If you had suggested the idea of a portable NES to me back when I was deep in the throes of my romance with it back in 1986, I would have probably passed out at the idea, despite the fact there's nothing portable about the size of the game cartridges. Now I have all my NES favorites emulated through my not-R4 for my Nintendo DS, but for those of you that don't, perhaps you'd like a real NES handheld?
Thinkgeek now sells the Retro Mini, a handheld specifically designed to play NES games on the go. It retails for $49.99, runs on 4 AA batteries, and has a hi-res LCD screen. It really makes to smile to see it, but I think having the big cartridge sticking out of th eback would bother me. Either way, it's cool to look at. Now if only someone would make a portable with all the NES games already built in ... I'd pay a pretty penny to get my hands on that thing!
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10:20 AM on 05.14.2009
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I honestly think my not-custom firmwared PSP is not the right tool to not emulated my not NES roms.
also isnt this like ,REAL old? i remember seeing this years ago.
and do you realize how cumbersome it is to carry even 5 NES games around? unless youre one who travels with a backpack everywhere.
and if you do ,im sure you have laptops and ipods and vibrators and such in there already.
yes its "cool cause its retro" but just hack a psp.
While the idea behind a portable NES is spiffy, the design is just awful. Not to mention that cart sticking out like that.
If I wanted eye strain I'd carry my Turbo Express everywhere.
What he said.
it also has an output to use it on a tv
but... the thing is kinda worthless :(
Also, it genuinely bugs me that the cartridge faces forward. Have the designers never played a Game Boy?!
I'll stay with my not-R4 emulated NES games...
Clearly they have that design in case you forget what you are playing. Like how the first Xbox controller had that enormous "X" in the middle in case you forgot and thought you were playing Playstation or something.
For the love of not God get a not hacked not PSP.
what would it look like with the Game Genie attched?
http://kotaku.com/385032/this-portable-nes-is-legit-works
Also -- 4 AA's?! Come ON what is this, 1992? That's worthless. When the hell is someone going to make a portable NES emulator that has all the games in one? Not a hacked PSP but seriously -- a true, designated system that has all the NES games on it. And runs on 2 AA's.
No one can do it, can they?