the DSi Virtual Console service we're all hoping and praying for, you'll have to send begging letters to industrious French hardware modder darthchris13. This talented chap has managed to cram a SNES into a smaller,..

News: 20 Years On, The Power Glove is Still Awesomely Bad

20 Years On, The Power Glove is Still Awesomely Bad

“I love the Power Glove. It’s so bad.”

When Lucas Barton uttered those immortal words in the 1989 movie The Wizard it made every single Nintendo fan on the face of the planet want one. The reality was a little less impressive, but thankfully modder Matt Mechtley is ensuring that this iconic peripheral isn’t forgotten; he’s tinkered around with it to add additional functionality, although..

News: Stupidly Cool Portable Famicom Mod Surfaces

Stupidly Cool Portable Famicom Mod Surfaces

Shame we don’t know how to use a soldering iron...

The stuff these crazy modders seem to dream up never fails to surprise us, and this latest endeavour is totally off the chart in terms of sheer genius. Modder ‘goteking’ has taken a business card holder shaped like a Famicom cartridge and skillfully inserted a media player with a Famicom emulator installed. The result? Portable pleasure and..