Retro Gaming Consoles Now Portable.

I have seen many stories about Mr. Ben Heck for a long time now but somehow forgot. This is something I have to talk about. Mr. Heck has gone above and beyond and taken consoles like the Atari 2600, NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, and even the PSOne and built handheld portable devices that run off batteries. It is pretty incredible and he even has instructions on how to do it your self. You can find these projects and more at benheck.com.

Handheld SNES made out of wood!

Someone decided to take apart a Super Nintendo and create a wooden case with LCD screen. This thing looks incredible. Check out more photos and a video here.

What is Snapbomb?

Well this is unrelated to retrogaming but related to blogging in general. I recently came across a service that has had a lot of buzz surrounding it called Snapbomb. This is a blog marketing service that provides bloggers with content to blog about delivered directly from advertisers and the author is paid accordingly. There are several services around that offer blog advertising and this new start up looks very promising for individuals who are veterans and new to blogging. This service can offer bloggers the opportunity to blog full time and for some quit their day job. I personally am very excited about the opportunity's offered here and hope you fellow bloggers take the time to check it out. You can find the new service here at http://www.snapbomb.com.

Solar powered retro gaming device reviewed.

Remember that solar powered multimedia device from a couple blog posts ago, well looks like the guys over at Gizmodo reviewed it. The official name of the device is the MediaStreet eMotion Solar PMP. You can read the review here.

Found a great review of the GP2X.

I was surfing the net and came across a great review of the GP2X not to be confused with the GP2X F200 update which has a touchscreen and d-pad. The reviewer gives a detailed rundown of all its current features which with the large community surrounding it are quickly increasing. Check out the review here.

Have you heard of the GP2X?

Most gamers are aware of the Nintendo DS, PSP, and GBA but not many people are aware of the GP2X F200. This is an open source device that allows gamers to create their own content using a Linux OS. It has a 3.5" screen, 64mb storage, SD card slot for additional storage, USB 2.0 connection, and the most important aspect, free emulators for the SNES, NES, GB, GBC and GBA, Sega Mega Drive, Master System, Spectrum, C64, Atari, PC Engine, MAME, MSX, Neo Geo Pocket, Game Gear and more. What! This device is like a retro gamers dream. It also has video output, homebrew games, video playback support for almost all video formats, music playback support and too many features to list. I have found a few links that should be of interest.

Official Site

Official Retailer

Emulators & Homebrew Files

Nintendo 64 games remade with HQ textures!

This is an incredible thing to someone who spent a lot of time playing N64 games growing up. Heres the deal, through the use of a N64 Emulator called Project64 you can replace existing games textures with high quality textures. This is far from being a new development but hasn't been very mainstream until recently. Here are some photos from one of my favorite N64 games Banjo-Kazooie. Check this game out and more at www.racketboy.com

Handheld device plays retro games and charges in the sun.

I came across this neat little device surfing the net and it seems pretty cool. It has 2GB of internal space and can play several music formats (.mp3, .wma, etc.), movie formats (.avi, .mp4, etc.) and most importantly retro games. It claims to be able to play Gameboy, Gameboy Color and NES games. On top of that it can recharge with solar power. This little device has more features you can check out here.