In Real Life

How To Improve One Of Nintendo’s Best Games? Like This.

Kotaku reader Riccardo whipped up this HD version of Mother‘s opening credits. It, like the game itself, is fantastic. If anything should get you excited about an HD Nintendo gaming system, it’s this.


January 17, 2012
Nintendo

This Zelda NES Mod Is Magical

Platinumfungi grew up playing The Legend of Zelda and decided the best way to say thanks was with a NES case mod and this lovely video.


January 13, 2012
Retro

Little Mac Gets Big Tribute In Minecraft Stop-Motion Video

The same folks who made that amazing Super Mario Land animation in Mojang’s hit sandbox construction game have come back with yet another homage to an old-school classic.


January 4, 2012
Retro

There Was A Famicom Game About The Leader Of The Soviet Union

You expect, and will find, old games for the Famicom where you play as a soldier. Or a pilot. Or an athlete.


December 16, 2011
Nintendo

Is This NES Worth $16,000?

Never opened. Frozen in time. That’s what the claims are for a rare 1985 launch edition of the Nintendo Entertainment System being sold on eBay. Wrapped in plastic in a handled cardboard box, the NES up for grabs is apparently in the same state that retailers received it more than 20 years ago.


December 15, 2011
Nintendo

Um, The NES Did Not Feature Counter-Strike Humping

An article on Hungary’s MSN portal about teen sexuality uses an interesting image to illustrate its point. And by interesting I mean amazing.


December 14, 2011
Nintendo

Brilliant NES Comic Bottles The 1980s In Comic Form

Comic writer and artist Ed Piskor doesn’t just nail the Nintendo Entertainment System, he nails the entire 1980s in this comic for Boing-Boing.


December 12, 2011
In Real Life

Would You Pay $50,000 For This NES Game?

Kotaku AU

The NTSC version of Stadium Events is universally acknowledged as one of the rarest NES games ever produced. Now a factory sealed version of it has appeared on eBay. You can totally buy it! There’s only one catch — it costs $50,000.


December 6, 2011
Retro

This Gamer Has Balls. Wants To Beat You.

Remember R.B.I. Baseball? The classic sports title for the Nintendo Entertainment System? This gamer is so confident that he can defeat anyone at it, he or she took out an ad in a local Oklahoma newspaper.


December 1, 2011
In Real Life

Can You Trust FedEX With Your Nerdy Shipments?

Do not trust FedEx with your deliveries. I had shipped out a NES coffee table to someone who bought one, and upon receiving it, they ignored the “This side up” stickers and delivered it on it’s side.