A hardware hacker named daftmike has created his own mini-NES. Daftmike’s NES, like Nintendo’s mini-NES, is a smaller version of the Nintendo Entertainment System. However, the big difference is that daftmike’s NES also comes with tiny NFC-equipped NES cartridges. The device runs off of RetroPie emulators. Because of this, daftmike can make cartridges for games that never launched on the NES, including Pokémon Red and Blue. This is because of the NFC tag embedded in the cartridge, which enables you to write any game to that cartridge with the NFC Tools Android app. The console shell, controller, and cartridges are all 3D printed. If you’re interested, feel free to watch daftmike’s video below, where he demonstrates the mini-NES for the public to see.
Thanks, gamer2006
Raspberry Pi is not the name of the console, is the name of the board used for this
Yeah I find it funny how many people have confused this considering how popular the Raspberry Pi is. I am always hearing about new stuff people make with them like gameboys, etc.
Well, everywhere I looked, it said he created it.
I guess it’s just another case where I relayed what I had to work with and, unfortunately, some of that info wasn’t entirely accurate.
shut up donnie (kappa)
Oh sure. No one is blaming you, it’s just like the mix up the other day where many journalists were saying that Sega made their own mini console which was NOT the case. Stuff happens! :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi
Oof. Research helps a lot, as a few people made this error today (and in the past with other Pi game projects).
Wikipedia is very up in the air when it comes to accuracy, considering how anyone can edit it. So Wikipedia isn’t a place I usually look to for research.
So your solution is to do no research?
You’ve made some honest mistakes here – not researching the Raspberry Pi, and not reading enough about the project to know it’s got nothing to do with hacking – which is fine, but dodging responsibility, saying you were just “working with what you were given,” is not so fine.
would buy this over nintendo’s piece of crap nes mini.
The problem with Ninten’s Mini is that its really just another collectors item. It only has 30 games out of a 900 game library, with no ability to download more games. Its not very practical or useful. It will look cool on your shelf, and thats it. It always seems like Nintendo has a good idea, but then they either half ass it, or get to scared to go all out with it. They should have either made the mini where it could actually play NES games, or have the ability to download them all from the Eshop… Epic fail IMO.
amazing! i have no words to describe this…
red and blue were gameboy games, not nes games. unless they were planned for nes then that would make sense.
A raspberry Pi is actually a board that’s made by this one small company, he USED a raspberry Pi with making this little console..
This is actually very neat!
And THIS is exactly why Nintendo is waiting SO long to reveal the NX. Copycats, and semi-copycats.
But I must admit, this makes the mini NES that Nintendo is releasing this November look very, how shall I say? Poopy!
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I gotta disagree with ya on this one.
I get it.. i get it… you’re a big time Nintendo fanboy..
But for me, this is actually better than what Nintendo is releasing, with this you can use a cartridge.. where as what Nintendo has made only has like.. 30 games built in and no way of expanding on them.. well.. no way currently.. i’m sure hackers will find a way… they always do.
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How is this a hack lmao, its a emulation device!
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He was called a hacker in the article
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“Hacker” more like a guy who knows how to use computers :v
the effort gone into this
Personally this is very creative. Hats off to this guy i wonder if he’d consider selling as i would definatly buy it
Inb4 lawsuit
This is pretty much a million times better than what Nintendo came up with. Nintendo could’ve sold each cartridge for $10-$20 (complete with box and manual). Didn’t they hear? Cartridges are all the fucking rage again.