The My Famicase Exhibition opened its doors two days ago on April 27th, and will end on May 31st.
This exhibition features fan-made cartridge art for fake NES games from artists who contribute internationally. The exhibit collect submissions every year and showcase only the new additions; however, past years additions can be accessed in their interactive archive or here.
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Make A Playable Plush Game Controller
As a part of their #WearableWednesday posts, Adafruit posted a video of cool oversized Nintendo NES controller that actually works. The controller uses conductive fabric and a Flora board to stitch up a capacitive touch sensing circuit.
And if you’d like to make your own, Adafruit also provided a nifty tutorial to read with source code and patterns included. This would probably be useful for emulators.
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Removing An Annoying Person The NES Way
This 8-bit annoying person remover is pretty neat. Basically, it uses the shell of an NES to host a few neat features.
For one, as you’ll see in the video, there’s a clock installed. But also it senses when a person is in your room or office, which then plays some music of your choice while a timer clocks down. The person has a few minutes to say whatever before the timer goes off.
It was built using Adafruit components. You can find the code and parts list for it here.
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With G4 switching its full content lineup over to a men’s channel, there’s a woeful lack of programs about gaming anymore. While there is an abundance of gamers on YouTube that provide plenty of entertaining content, most lack the production values that come from having a dedicated crew to produce shows with all that wonderful extra polish.
However, there is one remaining show left that can provide gamers with a gut-busting amount of comedy and is still currently running after more than 150 episodes. It can also be credited with creating the popular “Let’s Play” format of many of the YouTube stars you might currently watch today.
Gamers, meet Game Center CX.
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Giant Nintendo Console Furniture Set
I don’t think you’ll be able to actually play any of this, but if you want to be the 8-bit envy of all your peers, Etsy seller Pixel Arts Studios has got you covered.
They designed a whole line of Nintendo NES furniture. The set comes with a NES coffee table, two giant game cartridge side tables, two NES controller coasters, and two pieces of wooden Mario wall art. Each piece is also hand painted.
You can even place the giant game cartridges inside the console table. It doesn’t come cheap though. This set will cost you $1,450.
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Mario. He’s a cultural icon recognized around the world. But how often do people really stop to thinking about how much he’s impacted the game industry landscape in his hundreds of releases.
With its release of this week’s release of Paper Mario: Sticker Star and Sunday’s New Super Mario Bros. U, it’s a great time to look back at the Top 5 Most Important Mario Games.
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Captain N’s Working NES Light Gun
In between games of Duck Hunt, it was always pretty fun to play around with the NES Light Gun like it was an actual laser pistol. The above video, however, shows that North Street Labs have taken that idea even further by giving a special laser upgrade to an NES Light Gun.
As you’ll see, the pistol can actually set matches on fire from afar. The Nintendo Laser Zapper was put together thanks to a 445nm diode, batteries and some careful wiring. And you can actually put together your own zapper by checking out their guide here. Just make sure you’ve got the appropriate laser goggles.
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Slick has kidnapped Ryan’s girlfriend and taken over River City High. Not only that, but he’s rallied together some of the toughest gangs in the city and sent them all after him. Now it’s up to Ryan and his best friend, Alex, to pummel their way through waves of bad guys and put Slick in his place.
Time to punch guys until they turn into coins!
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Capcom is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Mega Man series with a very cool “E-Tank” full of soundtracks, dubbed the “Rock-can Sound E Can,” from the numbered series of games.
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Shigeru Miyamoto has worked on the Mario franchise for a very long time and had a very tough time picking a favorite game out of the dozens of releases. After a recent interview with IGN, Miyamoto reveal that he had narrowed it down to just two favorites: the classic Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2, the infamous re-skin of Doki Doki Panic.
More after the break.
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Chiptune, or 8-bit music, has become a widespread phenomenon that sparks a bit of nostalgia when you hear the combination of warm, tinny, and crunchy sounds. It has become an artistic outlet for many musicians, amateurs and professionals alike. Whether its a simple cover rendition of the latest pop tune or the creation of a full film score, this easily recognizable “sound” has made an impact.
But, what is it that makes 8-bit music what it is?
In this spotlight, we’ll take a quick glance at the inner workings of chiptuning and some of the hardware/software involved. Hit the break to find out more!
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Google’s April Fools Joke Brings An 8-Bit Version of “Google Maps”
Even if it’s still a day early, Google has taken it upon themselves to try and prank the world by bringing us an NES compatible version of Google Maps. The hilarious video has all the classic trappings of the old Nintendo trailer, from the 80’s Japanese family to blowing into the cartridge. And if you were wondering what game the music and art is from, it’s definitely a throwback to Square’s Dragon Quest series.
You can play with the 8-bit Google Maps now over on their site by clicking on the “Quest” button in the upper right corner.
[Kotaku]
