Wed, 25 November, 2009

Palm Your Old NES!

Portable old-school Nintendo is somehow smaller than the cartridges

Portable gaming devices like the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS are so smug, what with their “tiny” game cartridges that fit “conveniently” into the consoles. Trust us, you want none of that. No, no, you’d much rather have the Retro Mini X Handheld NES System, a genius device which somehow manages to awkwardly deep-throat the boxy, lumbering cartridges from the original Nintendo of your youth.

So get your palms ready, because in exchange for just $50 they can soon be enjoying such dusty gems as Bubble Bobble, Super Dodgeball and A Boy and His Blob. Check it out: 8-bit graphics don’t look nearly as pixilated when they’re only on a 2.5-inch screen!

Anyone looking to play their old games in a slightly larger format can hook the system into any television and use the included wireless controllers. (Why are they modeled on the old Super NES controllers rather than the original NES ones? Don’t question. Just enjoy.) Added bonus: There’s even a wireless Zapper Gun, so soon you can be Duck Hunting all over again. Unfortunately, even though technology has evolved, the gun still won’t let you cap that damn dog that keeps popping up and laughing at you.

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