• Breaking Bad 72Pins
    Shut Up and Take My Money: 72Pins NES Cartridges

    Film and video game makers are always trying to make their visuals bigger, better, and more spectacular. However, very few seem to realize the truth at hand: graphics reached their peak with 8-bit. But then 8-bit became...

    • Posted 12 years ago
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    Four Reasons Why the Nintendo 2DS is a Brilliant Idea

    If you haven’t heard the news yet, Nintendo is launching a new handheld gaming device called the 2DS on October 12th. The design of the hardware has been taking lots of flack from the gaming community, probably...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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    Out of Quarters? Watch this Amazing Stop Motion Version of the Original Donkey Kong

    Rejoice, fellow gamers. Thanks to French blogger Guiz de Pessemier, we can finally watch Donkey Kong being played the way it was always meant to played… as an intricate frame-by-frame stop-motion reenactment! Using custom made pixel art...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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    Artist Recreates Classic NES System out of LEGOs

    Developed by Flickr user weltall1028, this collection of photographs show off the creation of a full-sized Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) nearly created entirely out of LEGO bricks. As you can see in the photos below, the LEGO...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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    NES Cartridge Art: Where the Past and Present Collide

    If you haven’t checked out the fantastic work of 72Pins, you are about to have a fun time. The company takes classic NES cartridges and applies a new label that’s related to something relevant in the gaming, television...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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    15 of the Coolest NES System Mods

    While people can’t stop talking about the next generation of video game consoles, there’s a whole scene of gamers that are obsessed with modifying older consoles into other useful items or simply giving the console a brand...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • The Evolution of Video Game Controllers: Look How Far We’ve Come

    We all have memories of our first video game system. For me, the original Nintendo (NES) was set up in my childhood dentist’s office — who knew there were ways to get seven year olds excited about...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • YMMV: The Power Mitt… It’s So Bad

    Whether you dreamed of being Lucas Barton from The Wizard or always wanted a piece of Nintendo peripheral history, the Power Mitt by Jon Kay of Fangamer will fit the bill.  This custom-printed oven mitt—an interpretation of the classic Power Glove—has all...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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    Shut Up and Take My Money: The Super Mario Coin Block Lamp

    Developed by a group called 8-Bit Lit, the Super Mario coin block, interactive lamp turns on and off by tapping the bottom of the lamp and even includes the classic Super Mario coin sound after each tap. After...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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