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Watch an Original NES Run Netflix

Posted by samzenpus on from the watch-and-play dept.

sarahnaomi writes with this story about a NES running Netflix. I don't know how you get Netflix to play on an original Nintendo, but it's been blowing my mind for the last 18 hours or so. Netflix posted the video with painfully little explanation. I have tried in many ways to get in touch with the Netflix developers who did what you see above, but no one is getting back to me, so here are some wild speculations."

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  1. Hoax by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why post silly bait and hoaxes on Slashdot? The only way this would be possible would be stripped guts and a NES case.

    We're not that stupid, but clearly the editors are.

  2. umm.... it is called homebrew by Fallen+Kell · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Its a homebrew cart with the video and images hardcoded into the chip. There is no networking being done with the video streaming. One of the videos even leaks that when the one developer says something to the effect of "In all its 2 bit glory, as that is all that would fit in 512k".

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    We were all warned a long time ago that MS products sucked, remember the Magic 8 Ball said, "Outlook not so good"
  3. Did everyone miss, or forget.. by ckatko · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... the real 8088 Corruption demo? (8088 @ 4.77 Mhz, CGA text-mode Soundblaster)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    And the sequel, Domination (CGA in graphics mode):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...