Mods

“My Roomba have changed to shining PACMAN!”

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Starting out with a cheap NES clone and a Super Mario Bros. cartridge, French modder Kotomi has created perhaps the coolest NES mod yet by squeezing the console into one of it’s own cartridges. It’s fully functional, with a cartridge slot, power and reset buttons, two controller ports and a composite AV out.

Kotomi via technabob

When you’re knee deep in the dead, forget chainsaws - you’re going to need a real weapon…like Rick Astley’s hit single “Never Gonna Give You Up”.

Ever wonder what modders do with all your useless Xbox hard-drives?

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It’s 10:30pm, you’ve got two mates on the way over to play Rock Band, and you’ve nearly snapped your kick pedal in half thanks to the kick fills in Faith No More’s Epic on Expert. If, like me, you’re a little more McGhetto than McGuyver, you’ll scout around the house and find the dregs of a roll of gaffer tape along with a broken chopping board that should have been thrown out months ago. Then you’ll rig up something like this bad boy.

Some diligent fans have crafted their own Metroid arcade cabinet. The guts of the system is a home-built PC with a 17-inch Samsung LCD and sound system with subwoofer. The outside is adorned with glowing buttons, every controller port you could want and a clay-sculpted Mother Brain.

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Members of Finland’s Tampere University of Technology Student Union and Universimo gaming company have teamed up to build the world’s largest Tetris game. The team used the windows of the Mikontalo student housing complex staircase to create giant color changing pixels that can be controlled by a mobile phone. The university plans to implement other student created games on the wall as well.

Too bad the guy playing in the video sucks at Tetris.

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Pictures of the AT-AT Gamecube modification has been floating around the internet for a few years, however the creator has recently decided to sell his handy work on eBay. Unfortunately, the auction has been pulled from eBay twice for an unknown reason, so you’ll have to keep your ear to the ground if you want a chance of owning it.

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This one is probably capable of speaking for itself, but if you’re already the proud owner of Mario & Luigi air fresheners, a NES tattoo and a Super Mario subwoofer - chances are you’re looking for something else to prove to the world that Nintendo played a more important role in your upbringing than your parents ever could.

Etsy comes through with the goods again, with this clock made from a Mario Bros/Duck Hunt cartridge, yours for just $18 plus shipping.

Etsy via BBPS