ubergizmo.com - 10/6/2008
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Guess necessity really is the mother of all invention, and this external hard drive with Super Mario Bros. 3 on the outside is clearly a winner in my (videogaming) books. Etsy seller NES Box was disappointed with the latest purchase of an external drive which had an aesthetically displeasing ...
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This NES Cartridge Now Stores 250GB of Anything [Mods]
Gizmodo —
... or maybe one of those blade-things that fits in the credit card slot of one's wallet. Regardless, the NES-Box is an NES cartridge stuffed with a 2.5" 250GB SATA drive. Connecting to any computer via USB, the drive needs to additional power to operate. And the best part? This baby is actually on sale for $180. We find it hard to believe that the one in stock hasn't been purchased yet, but maybe if you ask the Etsy seller real nice, they'll fashion another just for you. [Etsy via ubergizmo]
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Super Mario Bros. 3 makes excellent USB hard drive
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... hard drive isn't anything more clever than a retro game cartridge pried open, gutted, and crammed with a cheap 2.5" SATA drive. Even so, could there be any more appropriate repository for an arcade cabinet's NES ROM collection? This one was being sold by an Etsy seller for $180, and it's doubtlessly long gone, but if there's enough demand, surely an entire business could be forged from the pecuniary tricklings of indiscriminate retro-gamers.
NES 250GB Hard Drive [Etsy via Ubergizmo]
8-Bit NES Super Mario Bros. 3 Cartridge Hard Drive
GadgetReview —
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a Nintendo cartridge modded and I’m sure it’s not the last. Jammed into this Super Mario Bros. 3 NES cartridge is a 250GB SATA hard drive with 8MB of cache. It’s powered purely by USB and cost’s $180 here.
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