Hasta La Gadget!

We’ve seen NES mods that incorporate a screen and controls into a cartridge in the past, but this example from Airz in BenHeck’s forums is just so clean and well-polished that we had to give it some love. Inside Airz says it’s just a generic Chinese media player that can play NES, Gameboy, and Gameboy Color ROMs, along with the relevant controller bits, a 2.8-inch LCD, 4GB of storage, and a rechargeable battery. Oh, and if you’re feeling particularly retro, you can hook it up over TV-out and play on the big screen. Not bad — and it’s for sale if you’re as in love as we are. Video after the break.

[Via 8bitfix; thanks, Gusto]

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Portable NES modded into a cartridge, hearts modded into love originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s fine to announce USB 3.0 gear, but it’s another thing entirely to actually put it up for retail. Buffalo’s making the boast today that its HD-HU3 series of USB 3.0 hard disks will be the “world’s first!!” to ship. Since a USB 3.0 device is pointless without a controller to support it, Buffalo will also make NEC’s ¥5,300 (about $60) IFC-PCIE2U3 2-port PCI Expressx1 host controller available with its hard drives when they ship late October in Japan, almost a month before Freecom’s disks hit the market. The 1TB and 1.5TB drives will cost ¥20,000 (about $225) and ¥25,300 (about $284), respectively, with a ¥46,600 (about $523) 2TB disk coming sometime later. Imagine it, soon you’ll be able to take advantage of those USB 3.0 cables you bought back in April. Controller after the break.

[Via Engadget Japanese]

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Buffalo ships world’s first USB 3.0 hard disk drives this month originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Look for a new slate of buttons to control Ableton Live? Even if you’re shaking your head as if to signify “negative, Jim,” you still owe it to yourself to peek the video in the read link. The newly announced Novation Launchpad is the self-proclaimed Ableton Live controller, with an 8 x 8 grid of do-anything keys, dedicated scene launch buttons and nearly limitless possibilities. It’s up for order now from a variety of respected e-tailers, and based on the preview alone, we’d say it could very well be the best $199 you’ve ever spent. (This month.)

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Novation Launchpad speaks Ableton Live’s language… on video! originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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International musician and man-about-town Richie Hawtin has a track record of collaborating with Native Instruments on its DJ products, frequently putting stuff through its paces well before it’s made available to the public at large — and once again, the dude’s been caught using some unknown gear at a show in Berlin. Seems like pretty much everyone and their mother has made a controller compatible with the company’s Traktor line of software at this point save for Native Instruments itself, and that’s where this new hotness comes into play — check out the video after the break starting around 19 seconds, where you can clearly make out a couple NI-branded boxes allegedly designed to control two decks at a time (so a grand total of two, like Hawtin has here, would be enough to control a four-deck Traktor setup). We’ve heard rumors from inside the company that it’ll be available for around $200, which would be extremely competitive for a pro-level box that’s specifically matched to Traktor’s capabilities. Even if you don’t have the slightest urge to get on the decks at any point in your life, the lights sure are pretty, aren’t they?

[Via Engadget German and De:Bug]

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Native Instruments working on a $200-ish Traktor controller, blinkenlights guaranteed originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Is your name “harborneb?” It is? Then you might be out of a job. That’s the name attributed to the author of a Microsoft Word document sitting on SEGA America’s official FTP site at this very moment. The .doc file resides in SEGA’s otherwise benign “news” directory. Now, it’s very possible that the document could have been uploaded in jest as an Internet prank. But assuming it’s real, then these meeting minutes between SEGA and Sony on August 5th reveal quite a few tantalizing details. Chiefly, that Sony will be launching its PS3 motion controller in Japan in March of 2010, Spring elsewhere. There’s also discussion of PlayStation 2 emulation on the PS3 with a note that “SCEA wants to sell all PS2 titles on PSN (GTA Vice City/Sonic/etc).” Want more? Then hit up the read link and download the document yourself. Else, you’ll just have to hope for news from the Tokyo Game Show kicking off Thursday.

Update: The document has been pulled. We’ve added the full text after the break.

[Via Gamesindustry.biz, thanks DarKlar]

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PS3 Motion Controller launching in March? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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