Thanks to its largely flat surface, the NES doubles up as an ideal canvas for those wishing to spruce up their consoles with a custom paint job. Of course, you also need artistic ability, which is where we fail hideously, and eBay user hellokitty11111111111 (yes) excels.
Well, "excels" most of the time, anyway. The quality of these mods does vary a little -- we're not big fans of the Kid Icarus design -- but we do absolutely love the Earthbound, Super Mario Bros. 3, and (highly topical) River City Ransom examples. Are they worth (up to) $149.99, though? At a stretch, we'd be tempted. There's more past the break, complete with auction links.
Castlevania NES
Super Mario Bros. 3 NES
Earthbound SNES
Ghouls 'n Ghosts NES
Kid Icarus NES
Mega Man 2 NES
Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! NES
Spy Hunter NES
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-21-2008 @ 10:46PM
Blue_Falcon said...
I think after looking at the main image post, we should just dedicate this week as River City Ransom week.
Anyway, awesome NES'. I'm particularly fond of the Castlevania one.
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4-22-2008 @ 12:23AM
TheWarlock said...
PUNCH HIM OUT!
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4-22-2008 @ 4:44AM
goboColossus said...
I'd like to know why no one has attempted a Metal Slug Neo-Geo AES...
Really like the EarthBound SNES, excellent job!
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4-22-2008 @ 6:10AM
meist3r said...
Sweet pictures, but the third one is clearly a Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts Super NES. Super Camouflage.
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4-22-2008 @ 6:10AM
meist3r said...
A I mean the fourth (embedded) one. Super correction.
4-22-2008 @ 6:50AM
Haohmaru said...
Ha. At first glance, I mistook Simon Belmont for Conan the Barbarian.
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4-22-2008 @ 11:12AM
Knoxximus said...
The Spy Hunter one is WIN.
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4-22-2008 @ 2:04PM
omghaha said...
like the 1st one
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4-22-2008 @ 8:33PM
Tim13225 said...
I saw a Contra Nintendo that this artist had for sale on ebay and it sold for 220 dollars last week. I wish I could find the link. My favorite one here is the Castlevania one!
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