The console wars are long since over for Nintendo 64, the curvy chunk that heralded the end of the cartridge era and fought heroically before succumbing to its rivals. If that particular console war was ever re-imagined, however, then there seems to be one gamer that could ride into battle with Epona: King Nintendo 64, of course.
To give you some context, this past weekend was the Otakon convention in Baltimore, USA, a celebration of anime, manga and Asian culture as a whole. Like many conventions, some attendees decided that cosplay was the way to go, and King Nintendo 64 therefore ascended to the throne. Before becoming retro royalty the king was known as Gary from Philadelphia, and he said that it took him a month to produce the outfit.
There are plenty of games and at least three consoles making up a sword, suit of armour and shield; courtesy of coloured cartridges you may even be able to figure out what some of those games are. It may not be the most elegant of outfits, but it certainly shows how much this man loves his N64.
[source destructoid.com, via dailydot.com]
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Haha, that's pretty cool.
Awesome!
Epic!
lol
I guess I'm just a stick in the mud because I find it disgusting when people destroy cartridges and systems like this. It's not like they make any of these things anymore!
It's one thing if ALL those cartridges didn't work but I find that very hard to believe. Look at all those copies of Majora's Mask! Resident Evil 2 is a rare game to begin with! Blah. The sacrifices were not worth it if you ask me.
this dude is awesome! i still prefer n64 over any other console to date =) rareware made my childhood perfect! =D
Nah, still better the N64 games vs the PS1 ones.
Just because of the much more variety and series continuation from genres that PS1 just overlooked because they think to do that. It's a thing that i find only, and i'm still here to confirm with modern consoles, on Nintendo consoles: variety of gaming genres.
The geekness of that photo oozes out of my computer screen onto my keyboard.
@SpaceKappa I guess it depends how it's put together whether that stuff will be damaged or not, but it's a fair point.
@SpaceKappa i agree, use papercraft cartridges plz
I'd agree it would be pretty bad if the games were destroyed in the process. I see a Conker's Bad Fur Day in there.
And I saw someone else make another N64 costume that included a gray Majora's Mask (I didn't even know they existed, so it's got to be worth something).
im going to make an earthbound costume like that now
this punk isn't King N64! look! he has the STANDARD Zelda:OoT cartridge! he'd REALLY be a king if he had a GOLDEN cart! look hard enough, you'll find the standard cart. it's on the right.
Maybe it's the nerd in me, but I'd hate to think that he ruined perfectly functional cartridges to make this.
I totally agree with what @SpaceKappa said. It looks like he glued everything together. What a waste...
In fairness, this isn't quite as wasteful as the regalia adorning one of his sworn enemies, the Grand Duke of Sega Saturn. Most of the suckers he's sporting are a lot rarer than the numerous Majora's Mask carts His Majesty has managed to acquire.
AW,Man Resident Evil 2, Conker's Bad Fur Day And Majora's Mask.A REAL DARN SHAME.
He Even Has Banjo-Tooie In There.
@SpaceKappa: That's all I thought of too. There's at least 4 Majora's Mask cartridges there...
omg........that looks awfully uncomfortable...
he doesnt love doing that to working hardware, I hope.
@Araknie
Aside from RPGs in the N64's case. Otherwise a great library.
Wow! What a reject. I bet his girlfriend is extremely proud of him, if he even has a girlfriend.
If he's the King of N64 where is his N64DD? I rest my case
that has to whiegh alot
Cool, though the point of ruining most of the stuff (as at least 1/2 has to be functional, most broken ones would be in the trash), is kinda sad. I grew up on the PS1, but the N64 was a pretty good system, and I bet it would've been awesome to have played that during its time.
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