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reNESED, The Redesigned NES

Boulderlaw — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:23:57 EDT

I would buy an snes or n64 version.

Boulderlaw

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avantreese — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:45:21 EDT

hot

avantreese

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elephantattack — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:23:39 EDT

@foureight84: maybe, you don't have to blow it before loading.

That's what she said!

elephantattack

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Daimyo Nintendo — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:54:43 EDT

I just had a nerdgasm.

I still have my original NES from when I was 4 years old, 1987 and she still works with ONE push of the button. Just shows Nintendo builds mafakas to last

Daimyo Nintendo

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Zlevee — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:38:09 EDT

@John Laur: I have a Generation NEX. It has a better port for the cartridge connection than the original NES, the Wireless built-in, a more compact design, and doubles the original's mono sound to be fake "stereo". Oh ,yeah, it also takes Famicom games. And it's relatively cheap.

Zlevee

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John Laur — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:57:45 EDT

The problem with this is that it basically already exists.. Exists as in you can order one now and have been able to for years.

Google for the Generation NEX. It sports slots for both NES and Famicom games, has NES-compatible controller ports OR has inbuilt support for wireless controllers. Maybe the design isn't quite as spiffy as this one but quite frankly someone thought about it for more than about 3 seconds before whipping out a render.

[www.playmessiah.com]

John Laur

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God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:20:58 EDT

Ahh, blowing on Nintendo cartridges. The Santeria of video games.

Does it work? Scientifically, no, although I always thought that the "dusty contact theory" was cute. The problem is that if that were true, then adding aerated child spittle to the mix would not theoretically make gaming's version of rubbing chicken bones work.

But it made us feel that it worked, and that's more important.

God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more

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madog — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:09:36 EDT

@Brian Sexton: Brian [b]Sexton[/b]......... hey-oooo!!

madog

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Brian Sexton — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:11:08 EDT

Javier Segovia? Javier Segovia? The dude's name is very nearly Javier Sega, so where's his Master System concept?

Brian Sexton

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diverguy — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:05:38 EDT

It probably still has a better (read, more fun) collection of games than current generation consoles.

diverguy

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foureight84 — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:26:41 EDT

maybe, you don't have to blow it before loading.

foureight84

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Cordfucious — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:17:34 EDT

This is Quite sexy, makes me want to repair my old NES and crank up some mike tysons punch out....

Cordfucious

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alycispi — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:46:16 EDT

does look pretty cool. love the red + blk color combo

alycispi

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OtioseScandal — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:42:37 EDT

@Pope John Peeps II

That's what she said.

OtioseScandal

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malvones — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:38:59 EDT

I don't understand why it's still so large (although I actually like the aesthetics)

NES games were, what, like 8bit? a motorola RAZR could run those.

malvones

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Pope John Peeps II — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:37:38 EDT

@navstar: It's a RE-DESIGN of an EXISTING THING.

Pope John Peeps II

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navstar — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:11:18 EDT

It's a little too faithful to the American NES. Same shape, pretty much the same color scheme (but given the iPod treatment).

It's a bit like all those terrible renderings of what Apple's next product revision will look like -- too much like the previous generation and not enough imagination.

navstar

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OtioseScandal — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:31:06 EDT

It should come with a built in fan that puffs air inside the cartridges upon insertion.

OtioseScandal

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Rabid Penguin — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:51:09 EDT

@cardboardbelt:
Mhm. I have two of those actually. Last I checked Nintendo still sells those "dog-bone" style NES controllers too. They were much more reliable than the toaster model... I have no idea why they changed the design for the US.

Rabid Penguin

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Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:43:45 EDT

It needs an internal blowing mechanism so I don't have to take the carts out and blow on them. Maybe a small compressor. Make it load like a VCR where it grabs the cart and seats it inside. Hit the clean button, and it retracts a little, blows both the cart and the inside of the system, then re-seats it.

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

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VihoJemagee — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:54:46 EDT

Comment on reNESED, The Redesigned NES @atomicplayboy: exactly, I have a completely modded xbox that takes care of every console system and game from atari 2600 - n64.

VihoJemagee

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cardboardbelt — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:20:06 EDT

Remember the NES 2?:

[en.wikipedia.org]

cardboardbelt

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bvicarious — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:07:38 EDT

That thing looks awful

bvicarious

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AtomicPlayboy — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:51:53 EDT

If you want a universal console, just grab an original XBox, mod chip it, upgrade the hard drive, and install all the emulators and roms you want. Everything from the Atari 2600 through the N64 can be played on it in full glory. Unfortunately, it's an XBox, so it's ugly as hell...

