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NES harmonicas hit eBay, three lucky gamers cheer

Remember the HarmoNESica? A brief refresher, then: it’s what happens when you’ve got a copy of Super Tecmo Bowl, a Pocket Pal harmonica, and the desire to create a unique musical instrument. But if you don’t have any of the aforementioned ingredients and just want the end result, eBay’s got you covered as usual — three HarmoNESicas have been gathering bids at the online auction house this week. Whether your pleasure be Dick Tracy, Super Mario Bros. 3 or The Legend of Zelda, there’s a harmonica to match; and if (for some reason) you want to actually play one of the games, you’ll find the ROM guts tastefully included. But before you make your bid, remember: there’s more than one way to skin an NES cartridge.

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NES game harmonicas let you blow on your cartridges for fun and profit

NES game harmonicas let you blow on your cartridges for fun and profit

Who would have thought that all that practice blowing on NES games would pay off? Now all I have to do is learn how to play the harmonica really well, and I can finally quit this blogging business and begin the exciting and lucrative life of the hobo!

SNES cartridge plays ROMs loaded from your computer

My oh my, what have we here? The “NEO SNES/SFC MYTH FLASH CART” is basically a cartridge that you pop into your Super Nintendo (you do still have your Super Nintendo, don’t you?) that’s got 256MB of onboard memory upon which you can load up ROMs. So take a tally of your legally-owned SNES cartridges, download them all in ROM form, and put all the originals in an airtight container for safekeeping.

NES Harmonica

Recycle your old NES carts by turning them into musical instruments that do more than just pump out 8-bit tunes – after all, we are talking about NES Harmonicas here. Currently, you will be able to purchase Dick Tracy, Legend of Zelda and Super Mario 3 NES Harmonicas over at eBay with a startin bids of just $7. Any takers? Music lessons not included.

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Neo SNES / SFC Myth Flash cart brings emulation magic to your aged console

Oh, sure — the Wii’s Virtual Console may put you in direct contact with some of the best titles from yesteryear, but for the purists in attendance, it just feels like cheating. If you’ve been hanging onto that Super Nintendo (or Super Famicom, as it were) and you’ve recently been dealing with the emulation itch, Neoflash just might have the remedy. The Neo SNES / SFC Myth cart is pretty much the most magical cart you could ever slap into your classic console, offering up ROM support for “99.5 percent” of SNES games. Better still, titles can be offloaded from your PC and onto the cart via USB, making the entire transfer process a cinch. Of course, the $169 price tag will likely offend all but the most dedicated of retro gamers, but hey, at least you’ll be staying true to those “roots” you value so highly.

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Ricepuppet unveils Metroid-colored NES

Ricepuppet has come up with yet another stunning paint job for the classic NES console by introducing a Metroid-colored NES this time round. Lay your eyes on it and chances are you would definitely want one of it in your living room, although the choice of games would be extremely disappointing in the age of the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii.

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Another Nintendo-ish USB controller for your perusal

Brando presents us with the Buffalo USB Nintendo PC Game Pad. Priced at $22 plus $3 shipping, it’s a somewhat enticing purchase given the fact that it’s made by a pretty well known company as opposed to other more gray-market Nintendo USB gamepads.

Buffalo USB Nintendo PC Game Pad

At first glance, this looks like an old school NES game pad, but upon closer inspection, you won’t find any Nintendo logo on this, but the word Buffalo emblazoned on the top right hand corner of the device instead. While the world has already moved on to USB 3.0, the Buffalo USB Nintendo PC Game Pad still remains in the past with a USB 1.1 connection, but that shouldn’t matter since all you’re going to do is mash buttons like there is no tomorrow. Perfect for shoot ‘em ups, it boasts a classic Turbo button for well rested thumbs as you cut a path of destruction with your aeroplane. Would you fork out $22 for a piece of retro memory?

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PuppyArcade: A standalone, CD-based OS for playing old arcade game

While I think the passion for building stand-up arcade games has waned recently, it’s nice to see that someone out there is still thinking of the children. PuppyArcade by Scott Jarvis is a CD-based arcade system that boots in any PC and allows you to access MAME ROMs on almost any disk. The game plays [...]

Prepare wallets! DSi XL hits on March 28 for $190

Not everyone agrees that the DSi XL was a necessary step; after all, the original DS and DS Lite were the best selling game things on the market with their little screens and limited brightness.

But when you hear about parents and grandparents enjoying a game of Picross or Professor Layton, you start to remember that yeah, there are other people in the world. And maybe they could use a device more suited to their needs.

Video: Wonder Boy v. Adventure Island

Wow. This young lady is amazingly excited about Wonder Boy and Adventure Island, two crazy games for the Sega Master System and the NES. While I don’t think I’ve ever played Adventure Island or Wonder Boy, I did enjoy Wonder Boys and suspect that Lucky Wander Boy was based on the SMS version. So there’s [...]