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Final Frame NES Controller Coffee Table

The NES Controller Coffee Table...

NES Cartridge External HD: An Homage to Old School Games

Just like a lot of people, we had Nintendo Entertainment Systems at home. It was the first console that started it all for a lot of game players. The others just followed this 8-bit wonder. Well, as a...

How To: Make a Lego NES Gift

Flickr user Arkov was kind enough to let us share his smile inducing instructions for making your own NES system out of Legos, making this a great surprise gift for the gamer in your life (and a grea...

Geek Rap: I Got 99 Lives and a Power Glove

Here's a little something to start off your week (Gotta love holiday weekends for turning Tuesdays into "Mondays"): An old school-style rap about playing vintage Nintendo. It's considered the "NES rap...

Nintendo NES Mouse: Brings Back Some Memories

This is one sweet looking mouse. It reminds me of playing hours and hours on the NES at home, back when it was the best video game system in the world. Now, it just brings back some cool memories for ...

Show Your Love for Retro Video Games at Work

You know you love the retro sights and sounds of Space Invaders and Tetris. Your equally geeky buddies and—probably to your chagrin—your girlfriend know it too. But what about the guys at ...

DIY: Turn Your NES System Into Something Spectacular

Since we're going full-speed into our DIY month here at Unplggd and the rest of Apartment Therapy, I wanted to highlight one of my all time favorite DIY guides ever made, courtesy of the folks over at...

Look! Retro Tech Felt Gear

Holiday shopping is in full swing, and you've got a friend or loved who is a little bit geeky, has a indie crafty streak and pines for the days of old tech like 8-bit gaming, audio tapes and floppy di...

Play NES, SNES and Sega Genesis Games On One Console

Time to clean out the attic! If you pack rats can get your hands on the boxes you packed, sealed and labeled with "GAME CARTRIDGES" back in 1994, you'll be happy to know that you can now play all of y...

XBOX, Wii and Guitar Hero Cufflinks add Geek Flair to Chic Tablescapes

Being AT fans, we are no stranger to the tabletop catch-all dish. It's great on a desk to catch paperclips and wayward rubberbands, and it's great on a bedside table to catch rings and other late-nigh...

Handmade Nintendo DS Cases go Retro

You know how some people are Apple freaks? And how they'll buy anything with that half-bitten fruit stamped on it? (Kinda like this guy with his Apple cake!) We're beginning to think that there are al...

The Nintoaster: 8-bit Pop Carts?

As much as we liked our Wii and Xbox 360 (which we both sold to purchase a new Nikon D90...priorities), there was something missing from the newfangled games that couldn't compare to the halcyon days ...

Super Sized NES Controller Coffee Table

Now this is one retro-tastic DIY coffee table. Kyle Downes measured the proportions of an NES controller and super sized it into one gigantic working control pad that doubles as a coffee table. Made o...

Look! Nintendo Game Becomes Console

We love video game systems -- the older the better -- but the more classic the machine the fuglier it is. That's why we're psyched to see this latest NES mod......