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.

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 [...]

Spotted at OffWorld.com: Japan’s finest hipster retro/game culture store Meteor has announced via its blog that its Famicase art exhibit will be returning to the shop from May 2nd through the 31st. What’s Famicase? A curated selection of original 8-bit Nintendo cartridges given new labels by the local finest design houses and illustrators, each imagining [...]

Is the lack of security bits handy preventing you from opening up your consoles? Wonder no more what the inner workings look like! Flickr user Reintji has taken X-Ray photos of several pieces of hardware, ranging from consoles to controllers and game cartridges. Check out the rest of Reintji’s X-Ray Funnies set for other consoles [...]

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 [...]

Spotted at TinyCartridge.com. White front, black back, black controls, improved sound output, backlight. Awesome.

Spotted at GameSetWatch.com: In other Saturn news, fansite Segatastic noticed that Enterbrain’s Sega Store has brought back its Saturn-shaped backpacks, over ten years after the company stopped production for the actual console. The nylon bag sells for a ridiculous $72 (¥7,140), and is only available in the less exciting and not-at-all rare color of gray [...]

We’ve refined the Pac-man oven mitt with modern styling and materials. 100% food-safe silicon rubber resists temperatures up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit, and fits your hand like a puppet. Inside his mouth is a game-accurate representation of the classic Pac-man maze. After so many years of gobbling ghosts and power pellets, your hot pots and [...]

April 21, 1989 saw the Japanese introduction of Nintendo’s portable game system, GameBoy. Home to many excellent titles, this unsassuming grey box was able to withstand competition from several more powerful adversaries and went on to sell nearly 120 million units world-wide. If you still have your trusty old GameBoy, or you can set up [...]

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