A complete NES inside a game cartridge?

In a stroke of imaginative genius, French modder Kotomi managed to squeeze an entire Nintendo Entertainment System into an old Super Mario Bros. cartridge.

The engineer behind this mod used NES-on-a-chip to squeeze the entire gaming system, with AV plugs, power switch and two controller ports, into a single game cartridge.

NES, called Famicom in Asia, was released in the US in 1985.

Kotami has done a ton of retro mods including a USB version of the SNES Mouse and a bunch of wicked cool, colorful case designs.

Viva la France.

An NES inside a game cartridge

(Engadget, technobob)

John Guilfoil is the editor-in-chief of Blast Magazine. He can be reached at guilfoil.j@blastmagazine.com.

In Gadgets, Gaming News, Retro, Technology on April 22, 2008 at 14:21

One Response to “A complete NES inside a game cartridge?”

  1. Manuel Uribe on April 28th, 2008 11:50 pm

    Now this IS retro, yet practical.

    To pay homage to such a fortuitous gaming platform, and taking it to the next level is near genius. Near genius becuase it doesn’t come with a girlfriend.

    :P

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