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02/18/2007

Top 5 Most Creative Uses for the NES

Your old NES system can be used for much more than just playing games, as you'll see in this list. Examples include turning it into an alarm clock, DVD player, and more. Which one is your favorite?

5. NES Alarm Clock

This modder gutted his old NES and fitted it with a fully functional alarm clock. The buttons are wired to the console's player 1 controller port (clock settings), reset button (snooze), and power button (alarm indicator). Lastly, he custom mounted an LED display behind the cartridge slot to display the time. [Source]

4. Lego NES Case

If Nintendo came out with a Lego NES case, this would be it. Everything is 100% Lego - power/reset buttons, controller ports, LED light cover, and even the vents up top. One more picture here. [Source]

3. NES DVD Player

Kotomi managed to fit a DVD player, complete with LCD, into an old NES case, complete with retractable DVD tray, infared receiver, functional remote control, and stereo/S-Video/RCA jacks

2. NES PC

The Screen Savers! gives us a detailed look at this nifty NES PC. Beneath the plastic shell lies a 1GHz VIA C3 processor, 512MB of PC2100 memory, 20GB 5400RPM hard drive, Morex 90W PSU, and Panasonic Combo Drive. [Source]

1. NEStation

The NEStation is one of the most unique console mods we've ever come across. A French modder painted his NES completely black with blue accents, created a custom vertical stand, installed four blue LEDs, and than carved in a PS2-style logo on its side. [Source]

This entry was posted on 02/18/2007 01:00am and is filed under Mods, Video, Video Games, Weird .
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Posted at 02/18/2007 04:22am by 5 Creative Uses for Your Old NES System | The Wii Experience
[...] really Wii related, but still cool, TechBlog has a list of 5 very creative things you can do to your old NES systems. I won’t spoil the whole list, but there’s a cool looking(see pic above) and a NES PC listed with pictures; check the link for the list. Are you looking for Military Videos? Click here to watch military tributevideos! [...]
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Posted at 02/18/2007 10:31am by johnny
that ps2 styled nes is awesome.......i want sumpting just liike that......
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Posted at 02/18/2007 9:09pm by Three Cool NES Mods - CyberKnowledge Blog
[...] There are more examples on TechEBlog. They include a DVD player (pointless because the PC in an NES case had one already), and a Lego NES case. I'm a hard guy to please ;) [...]
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Posted at 02/18/2007 11:05pm by Kyle J
i still love the NES. great graphics are cool, but sometimes i think they're just distracting. major thumbs up to NES
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Posted at 02/19/2007 00:12am by LMJROCKO
Very creative.......
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Posted at 02/19/2007 00:15am by LMJROCKO
Very creative.....
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Posted at 02/19/2007 00:53am by ontheplains
a guy a know here in lawrence, kansas uses a couple snes's, an nes, a soundboard and i guess some effects, along with a contraption that can be placed on his chest that as originally made for kids that were paralyzed to play nes/snes, 'movement was controlled by moving the head in the desired direction, and activating the A and B buttons was controlled by inhaling/exhaling into a tube' (it was mentioned in an old techblog post for strangest controllers - i found this picture: http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/hardware/todd.jpg) and makes music to play along with the crazy ambient funky jazz band Snuff Jazz (whose fantastic drummer is in the indie rock band Ghosty). if you live in kansas city or anywhere near here, you GOTTA hear these guys play, it's really something else, and the nintendo modulating is defintely a big part of that.
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Posted at 02/19/2007 01:28am by max rubin
It is sad that most of these vintage NES game consoles go down all because of one simple Nes 72-pin Connector . Sadly to buy this part in today's market is prohibitively priced for simple repairs to this once great and very fun retro computer gaming system.
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Posted at 02/19/2007 04:27am by Five Things You Can Do With Your NES Other Then Playing Games « News Coctail
[...] Five Things You Can Do With Your NES Other Then Playing Games Filed under: Uncategorized — recar @ 8:23 am Five Things You Can Do With Your NES Other Then Playing Games Your old NES system can be used for much more than just playing games. Examples include turning it into an alarm clock, DVD player, and more[news][entertainment][gaming][gaming news] [...]
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Posted at 02/19/2007 06:57am by Cakedollar
Scarey thing is that in South Africa, they were selling a NES machine that looked like the PS2 enough to trick parents into confusing the two...
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Posted at 02/19/2007 4:16pm by Five Things You Can Do With Your NES Other Then Playing Games « Tons of Fresh News
[...] February 19, 2007 at 8:20 pm · Filed under Uncategorized Five Things You Can Do With Your NES Other Then Playing Games Your old NES system can be used for much more than just playing games. Examples include turning it into an alarm clock, DVD player, and more[news][entertainment][gaming][gaming news] [...]
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Posted at 02/20/2007 03:57am by Live Nintendo » Top 5 Most Creative Uses for the NES | News, Reviews, Gaming Radio and more
[...] NES February 20th, 2007 While still browsing the TechEblog website, I came across their “Top 5 Most Creative Uses for the NES” Article, and I thought I’d share it with the consumer. While I shutter in fear of whatsomeone has done to this precious NES pictured to the right, It’s still pretty damn cool. [...]
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Posted at 02/20/2007 07:23am by NES rumliegen? Mach’ was draus! at Wii! Wii! Wii!
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Posted at 02/21/2007 3:33pm by Adam
Consider me "Old School" but the only one I liked at all is the computer... The rest... lemme keep my Nintendo... a nintendo... honestly how many people still have theirs and working fine... me! Why would I break a classic NES to make a clock or anything stupid like that?!!
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