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Angry Video Game Nerd: DoubleVision

Take a trip down memory lane with the Angry Video Game Nerd as he covers the Intellivision and Colecovision, two consoles I grew up playing as a kid and still own today. With great peripherals like the Voice Modulator (shown in the video) and Steering Wheel (not shown - but Dukes of Hazard, Bump & Jump, and Destructor were a few of my favorite driving games) these two systems were quite similar in design and Atari’s biggest competitors in the early 80’s.

Check out the following two part “DoubleVision” retrospective.

DoubleVison Part 1

DoubleVision Part 2



History of Video Games (1972-2007)

Watch this timeline on video games spanning 35 years, from Pong all the way to our current generation of titles - it’s quite apparent that we’ve come a long way. How many of the games featured have you had the opportunity to play?



Sweet Console of Mine



Top 10 Strangest Custom Gaming Systems

If you have seen these already I appoligize in advance, these are from an OLD TechBlog post. I think some of these mods are pretty amazing… some are just plain strange.

Enjoy this collection of oddities and observe what gallons of caffeine and countless hours of free-time (I’d imagine most of that time spent would have been female-free as well :)


#10

Colecovision Portable


Yes, this will play all your old school Colecovision games like “Donkey Kong”, “Galaxian”, and “Zaxxon” in all their 16 color glory.

Ben Heckendorn, creator of the NES Micro, made a custom case, tore apart an old Colecovision system, designed his own controller, and put it all together into the sleek package you see above.

It features A/V outputs, an auxiliary power input, and a reflective black vinyl case with brushed aluminum accents.

Unfortunately, this one-of-a-kind system was built by request and has already been sold.

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#9

NEStation

The NEStation is one of the most unique custom systems we’ve ever come across.

A French modder painted his NES completely black with blue accents, created a custom vertical stand, installed four blue LEDs, and than carved in a PS2-style logo on its side.

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#8

The nPod

The nPod

The nPod is Ben Heck’s latest gaming console, featuring a 3.5-inch LCD display, custom machined case (only 41mm thick), and a rear-loading cartridge slot.

It’s powered by 4 AA batteries and can play any NES game.

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#7

Portable Sega CDX


Most of you may not remember the CDX, it combined the Sega Genesis and Sega CD into one console.

SegaSonicFan’s portable CDX sports a 5″ display, JP/US import switch, second headphone jack, S-Video output, external controller switch, and a built-in automatic scan FM radio.

It even plays 32X games.


#6

Gamecube-to-Go


Gamelver spent a great deal of time constructing this portable Gamecube — especially the case.

It looks to feature external controller ports for multiplayer action, along with a pair speakers.

Other specifications have not yet been released.


#5

NESPlusSega


This all-in-one machine can play both Sega Genesis and NES games.

The case was made from custom molded ABS plastic and features controller ports for both systems.

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#4

Handheld Atari Jaguar


The Jaguar was the world’s first gaming system with two 32-bit processors.

Unfortunately, the system met its demise in early 1996 due to poor sales.

Well Dave decided to pay tribute with this portable Jaguar.


#3

Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Mini


Kotomi took one of those 6-in-1 Sega TV game devices and turned it into a Genesis/Mega Drive mini, complete with cartridge slot.

One potential drawback, he doesn’t mention if the cartridge slot is functional — it’s an interesting project none the less.


#2

Dreamcast Portable


Dave took on an ambitous project when he created this portable Dreamcast from scratch.

It features a custom designed case, 5″ LCD display, and a built-in 16MB memory card.

Powered by two rechargeable batteries, its good for up to 1 1/2 hours of playtime.


#1

PlayStation 2 Portable

PS2P: The PlayStation 2 Portable

Click the above picture to watch the 10 minute demonstration of the PlayStation 2 Portable - our #1 pick for custom system.

Enjoy!



Play Colecovision on your Nintendo DS

ColecoDS menuThis Nintendo DS emulator of Colecovision console games is now available.  According to the creator and those commenting on it, ColecoDS is a compatible with most Colecovision ROMs (not included, but a google search should help you locate).  I have yet to try this myself but it looks pretty cool how the touch pad on the DS is used to simulate the keypad controller of the Colecovision, it is unknown if the game-specific Colecovision keypad inserts are available in this version.  Great looking DS homebrew app.

Colecovision Donkey Kong emulated on Nintendo DS