nesplayer.com - 3/29/2009
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NES test cartridges are hot items among NES collectors today. Their usual going rate is roughly $120 on auction sites. Although it is not in the same monetary league as the prices prototypes generate, it is surely expensive enough considering there is not very much to do with them after ...
seankenney.com - 4/3/2009
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seankenney.com —
This sculpture of the Nintendo DSi was created
to coincide with the release of the real Nintendo
DSi on April 5, 2009. The sculpture is nearly 7 feet wide and contains 51,324 LEGO pieces. It took over 200 hours to create and weighs over 250 pounds. ...
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Art with LEGO bricks : Nintendo DSi
youtube.com - 4/3/2009
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youtube.com —
I created this Nintendo DSi with 51,324 LEGO
pieces. It's on display at the Nintendo Store in
Rockefeller Center, New York City throughout April 2009. More...
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LEGO Nintendo DSi (video)
ds.kombo.com - 3/24/2009
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ds.kombo.com —
On Sunday evening, Nintendo held a special event
in order to give gold and platinum Club Nintendo
members a preview of the soon-to-be-released DSi. I was unable to make it, unfortunately, but our own man-on-the-scene, Matthew Green, was in attendance ...
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News: New Nintendo DSi News from Preview Event
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Super-rare NES “Joystick test cartridge” on eBay at $1050
CrunchGear —
... (those go for $20K) — but it is an extremely hard to find piece of Nintendo history.
The “game” itself is what you’d expect, a test program to check whether a controller is working well, probably used in quality assurance facilities. So you’re not getting a lot of gameplay for your $1051, but if you’re spending a grand on an NES game anyway, that’s probably not your first concern.
[via TechEBlog, screenshots from NES Player]
Joystick Test Cartridge
Boing Boing Gadgets —
Gripping stuff.
Nes TEST CARTRIDGE Nintendo RARE CART Mario [eBay via techeblog, CG and NES Player]
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