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Aug 26

Emulator Cabinet Works with 75 Controllers, 30+ Consoles and 2 Happy Players

These days you can run dozens of classic games on a PC using emulators. If you’re good with modding hardware, you may be able to connect the right controller for the console you’re emulating. But if you’re Patrice Daubaire, you take it one step further. Patrice hacked 75 controllers to make them compatible with over 110 gaming systems.

Patrice calls his ingenious mod the Multi Video Game System 2 or MVGS 2. He managed to universalize 75 controllers – from an Atari 2600 joystick to aPlayStation controller – so that they’ll work with different gaming systems via a custom VGA adapter. Patrice claims his system has zero input lag and that the controllers weigh more or less the same as unmodified ones. Patrice was also able to add additional functions like a quick save button on some of the controllers.

To present his invention, Patrice built the MVGS 2 Dream Station, a PC with over 30 gaming system emulators. It has a nice cabinet with a built-in monitor and lets up to two players geek out. He also setup a rotating display stand for the controllers.

Pick your jaw up from the floor and head to the MVGS 2 website for more information.

[via Hack A Day]

Apr 18

Sega Pluto Console Prototype Pops Up On The Internet

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Sega reportedly only built two prototypes of a console named Pluto, one of those prototypes has popped up on the internet through someone who claims to be a former Sega employee. This particular console was never mass produced, though it is revealed that this console is a variation of Sega Saturn and has a NetLink modem built in. This Sega Pluto prototype is said to be region locked and has hardware that is around 14 years old but still remains in working condition.

This Sega employee meticulously describes all of the details. The console has two controller ports on the front, a flip-top drive bay on the top, a Power button, a cart slot and the iconic Reset button. There are vents on the left and right sides, back is standard Saturn with NetLink ports. Though the logo says Saturn, it is believed Pluto codename was just that. Sega was supposedly going to brand it with the Saturn name. The console is basically a standard USA NTSC Saturn (NTSC-4-v1.00a) which is region locked. What do you think of this unreleased Sega console?