AtomicPlayboy

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Gimmeslack12 — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:42:37 EDT

Wouldn't those square buttons on the controllers eventually slice the hell out of your thumbs? I like the curved console edges, not sure about the red stripe accents.

Gimmeslack12

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8bitvillain — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:37:51 EDT

Omg that looks sexy!

8bitvillain

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willyolio — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:37:14 EDT

i'd rather have the NES-inside-NES-cartridge system.

willyolio

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PipeRifle — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:31:14 EDT

@fastm3driver: The licensing issue is that a "Nintendo Game" is not really 100% property of Nintendo, nor is it exclusively property of Konami or Capcom or Bandai or whoever made it originally.

You'd have to get everyone to agree to allow their property to be on one device. With the retro-trend, a lot of those franchises are being revived, so they're definitely still under ownership (Bionic Commando, anyone?)

So basically, it's a nice thought, but a legal nightmare. That's why the things that DO sort of come close ("100 games in one!" system-on-a-chips, etc.) are grey-market Taiwanese trash. Looks like it's probably emulation or a mile-high stack of cartridges for the NES true believer.

PipeRifle

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xint — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:29:36 EDT

I had the original NES and lent it to my cousins one day... never saw it again... regret it every single day of my life... no one knows where it is now...

xint

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jackfrost132 — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:27:00 EDT

Why not just stick a micro atx computer in there, surely there is one out there with enough juice to power a nes emu and media streaming, along with snes, n64 and well, whatever you want really. Well, outside of the 128 bit and up systems. Though pcsx2 is coming along nicely, I was able to run the original dot hack vol. 1 at a sultry 42 frames a second on my lappy which is a centrino duo with 2 gigs of ram and an x1400. I might be able to hit 50 if it wasn't running this craptastic school image.

jackfrost132

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WTFFTW — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:24:20 EDT

@SgtMac02: That doesn't mean we can't dream!

WTFFTW

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mrlibrary03 — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:23:56 EDT

I actually want one!

mrlibrary03

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SgtMac02 — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:23:32 EDT

For those of you who hadn't noticed...this is not a physical product, or even a concept design. It's merely a part of that guys graphical arts portfolio. What he though an NES should look like IF someone were to redesign it.
To be quite honest, I'm not sure how this became tech news...

SgtMac02

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WTFFTW — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:21:12 EDT

That's hot! It's very retro chic. Though I agree, they should throw in media streaming capabilities, a smooth OS, and maybe a tiny hard drive / flash memory to fit all the old classics on there.

WTFFTW

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Gonzie — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:20:11 EDT

@zincrox:

come on we are talking about a NES here, it comes with the territory

Gonzie

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Jimbuck — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:13:46 EDT

@Kaiser-Machead: Ha! That makes me wonder what kind of button mashing he does to watch season 2 of "Growing Pains."

Jimbuck

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striggity — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:12:59 EDT

@Kaiser-Machead:

LOLLLL

striggity

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fastm3driver — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:12:08 EDT

@stonefry: That's what I'm saying. Is there a licensing issue? Just stick all the games on like a 2gb card.
A system like N64 would probably need a hard drive though.

fastm3driver

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strider_mt2k — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:10:10 EDT

The problem is I have a ton of images and no carts. :(

strider_mt2k

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stonefry — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:09:16 EDT

@fastm3driver: You can fit every NES game ever made on a CD with room to spare.

stonefry

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Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:58:20 EDT

@michaelportent: The console would look shitty if it was all black and red, like Freddy Kruger's VCR.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

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trek1394 — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:56:07 EDT

Throw in a 1Tb hard drive, HD tv, and all the above capabilities, and you have yourself a deal.

trek1394

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michaelportent — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:54:23 EDT

If you're gonna make the controllers black and red, why not the whole console? I'd like it better if the console matched the controllers.

michaelportent

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fastm3driver — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:54:15 EDT

Seriously why don't hey make a system with every game ever made for the system on it? Surly there are big enough hardrives by now.
It's probably the same price as adding the old connector.

fastm3driver

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Camaro02 — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:49:03 EDT

@TheAdAgency: If you have to ask, you are not ready to know.

Camaro02

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Earthslide — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:46:56 EDT

@zincrox: Agreed. With the amount of storage memory cards can hold these days, the system should be as big as a card reader.

Earthslide

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TheAdAgency — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:41:42 EDT

Where do the cartridges go?

TheAdAgency

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jkoppee — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:41:21 EDT

its actually really nice looking

jkoppee

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zincrox — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:38:36 EDT

looks cool... a bit big tho

zincrox