It's been a while since we heard about the homebrew DS port of Quake. But now the coder, Simon Hall, has emerged from his Tower of Porting Ordeals and made his work available for public consumption! If you have a DS flash card and a copy of Quake for the PC (shareware or full version!) then in just a few short minutes you could be on your way to playing a flat-shaded, slow, imperfectly-emulated, but still undeniably QuakeyQuake!
We are willing to cut them some slack on the technical issues, since the release is still a work in progress, and the fact that it works at all is keen. They've also added touchscreen camera control and the ability to toggle god mode with the R button!
We have great memories of playing multiplayer Quake at one of those pay-by-the-hour LAN gaming centers at our 16th birthday party. We also have great memories of playing our DS earlier today. Seeing the two come together is just blissful. We love the ingenuity of the homebrew community.
We're going to crank up the Nine Inch Nails and get to installing.
The folks over at Modojo love DS mods as much as we do, as their latest feature sees their favorite, along with their most-despised, modded DSes collected all in one place. In fact, their top choices (along with some of their worst) were already showcased on this very website. We also assume that they only counted mods to the original DS design, as none of the awesome DS Lite mods made it on the list.
Yesterday, we talked about the handhelds you have -- today, we're going to talk about the handhelds you'd like to have, if you had the money, time, and skill to put into personalizing your DS. If you could mod it up with little to no risk, what would you do? What sort of DS would fit your personality and gaming style? Would you go for something outrageous, or just a simple shift in color?
We like mods, and love to post about them (see a few of our favoriteexamples), so if you're a modder, tip us with pictures and we'll be happy to share your work with the world!
First the DS gets turned into an iPod, now flickr user sirljohns has managed to transform the original Game Boy into an iPod, effectionately calling it the iBoy. The folks responsible for the DS mod provided a video, something which sirljohns did not do, so we cannot comment on which has the better functionality. However, the geek-cred that comes from lugging the OG handheld itself around is something that one cannot easily ignore.
Anyone interested in doing this to their old Game Boy?
We're constantly impressed by what lengths other Nintendo obsessed individuals will go to just to include Nintendo into every facet of their life. From hacking a SNES to the long-dead Power Glove, we've seen some stuff that is just utterly beyond our skills. Now iPods are being crammed into NES controllers for some Doom action!
If you've seen a cool Nintendo-based mod, or have done one yourself, be sure to let us know!
We're thinking this mod took some inspiration from a recently-released Microsoft game? Regardless of where it draws inspiration, it's one of the coolest mods we've seen for Nintendo's handheld. The process by which the mod is created is shown in a chronological retelling through many pictures. With the glowing skull being the end product, we think we wouldn't mind giving this a try on our DS Phat. As for trying it on a DS Lite, we don't think we've got the heart.
The fine folks of Acid Mods have done something very cool with their DS Lite. Not just putting LED lights into the d-pad and face buttons, but in creating a motion sensor that plugs into the unit and allows for motion-sensing gameplay. While they could've used a much better game to demo the mod with (Burnout ugggh), we're still impressed all the same.
Personally, we just can't get enough of the crazy DS mods the community keeps coming up with. This latest mod, which adds a ton of LED lights to the DS (as pictured above), is one of the better mods we've seen. Seeing as how when we catch a glimpse of a mod they're usually DS Phats, we're digging this DS Lite mod. We can understand not wanting to hack apart the already stylish DS Lite, though.
Got a modded DS? Seen a cool one in your travels across the internet? Let us know!
It's no secret that we love mods. And while our focus here is on a Nintendo system beyond the SNES, we can't help but post about this excellent hybrid between technological marvels. Dubbed the Super NinTiVo, the old SNES case has been crammed full of TiVo goodness. One problem though: the harddrive has to rest outside of the case. Regardless, it's one sweet mod.
[Bonus points for including Madden '94 into the mix.]
Kotomi, the fellow responsible for so many DS mods, has just finished yet another one. With a significantly purple look and glossy finish, the etching on the back of the top flap and overall color scheme make this one of our favorite DS mods. With such skill, we'd like to see him take a stab at modding a DS Lite.
Few things in this world can bring us instant happiness. Among such things are Cute Overload, Sausages, and the butter shave kit. As such, this snapshot (much respect for the Game Boy printer inclusion) on flickr user Trevor & Angela's account caused our eyes to widen and a deep "awwww" to escape our mouth. It's cute, and yet another good thing to do with that DS Phat now that the Lites are out.
If it were possible, we'd probably just go ahead and rename this blog DS Mod Fanboy and switch to posting about all of the fantastic mods the community has performed on DS Phats and Lites alike. If we did that, however, we'd probably only be able to post one mod a week and would quickly fall from what little grace we currently have into Internet Hell (it's a lot like eastern Montana).
That won't stop us from posting one of the more inspired mods we've seen submitted to DS Fanboy, however. With a sense of patriotism Rambo himself could not even rival, reader and Canadian citizen Dean Welsh went ahead and "Maple'd" the crap out of his DS Phat. Good job on the mod Dean!
We've posted case-mods for the DS and DS Lite before, but most of said mods usually involve a skin or cover of some sort, leaving the original color (probably a bland white, right?) still seething underneath, like an angry hornet. If you've got the guts to mess around with some hardware, however, then listen up. Project SHOCK! is a full hard-case mod of the DS Lite, soon to be available in several different colors. The material is made of composite polycarbonate and plastic, so the standard "cheap feel" you get with standard mods won't apply here.
They're offering several colors for preorder, including yellow, white, black, red, blue, and our favorite, clear. They check in at a pricey $35.00 each, and require some additional tools as well. They've posted a tutorial for those interested in how to perform the mod, so check it out to see if you think you can handle the job.
We love seeing what you folks are doing with your DS Phats now that just about every color imaginable has been released (or is in the process of releasing) for the DS Lite. We've covered countless other nifty mods for the hefty handheld, and now we see a flickr user has decided to add a bit of an animal aspect to their DS Phat mod.
While leopard print has been associated with sexual promiscuity in the past and remains a stereotype of Latino culture today, we feel such an original mod cannot go without praise as it is a fresh and fetching design for the handheld. Kudos to flickr user Luc_is_god for the sweet mod.
We aren't just about modding those old, useless DS Phats, actively looking for the first actual mod to be done on a DS Lite. Well, the first we've found is very impressive, which looks as it balances both the yin and the yang in its combination of Crystal White and Enamel Navy components. A very cool mod and what we hope is the first of many to come.
First the DS gets turned into an 
We love seeing what you folks are doing with your DS Phats now that just about every color imaginable has been released (or is in the process of releasing) for the DS Lite. We've covered countless other nifty mods for the hefty handheld, and now we see a flickr user has decided to add a bit of an animal aspect to their DS Phat mod.
