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Wii PC solves the problem of Wii being too small, quiet

Posted Feb 8th 2008 9:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Fan stuff, Mods


Modder rareemotionz performed some big-time science and made a beautiful hybrid Wii-PC thing. Well, actually it's just a Wii crammed into a high-end PC's case, but the case matches the Wii nicely. The Wii is connected to the PC's video out via a GameBridge device, making it possible to switch over the display to the Wii in Windows. Despite labeling this creation as both the ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE and HANDS DOWN THE BEST OUT!! in custom PCs, rareemotionz has seen fit to let his beloved contraption out into the wild on eBay.

We could see such a convergence device being of use to Wiimote-ologists like our own Mike Sylvester, who spend enough time going between the computer and the system to benefit from a merged unit. We also see this unit as proof that the Wii really does look like an internal disc drive. Look, there it is as an internal disc drive!

[Via GameSniped]

Big damn NES controller is really a big damn PC

Posted Dec 12th 2007 2:15PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Mods


We may have seen a giant NES controller that can actually be used to play the system, but some Swedish students have just given us an entirely new reason to want such an oversized object in our homes. This time, the giant controller is being used as a case mod for a working PC.

The students put this together for 1500 Kronor (about $300 USD), so we imagine that the specs aren't all too great, but it's still over 9,000 times cooler than anything we've ever done. Nerd your way past the break to see more pics of this giant wonder.

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Now you're playing with Windows

Posted Aug 15th 2007 9:45AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Mods


This Akihabara store display contains a Super Famicom that has been gutted and turned into a Windows PC. We already love the idea of making boring, ugly things like computers look less boring and ugly by cramming them inside game consoles. But what really makes this mod a winner is the custom label on the hollowed-out cartridge.

The fact that it actually appears to run Windows XP is the hilarious icing on the cake. Oh! Maybe it's really Windows Vista, but made to look like XP! You know, in keeping with the retro-camouflage theme!

[Via Gizmodo]

Wii Warm Up: PC games

Posted Mar 23rd 2007 9:00AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Features, Wii Warm Up

Every week, the Virtually Overlooked column seems to lead naturally into a topic of discussion. This week, since we talked about a delightful freeware game, we're thinking about PC games in general.

Let's say our wishes come true and Cave Story becomes a Virtual Console download. The floodgates would be open for classic PC games to make their way to the Wii. It's not that far fetched-- Japan's getting MSX computer games. What would you want to play? We'll give everyone Doom as a freebie. That'll be ported to the Wii somehow, by someone. Doom on any piece of electronics is an inevitability.

Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption to be released in late '07?

Posted Dec 19th 2006 2:50PM by Jason Wishnov
Filed under: Rumors

So far away...Le sigh. There was a point, if we here at the Fanboy offices can remember correctly, that both Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption were both possible launch titles. Now, according to some whispers over at CVG, neither title will be released (along with the eternally delayed Zelda: Phantom Hourglass) until the holiday season of 2007.

Patience is a good thing, and we're more than willing to wait until both of these quadruple-A titles are as shiny as can be. Still, unless Super Smash Bros: Brawl can make it out either in summer or even earlier (something we highly doubt), Nintendo is going to be going quite some time without a big first-party title. Memories of the typical Gamecube release schedule are coming to mind, but alas ... at least we've got the Virtual Console to keep us busy...

[via Joystiq]

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