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Ninja Gaiden (NES) Papercraft

Jonathan — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:00:54 +0000

One of the more difficult NES games, Ninja Gaiden is also one of the more entertaining and one of the first to use cinematics to drive the story forward. This papercraft representation of Stage 1-1 is extremely well done. I can hear the music in my head now!

Spotted at TinyCartridge.com.

Atari 2600 Cartridge Wallet

Jonathan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:14:12 +0000

Spotted at Retrothing.com.

While some Atari 2600 games are rare and precious artifacts, some carts are crazy common. There’s practically a DIY genre focused on finding other uses for the stubby chunks of 70′s plastic. This video shows off one crafter’s idea for turning a typical Atari cartridge into a wallet. What makes this particular design interesting is that it re-uses every part of the original game except the screw that secures the two halves of the cart shell.

Check out NilesZ’s Etsy shop to see what cartridges are available.

Jeri’s Nintendo Purse

Jonathan — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:00:05 +0000

Yes, it works!

Spotted over at Make:

The amazing and talented Jeri Ellsworth was at Notacon 2009 last week, and among other things, was showing off this awesome Nintendo purse. There are no details on it, but I’ll see if I can’t get more info from Jeri.

From Rose White’s Flickr photostream. Thanks, Rose!

How about getting one of these into something us men can carry? Say, a Bag of Holding?

Dreamcast Papercraft

Jonathan — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:00:52 +0000

Note: does not play games. Click for full-size .png to print out and make at home!