NES & Atari Hacks

X-Ray Photography of Gaming Controllers, Consoles

X-Ray Photography of Gaming Controllers, Consoles

This gaming hobbyist has shown that there is more than one way to take a photograph. He has found a unique way to get something more out of his work as an x-ray technician. His "camera" of choice is an X-Ray machine of course: Using his spare...
All-in-One Wii, Xbox 360 and Ps3 Arcade Cabinet

All-in-One Wii, Xbox 360 and Ps3 Arcade Cabinet

If you've ever wanted to play virtually any game from any console all on one machine, this hack is for you. It illustrates step-by-step, one man's ambition to stuff a full-fledged gaming PC, an Xbox 360, a PS3 and a Wii into a custom arcade...
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...
How to Hack and Customize a Retro Atari Game

How to Hack and Customize a Retro Atari Game

If you really want to call yourself a hacker, then gain some geek cred by hacking an old school atari game. Learning to reverse engineer an Atari game to make your own is an awesome project. More people have an Atari 2600 than any other classic...
Super Nintendo Toaster LED Case Mod

Super Nintendo Toaster LED Case Mod

There really are no limits in the world of case modding.  Who the heck comes up with the idea to use a toaster as a SNES case anyways?  The same person also stuffed a NES inside a toaster too.  The creator gives a step by step guide for...
Fantastic Retro Gaming Wallpapers

Fantastic Retro Gaming Wallpapers

DesktopGaming has an incredible collection of all your old school gaming favorites in the form of desktop wallpapers.  They simply grab screenshots from emulated consoles and stitch them together for common widescreen monitor sizes.  A few...
Flat Screen Hacked into Virtual Pinball Cabinet

Flat Screen Hacked into Virtual Pinball Cabinet

Utilizing the epic free software Future Pinball, this modder used a flat screen TV to create a huge virtual pinball surface. Check out more details about the above project at the pinball forum. DIY arcade and gaming cabinets are actually quite...
Use a NES Controller on a Nintendo DS

Use a NES Controller on a Nintendo DS

By hacking an original Nintendo controller (NES) connection into the Nintendo DS, you can control all your old school NES favorites the way they were meant to be played. Furthermore, below you'll see another hack where you can use a SNES...
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...