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Sbox Homemade Console

Posted by michael on from the santa-is-making-a-list dept.

Anonymous Coward sent in: "I just ran across a very cool homemade emulation console. It emulates multiple machines, plays movies, plays mp3s, and uses Intel's new wireless gamepads to control everything. It's also cased in plexiglass and uses its own menuing software. The best I've seen yet!" His remote has a docking station.

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  1. I've always wanted to do this.... by flewp · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just the thought of an all in one type of machine has always been appealing. Granted, it wouldn't be my primary PC. Also, it might be nice to play mp3's with winamp and geiss running on it or something during parties. (Of course I would hook it up to my stereo if I had a nice one). A DVD drive would be nice to hook up too, but I wouldn't know how to get software to run the DVD software. A custom DVD player software would be sweet.

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  2. Ideas by xfs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Make an entertainment center that folds shut to look like one of the mame stations. That way, you can use it as a gaming station, or a cool place to watch movies. Think of all the things you could combine into one... Throw in a PS2 (has PS1 suppt) a DVD-Rom in the sbox, a NICE stereo system.. Wireless keyboard/mouse..

    Wow. I'm thinking about building one of these more and more each day.... :P~~~

  3. This is also something else.... by AgentUmino · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That guy might seem a bit obsessed, but he's nothing. At least his setup can play multiple games. This guy built this custom setup just to play GT3, it's crazy. Check it out.

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  4. Re:Just an opinion... by rneches · · Score: 3, Interesting
    As pointed out by prevoius posters, it is often impossible to obtain legitimate copies of many of those games. Also, there are many, many cool games that were never released in the US. I even have a few such Japan-only roms that someone with a hex editor and a death wish took the trouble to translate into English - there's no way you could get that "legitimatly".

    Personally, I wouldn't have any problem paying [a reasonable price] for ROMs, but the option simply isn't available. You see, owning a copyright on a non-confidential item gives the owner the right to require that I pay for my copy of the item. It does not give the owner the right to deny me access to the item if I want it. So, if Nintendo and Sega refuse to sell their old games, then they'll have to live with the fact that trading ROMs is protected by the first amendment. If they feel like dragging people into court for copyright infringement, all the accused have to say is "I would have paid for it, but I was denyed the opportunity to do so," and malicious intent becomes impossible to prove, and the case is moot. I know it's not quite that simple, but I don't see a rational counter argument.

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  5. Re:Bring out yer dead... by thatmoron · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Why would'nt they? Because they want people to play their new games and spend money. If I had the choice between spending 50$ and getting one new game, or spending 5$ and getting like...an old nintendo ROM, I would go for the rom. So then people will be playing old games, not the new expensive ones. Plus, people might realize that the gameplay used to be important to a game, not just graphics.
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  6. TiVO by Aztech · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Add a capture card and it looks like a decent competitor to a multipurpose TiVO. Add Ethernet and you can stream the video where you want :)

  7. But then again ... by Dlugar · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I understand your point, but my big beef is ... I own quite a few old NES cartridges. There's no way on earth I'd be able to actually rip the contents off the ROM onto my computer. But I can download them easily from these "warez" sites.

    If I want to play my old games on a new medium, basically, what other choice to I have? Even if NES did have some sort of "download service", I would have to pay again to download games that I already have paid for.

    I honestly can't figure any easy way around it.


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