See the first level of the side-scrolling-shooter Contra as a first-person-shooter via Half-Life 2 created by M0rtanius. Click here to watch the video
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Check out this nice guitar made by Dave. The guitar is comprised of a Nintendo Entertainment System console, with a Nintendo cartridge for the headstock and other Nintendo details all around. Nice work, Dave. Watch the video, and check out Dave playing the Super Mario Bros. theme song.
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This video by conquerearth shows a method for controlling Super Mario Bros. (in an emulator) with a theremin. This is quite an interesting idea and seems to work well. The sound from the theremin is split into its frequency and amplitude components in real time, which are then mapped to values in a linear scale representing [...]
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Replace your aging NES and Sega Genesis with a single system. Play Altered Beast and Super Mario Bros. on the same console. Yep, that’s what you can do with the GEN-X Genesis/NES Game System. Product Features: Game Console Plays Old Sega Genesis and NES Games Two slots allow you to plug in a Genesis or NES cartridge Switch chooses [...]
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Here is a new shirt called “Magic Mushrooms” by Ian Summers. The shirt shows the humorous dark side of Mario’s job. I suspect that being an Italian plumber wasn’t paying the bills. Buy: Threadless http://geek.thinkunique.org/2009/05/18/magic-mushrooms-shirt/Magic Mushrooms – shirthttp://geek.thinkunique.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/magic-mushrooms.gif Find more Nintendo stuff here
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Wow. The NES just became a bit more awesome with the FC mobile2 Hyperkin Console for NES games with AC Adapter, TV out cable, 2 Wireless Game Pads and Wireless Light Gun. The FC Mobile II takes NES Gaming to mind-blowing heights! Built upon the success of the first generation FC Mobile, the FC Mobile II [...]
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Everything I know about life I learned from Super Mario Bros. First you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the woman (in that order, of course). Check out this awesome shirt below. Buy: SplitReason http://geek.thinkunique.org/2009/04/22/money-power-woman-shirt/Money Power Woman – shirthttp://geek.thinkunique.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/money-power-woman.gif Find more Nintendo stuff here
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Watch a laser engraver play the Super Mario Bros. theme with just its motors. One of the HackLab members, Jed, wrote some code to turn music into lazzor motions. The result is this brilliant interpretation of the Super Mario theme :) Click here to watch the video Here’s another view from inside. Click here to watch the video Find more [...]
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I’m a sucker for anything related to Super Mario Bros., even if the text is in French. The phrase “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” means “This is not a pipe”. Buy Threadless http://geek.thinkunique.org/2009/03/09/this-is-not-a-pipe-shirt/This is Not a Pipe – shirthttp://geek.thinkunique.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/not-pipe.gif Find more Nintendo memorabilia here.
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I mentioned the Yobo NES Clone not too long ago as a replacement for your ailing NES. If you’re looking to replace both an NES and a SNES, then the Retro Duo Twin NES/SNES Gaming System might be what you need. Reviews of the Retro Duo Twin are mostly good, but with some complaining that [...]
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