News Famicase 2009 Art Exhibit Opens

Fifty-eight artists and designers craft imaginary Famicom game carts

The art on game boxes and carts from the 8-bit era was generally pretty crap. A lot of it is still crap today, but back then gaming was still considered largely a kid's thing so people gave even less of a **** on whether or not the box art looked good. Japanese retro games shop...

• Wed 6th May 2009
• Retro
• Famicom
• Art

News Stupidly Cool Portable Famicom Mod Surfaces

Shame we don’t know how to use a soldering iron...

The stuff these crazy modders seem to dream up never fails to surprise us, and this latest endeavour is totally off the chart in terms of sheer genius. Modder ‘goteking’ has taken a business card holder shaped like a Famicom cartridge and skillfully inserted a media player with a Famicom...

• Mon 9th Mar 2009
• Retro
• Famicom
• Modding