Modder cuts SNES down to size

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Modder cuts SNES down to size

Posted Dec 18th 2007 12:45PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: Mods

Until that fine day when hell freezes over we can play Virtual Console games on the DS, our solutions for portable SNES games are few (beyond any existing GBA versions, of couse). Barriers like that exist for modders to break, however, and that's exactly what one intrepid engineer did with an extra SNES he had lying around. It took a bit more than that, though; not only did he gut the elderly system, but he also incorporated a PSOne LCD ... oh, and a hand-crafted wooden case. Together? They form a semi-portable, mostly-handheld, mobile SNES you can carry around and show off. Head past the break to see it in action.

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Tags: portable, snes, wood

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12-18-2007 @ 1:20PM

sketchampm said...

Awesome. Now only if we had a decent Snes emulator (or any emulator) for the DS.

And SnesDS doesn't count, even though it's the best on available. 90% of SNES roms have flaws big enough to render them unplayable.

12-18-2007 @ 1:28PM

Brello said...

That one's nice, I kinda like this one better though:
http://www.palmps2.com/supernes2go/index.html
It looks more "SNESish"

12-18-2007 @ 1:38PM

Eddie said...

I want one.

12-18-2007 @ 3:57PM

manaman said...

That is so great,

I really love wood and video games. Is that weird? Someday I would love to commission all my classic systems to be done up in nice wood boxes.

Someday, maybe,

manaman

12-18-2007 @ 3:58PM

German S. said...

wood is totally luxury.

Gresso has released a high-end african blackwood & gold mobile phone and mp3 player and Minot has produced wooden ipod cases and have recently put out a beautiful iphone case.

other manufacturers have caught on too, Motorlola released a wooden cellphone in the uk.

I'd LOVE a wooden DS. how crazy would that be??

12-18-2007 @ 4:02PM

gevenstaines said...

finally! a way to play a link to the past on a handheld... oh wait, never mind.

12-18-2007 @ 5:11PM

Damian said...

thats TREEmendous , at FIRst , i thought it was a jOAK ! lol
anyone else getting these weird pop ups today on this site ?

12-19-2007 @ 7:10AM

Matdredalia said...

The puns are terrible, hon. Don't quit your day job ;)

Having said that, I have to admit, I did laugh.

12-19-2007 @ 8:43PM

myuusmeow said...

Oooooold news though, this guy made it a while ago.

@sketchampm: SNEmulDS is the best you'll get on the DS, SNESDS

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