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The Micro-NES Portable (Or: OH EM GEE WANT WANT WANT)

Submitted by tensix

Edited by bean

Portable geekery has reached new levels.

Sometimes my creations have elaborate origins, like "I've been working on the idea for 15 years" or it came to me one day in the bathroom. (Bathrooms and cars being places where I have most of my best "idea bursts") But I'm sorry to say the NES Micro had no such "stroke of inspiration" behind it. Rather I just had an extra NOAC (NES-on-a-chip) Asian joystick game laying around and figured I may as well do something cool with it instead of letting it collect dust.

You may recall that last year (2004) I also cobbled together a NOAC portable, so the thing here was to do something special. As many of you know I keep close track of Nintendo's monthly Gameboy hardware releases so of course I knew of the GBA Micro. Then it struck me - why not make an NES micro? Ridiculously small screens and cramped controls shouldn't ONLY be reserved for newer games! My path was set!



Essentially a really tiny NES, the system itself is smaller that the cartridges it takes, and it's brought to us by video game system shrinker and all-around solid dude Ben Heckendorn. If anyone feels like buying me something for my birthday... *wink wink nudge nudge*

Not that the beautiful thing is actually for sale. —Ed.

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SnakePlissken

SnakePlissken

Corvallis, OR
December 2002

OCT 19, 2005 07:17 PM

Looks like the Game Axe to me.

malmuud

malmuud

Newark, DE
July 2003

OCT 19, 2005 07:19 PM

tensix said:

Sometimes my creations have elaborate origins, like "I've been working on the idea for 15 years" or it came to me one day in the bathroom. (Bathrooms and cars being places where I have most of my best "idea bursts")



As everyone will remember being immortalized in the classic Biz Markie song "TSR - Tiolet Stool Rap."

"I'm sitting on the tiolet, waiting for my bowels to move...
I got a doo-doo rap, I got a doo-doo..."
tongue

desidia

desidia

Reunion
September 2002

OCT 19, 2005 07:31 PM

okay, I was gonna bitch that the GBA has plenty of NES ports but actually that things pretty damn awesome.

It can play battletoads, GBA can't.

DireChocobo

DireChocobo

Fairburn, GA
July 2004

OCT 19, 2005 07:55 PM

That dude kicks ass. He made a PS2 portable, and a Neo Geo one as well. He'll custom make Atari portables. Fucking awesome.

thefreak

thefreak

NEWSWIRE

Gardner, MA

OCT 19, 2005 08:58 PM

I've been checking his site out for a long time. He's done all sorts of crazy portable shit. Makes me want to learn how myself. smile

-TM

Walker

Walker

Redmond, OR
March 2005

OCT 19, 2005 09:19 PM

I want, I want.

Feifer

Feifer

Encinitas, CA
October 2002

OCT 20, 2005 01:49 AM

Snottlebocket

Snottlebocket

Netherlands
March 2004

OCT 20, 2005 02:24 AM

Feifer said:


i love that thing so much love

Gwendolyn

Gwendolyn

SUICIDEGIRL

Indiana, USA

OCT 20, 2005 07:45 PM

I'll take three of everything talked about and shown in this thread... including everything talked about and shown after I leave this comment.

Edited to say: unless it's like, one of you posting a picture of your penis or something.

[Edited on Oct 20, 2005 9:47PM]

oddioblender

oddioblender

Fort Worth, TX
September 2005

OCT 20, 2005 09:48 PM

hahaha! i'm almost tempted to buy one, but i don't have any of my old cartridges.

i however, am also not desiring any pictures of penises, however.

NJAsmodeus

NJAsmodeus

Evansville, IN
February 2004

OCT 21, 2005 02:59 PM

i am just in awe of people who take the time to do these kinds of things. sure you could go out and buy something comparible, but to do it yourself, that is just awesome. wish i could do stuff like that.

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