Nintendo Hacks

How to Build a DIY Nintendo Arcade

How to Build a DIY Nintendo Arcade

Don't we all love the classic Nintendo and it's 8 bit glory?  This main built his own tabletop arcade setup for the NES which allows him to emulate NES games on Windows.  The system can also serve as a regular PC by hooking up a keyboard and...
Physical Punch-Out Interface for the NES

Physical Punch-Out Interface for the NES

People are getting extremely creative with innovative ways to physically interact with game consoles. These hackers combined one of the greatest NES titles, Punch-Out with a boxing dummy to add interaction to the old classic. This hack involves...
Make your own Portable Nintendo 64

Make your own Portable Nintendo 64

We've seen plenty of DIY portable consoles in the past (Atari, PS3, NES, Xbox 360, you name it) through standard text and picture tutorials. This time, however, we have a snazzy video tutorial. "Building a smaller, more portable package...
How to Emulate any Nintendo Console

How to Emulate any Nintendo Console

Whether it's the old school NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) all the way to the Wii, any Nintendo console can be emulated in Windows. To find games for these emulators, search "console name roms" on Google. If you're looking for simulators...
Easily Connect a Wiimote to your PC

Easily Connect a Wiimote to your PC

Use a bluetooth adapter and some free software to read data from your wiimote's accelerometer and sensors. There are fantastic connectivity tutorials here and here using software is avaliable for Mac, PC, and Linux. Why would you want to do...
Fantastic NES Scene Recreations using LEGOs

Fantastic NES Scene Recreations using LEGOs

Armed with nothing but an arsenal of LEGOs, one man recreated classic NES games such as Duck Hunt, Excite Bike, Contra, and more. Sure to provide your with your nostalgia fix for the day. Be sure to check out our other retro NES and Atari...
NES, Buttons, LCD, plus Mario inside the Cartridge

NES, Buttons, LCD, plus Mario inside the Cartridge

Inside a NES Cartridge sits a NOAC (Entire NES and 99 games on a chip), speakers, all standard buttons, and an LCD screen. It took about a month to build, a few battle scars, but it looks pretty excellent. View more about the build and discuss it...