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The Ultimate Nintendo Console
Ngamer writes "Logan West, a member of a fanatical group of gamers known as "The Elite," recently created a Nintendo fan's ultimate dream: his Nintendo Entertainment Console is a composite of the NES, SNES, N64, GC, and Gameboy, all combined into a single system! With no shortage of electrical/carpentry ability, Logan carefully dissected his consoles, wired them to a central unit, then crafted a wooden vessel to host all five systems as one. Logan has already gotten a response from Nintendo after submitting his creation to them--they were quite impressed!"
Well, drawing upon the definition of class 1 lasers, we can see that:
It is neat that they replied with a non-canned response, but it was total BS. You don't have anything to worry about with this laser, and they just don't want to encourage people to modify their products like this for some reason.
You'll notice [See Picture] that I have all the power switches and reset buttons in an easy to access position right on top if this system, that fifth switch over on the far right is for my monster DC fan. I'm certain that I don't need a fan half this size with all the space inside this box, but you know boys, they love their fans!
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I dont remember what site i saw it on, possibly HardOCP, but it was a SNES, Genesis, N64, Gamecube, PS2, and an Xbox all inside a custom PC case it looked a 1000 times better then this and since the xbox can emulate every console before Dreamcast id wager it was way more usefull.
Ok, call me crazy, but I bought a Gameboy Advance SP so I could play games when I wasn't infront of my TV. And, when I am playing games on my TV or computer, I don't want to be playing gba games. If I recall correctally, they make a thing, that you stick on the bottom of a gamecube that lets it play gba games, its probably cheaper and more effective then sticking a whole gameboy into a console.
Speaking of a gameboy in a console, how did he end up hooking it up a tv? Last time I was at best buy looking around, I didn't see any way to connect it, and I was looking for cube cables, so I believe I would have seen the adaptors if there were any.
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Ask and you shall receive: Wooden computer cases
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1. Emulation doesn't get you the original controllers
2. Emulation doesn't get you your saves on your real cartridges
3. Emulators of many systems only gets the games playable. It doesn't get you perfect sound and picture of the original.
It's rare that an emulator even gets the sound and picture right for the NES! XMESS isn't close yet, for example.
Plus, you can't even accurately emulate all the games.
I went ahead and mirrored it here.
A commercial firm has named its product "Duck Tape," harkening back to the original name for this adhesive tape...
It was originally called duck tape because of its water proofing, but has since been used in duct work, so the colour was changed and people now call it duct tape. There were two links.
Incidentally, it seems that its poor at sealing duct work. From near the bottom of this article "Duct Tape It's not for ducts any more. In fact, it never was."
"I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
If you think that the dual shock is the best gamepad ever made, then you must have never used the official SNES gamepad... which has the best directional pad ever. Sure the dual shock has analog and vibrating feedback, but when it comes to digital controlled games (NES, Gameboy, SNES, Genesis, etc)... the SNES gamepad wins.
Also, on the topic of emulation accuracy. The NES is probably the most accurately emulated console to date (check out FCE Ultra). However, the SNES emulators still have a ways to go... yes even ZSNES and SNES9x have trouble correctly emulating popular SNES games such as Super Mario Kart.
So basically, don't throw away the real thing just yet. Emulation will be the future for classic console gaming, but until emulation accuracy improves and quality retro-like USB gamepads are produced... you are better off playing on a real SNES or NES.
Not to mention the fact that my SNES is completely solid state and consumes very little power compared to a PC capable of emulating the SNES at full speed.
Mmm, yeah. About that certification. This is technically UK based, but I belive that it's essentially the same.
The FCC certification states that the part will comply with EMI regulations, when assembled as expected. That 'as expected' is critical, but I'll come back to that.
In the UK, it is illegal to sell a computer that is not certified to meet EMI regs. There are two ways to do this - one is to test a system (expensive!), the other is to say that each part shouldn't cause a problem, and the assembly shouldn't, so it's fine (and kinda handwave passed it). Unsurpisingly, the latter is what's done.
On the 'as expected', if you dig into it, you'll find that the parts are only specified as confroming to regs when in a metal case. Basically, they haven't given them a full test (expensive!), but stuck them in a steel or aluminium box, booted it, and waved a meter around, and noted that it was under the limits.
The important point that it's illegal to _sell_ a computer that doesn't conform - so you can buy an all plastic case, and that's all fine. But you can't sell a computer in an all plastic case, unless you either test, or certify, that you have reasonable cause to belive that it meets the EMI regs. Case on its own - that' fine, not a problem (provided the power supply is either separate, or in it's own metal box (Faraday cage).
For this reason, I doubt you'll find anywhere that will sell a computer that's not in a Faraday cage (and I suspect that selling computers in a windowed case is boarderline). It's just too expensive to test, and they don't have 'reasonable grounds' to think that it will pass.
They couldn't call it the Nintendo Entertainment System, because that was taken (NES), and definitely wouldn't do the system justice. They thought they were safe with Nintendo Entertainment Console - but that's taken too (NEC).
Bit of an exaggeration, there.
For those basement-dwelling geeks who don't occasionally get up to the garage/shop, Honduran Mahogany (aka Genuine Mahogany, aka Swietenia Macrophylla) has some properties that make it incredibly desirable to the consumer as well as the woodworker. It naturally darkens with age. It has tight, smooth grains which make it easy to turn and carve, but it is hard enough to make sturdy furniture out of. Because of this, much of the wild-growing Honduran Mahogany from Central and South America was consumed and shipped worldwide. However, there are still many countries who have a bit more restraint. There are huge sustainable Honduran Mahogany plantations.
Also, there are several species of wood which have begun to replace its use including African Mahogany (Khaya ivorensis).
Of course, all that being said, it is still difficult and expensive to obtain Honduran Mahogany. And Chippendale furniture is jolly expensive.
But it's not quite the case that "there's no such thing as mahogany any more. Not growing at least." It grows. Not so much in the wild, any more. Of course that will just be nitpicking to some people.