DS Daily: Would you gut a NES to create this?

by David Hinkle { Apr 8th 2008 at 9:00AM }

This isn't the first time we've featured a wooden gaming system. Instead of a SNES, this time modders have turned a NES into a portable system, encasing the screen and hardware in a nice wooden frame. And to prove this modder means business, the portable NES is shown playing none other than badass title Contra.

What we would like to know is if you tried anything like this before and was it successful? Did you turn your NES into something much better? Share your experience(s) with us!

[Via Engadget]

Tags: mod, mods, nes, portable-nes, wood

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

manaman @ Apr 8th 2008 9:54AM

Yeah,

I love these wooden systems! I don't care for this one as much as the SNES, but I do like it. I would love to know how the buttons and directional pad feel.

That being said, I wouldn't have the heart to mod an original system because they're getting rarer. That being said, one of those knock-off systems could be a possibility. I mean, they look garbage-y, but they do play both NES and SNES games. I could see that as a mean little semi-portable.

Yup,

manaman

Brittany @ Apr 8th 2008 1:12PM

I have three working NESs still, so I'd be willing to mutilate one to do this. Unfortunately I'm not that crafty and I'm also not convinced that the system would be lightweight enough to be enjoyable to play (don't want my wrists hurting after half an hour!).