Don't miss Joystiq's up-to-the-minute live coverage of E3!
Posts with tag super-famicom

Lego mania, Nintendo fanboyism combined

Posted Jun 30th 2008 10:00PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Fan stuff


We've featured Lego-constructed Wiis before, but let's be honest -- making a big block out of smaller blocks isn't impressing anyone. This brick-built Super Famicom/SNES (PAL) from Lego Guy, however has a few curves to it, and even accompanying controllers and a cartridge!

As you'll see past the post break, he has also fashioned himself a miniature Robotic Operating Buddy. On the topic of Legos, if you haven't checked it out yet, make sure to watch the Slide-Action Lego Crossbow Pistol video we've also embedded!

See also: A cheap and colorful way to make your own Zapper

Continue reading Lego mania, Nintendo fanboyism combined

  • Read
  • Permalink
  • Email this
  • Comments [2]

This is what a coin-operated NES looks like

Posted Apr 18th 2008 10:30PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Fan stuff

While it's not unusual to be loved by anyone for hotels to include video game services, Japan used to do it arcade-style with coin-operated consoles (like the one shown above). 100 JPY (approximately $1 USD) would net you 10-15 minutes with a Famicom (NES), which means you'd have to lay down about $2 or $3 to for a satisfactory amount of this blogger's hotel staple, Punch-Out!!. The Super Famicom (SNES), though, was a bit more coin-hungry, and the $1 equivalent would only last five minutes -- yikes. Still, we're sure that if we visited Japan during the magical time that these boxes were hooked-up to hotel TVs, we would have let go of a few coins for some quick bouts of Mario and such.

[Via Kotaku]
  • Read
  • Permalink
  • Email this
  • Comments [7]

Unboxing the Super Famicom Classic Controller

Posted Apr 15th 2008 10:30AM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Imports, Peripherals, Controller



Have you put in your preorder for the Super Famicom Classic Controller yet? No? Well, you better do it quick, as the limited edition controller is a Japan-only Club Nintendo exclusive, and you likely won't be able to buy one months from now without spending some serious money on eBay. And by serious money, we mean wacky dollars.

Inside Games has received its SFC controller, and so far, it looks faithful to the original, with the added bonus of a wireless experience via hookup to the Wii remote. Alright, so it's not completely wireless, technically, but you should be used to the setup with the Wii Classic Controller. Hit the link below for unpackaging photos of the retro pad.
  • Read
  • Permalink
  • Email this
  • Comments [30]

Nintendo of Japan drops Famicom hardware support

Posted Oct 21st 2007 5:43PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News


Well, it had an amazing run.

Unless you're a citizen of Japan and own a Famicom system, this bit of news is likely to not affect you. However, should you fulfill those requirements, you might like to know that Nintendo of Japan has ceased to support the old piece of hardware. You're probably one who still plays the thing, we imagine, so you might want to take it easy on the old gal, as this goes into effect on the 31st of this month.

Also of note, Nintendo of Japan will be dropping support for the Super Famicom, N64, Game Boy and Game Boy Pocket, as well.

[Via Arcade Renaissance]
  • Read
  • Permalink
  • Email this
  • Comments [15]

Win a copy of Zack & Wiki!Check out Wii Fanboy's E3 2008 coverage!
Features
Another Week in ... (50)
Born for Wii (7)
Brawl Stage of the Week (15)
Contests / Giveaways (96)
Friday Video (68)
Game Night (28)
It's-a Mario World (4)
Metareview (41)
Mii Spotlight (17)
Point/Counterpoint (3)
Revolutionary (39)
The VC Advantage (54)
Top Five (3)
VC Monday Madness (143)
Virtually Overlooked (73)
What are you playing? (87)
Wii Fanboy poll (37)
Wii Warm Up (503)
Bits
Channels (66)
Cheats (6)
Controller (410)
Fan stuff (1070)
Features (277)
Homebrew (84)
How-tos (61)
Imports (411)
Interviews (298)
Meta (65)
Mods (128)
News (3279)
Nintendo Wi-Fi (121)
Peripherals (268)
Reviews (117)
Rumors (443)
Sales (105)
Screens (618)
Tech stuff (136)
Video (835)
Virtual Console (459)
Walkthroughs (31)
WiiWare (222)

RESOURCES

RSS NEWSFEEDS

Powered by Blogsmith

Sponsored Links

Featured Galleries

Ultimate Band
Brawl Stage of the Week: It's a Car
Born for Wii: Four Swords Adventures
Animales de la Muerte
Cooking Mama World Kitchen
Datel's Retro-Inspired Classic Controllers
Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers
Dead Rising
Star Wars: The Clone Wars -- Lightsaber Duels

 

Most Commented On (14 days)

Recent Comments

Weblogs, Inc. Network

Other Weblogs Inc. Network blogs you might be interested in:

PS3 Fanboy
WOW Insider
Xbox 360 Fanboy
Nintendo Wii Fanboy
DS Fanboy
PSP Fanboy
Big Download Blog
Fanhouse Golf Blog