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This Custom Gameboy is a dream come true

Have you ever wished you could play all your favorite retro games on an original Game Boy? Ever tried to play Donkey Kong Country one? “But there aren’t enough buttons!” How naive of you, rhetorical person made up for the sake of this opening paragraph! Behold the Game Boy you never knew you needed more than anything else… until now.

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Check Out This Animated Tribute TO SNES RPG’s

Jack of all trades, Jason Hendrich created this love letter to SNES RPG’s with music by Dale North. Jason directed, wrote, animated, acted in and conceptualized the short.

“Skarr needs the great weapon Lævateinn in order to protect her people. However it is protected by the mighty Jötunn, a fallen race. Now Skarr prepares for her final battle with the one called Sinmara, the last of the Jötunn, who is quietly mourning the loss of her people.” (Via Youtube)

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Check out this impressive short, and Jason’s previous animation after the jump!
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8 Bit Instrumental Flashback: Extended Pixels

Let’s take a look at an oldie but a goodie. Back in 2009, Chiptune rock band 8 Bit Instrumental released their first EP–Extended Pixels: More Music From Lobei.

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3DNES Emulator Transforms Your Favorite NES Game into a Pseudo-3D Trip

Ever wondered what your favorite classic Nintendo games would’ve looked like in 3D? Now you can get a feel for what it could have been like with the 3DNES emulator. It appears that the emulator takes some data about what is “walls” and what is background to extrapolate a likely 3D interpretation of the game.
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