We still have memories — some would say nightmares, but we digress — of hanging out at a neighbor’s house and taking turns playing matches of Mario’s Tennis , our biological ocular displays assimilated into a rubber mask that engulfed our brains and left us in a permanent state of viewing the world in red wireframe. Crude 3D though it may be, it’s still a part of history we must accept, and if you happen to own a Virtual Boy, we have just two things to say to you.
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iFixit celebrates Friday with teardown of Virtual Boy, the greatest game console man has ever known
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Perhaps the worst, and least repairable, shortcoming of touchscreens is their failure to act as viable game controllers. Keyboard-equipped smartphones alleviate that pain a little (particularly if you pair them with a Game Gripper ), but ultimately we’d all prefer real controllers for our real games. Such was clearly the thinking behind the homebrewed setup here, which combines an HTC EVO 4G — with Android and an NES emulator inside — with an Arduino board, a BlueSMiRF Bluetooth module, and a classic NES control pad
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NES controller pressed into service to Android overlord (video)
iFixit , is no device safe from the scars of your screwdriver? These eyes have been scarred, forced to witness the destruction of yet another childhood icon. Previously it was the RCA Studio II and the Magnavox Odyssey 100 before that.
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iFixit continues its retro gaming rampage, reduces an innocent Atari 2600 to bare components
Nintendo announced the Japanese release date for Kirby’s Epic Yarn — October 14 — and released a new trailer for the occasion. We’ve embedded it after the break, but we encourage you to go to Nintendo’s site anyway, for the most charming video controls you’ll ever, ever see. Continue reading Thank Japan for this new Kirby’s Epic Yarn trailer Thank Japan for this new Kirby’s Epic Yarn trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:40:00 EST
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Thank Japan for this new Kirby’s Epic Yarn trailer
Sony, here’s an idea: just let Kevin Butler control your entire company.
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Kevin Butler shows us the epic side of PlayStation Move
Do you remember the Nintendo Family Computer, or Famicon ? Well, you might not — it came to earth in 1983 and was Japan’s version of the NES . Now, continuing its week of vintage teardowns , iFixit’s gotten its hands on one of these colorful gems and done what it does
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iFixit tears apart the Nintendo Famicon
Nintendo’s Japanese release calendar includes a currently unannounced game called “Super Mario Collection Special Pack.” This coincides with the rumored announcement of just such a thing from a Nintendo retailer conference in Japan.
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Nintendo of Japan releasing Mario collection for Wii in October
We’ve seen enough home theater 3D already to be well and sick of it, but mobile 3D is still an upcoming sector, one which Sharp seems to be making a bid for. It’s showing off a mobile device prototype (it looks like it could be your friendly neighborhood carrier’s next Android handset) with a glasses-free 3D parallax screen (akin to the tech used in the Nintendo 3DS ), a 3D camera around back, and 3D output over HDMI. The result isn’t stellar — just because a mobile device is shooting grainy, color-bleeding footage in 3D doesn’t make the footage stop being grainy and color-bleeding — but it most certainly works, as we witnessed both on the device’s own screen and on a regular glasses-required 3D TV the prototype was outputting to over HDMI
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Sharp shows off mobile prototype with 3D screen, 3D camera, and 3D output
How does former Spice Girl Mel B keep in shape? Continue reading Mel B and Wii exercise accessories: 2 Become 1 Mel B and Wii exercise accessories: 2 Become 1 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:00:00 EST.
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Mel B and Wii exercise accessories: 2 Become 1
Capcom announced its lineup for this weekend’s PAX convention, and Mega Man Universe is in it.
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Capcom’s PAX Prime lineup includes Mega Man Universe
