The 10 Craziest Console Mods Not Used for Gaming
Brian Gilmore Some console mods are absolutely breathtaking. From an R2-D2 that simultaneously plays every major console ever made with a built-in projector, to XBox 360 laptops, the modding world is a vast, wonderful world of skill and productivity. But then there's the people who take prized video games that could provide any person with thousands of hours of joy, and make them into accessories, or non-gaming gadgets. This is what this list features. Some are absolutely tragic, while others are absolutely awesome. These are the craziest ideas in the history of modern console modding.
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An XBox 360 into a Tissue Box/Alarm Clock
Just because where can you find a tissue box or an alarm clock? Nowhere, that's right.BUY @ amazon
So, like a person in a zombie apocalypse making a spear out of old tools, this guy decided that he couldn't use his cell phone, or spend a cumulative $8 at Walgreens. No, he needed to take his XBox 360 and make an alarm clock out of it. My only hope is that it red ringed before it was done to it.
Otherwise this is almost like Shark Fin fishing (warning, link may be disturbing).
After re-wiring the XBox 360 to display the numbers in the BACK (which really, if you're going to do this is a bad choice), he decided to make what used to be the DVD/CD slot into a tissue holder -- which really makes sense. They should make more alarm clock/tissue holder combos as they are two things every guy should have at their bedside.
But making it so that the BACK of the XBox 360 shows was probably a mistake, since that's really the ugliest part of the system.
Maybe this guy got a PS3, or maybe he got sick of playing good multiplayer games with a huge amount of people?
(Source) - 7
The NES Lunchbox
Not ruining a perfectly good video game system that will not only be a HUGE collectible in ten years, but will probably still work at that time (by using a broken system), blogger Fluctifragus completely gutted an original NES and made, admittedly, the coolest lunchbox I've ever seen.BUY @ amazon
EVER.
For step by step instructions on how to make this bad boy, go here (but ONLY if your NES is broken). - 8
A Wallet Made of Old Atari Cartridges
Finally making appropriate use for the E.T. Atari game, a man who calls himself Nilesz is selling these beauties over here.BUY @ amazon
The okay part about this is that he takes mail-in requests, given that your cartridge is in the right condition.
What he does, basically, is that for $55 he takes absolutely everything out of the existing cartridge and replaces it with hinges and nothing, so you can fit all your cards and money into it.
The best part is that you'll always carry a cartridge around with you.
The worst part is that you're using a piece of pop culture that will never again be re-made to keep your money in, and that you'll probably break it within a few weeks.
Go ahead and buy them here - 9
An Atari Lamp, Made of a Console and Multiple Games
This is like a lamp made of panda genitals, elephant hearts and bald eagle egg shells.BUY @ amazon
Sure this looks like of cool, but why would you need this when you still don't own that awesome lamp from A Christmas Story?
But no, some talented bastard decided to cut up a bunch of box art, glue a bunch of games together and re-wire the Atari so that it works as a lamp.
Sure, this is clever as hell, but is it wasteful? Yes.
Is it awesome? Admittedly, yes. Click above to watch the video on the making of this contraption.
Related: The Atari Controller Lamp (not actually made from any real Atari parts). - 10
Router
BUY @ amazon
Have you ever wanted to make a wireless router out of a Nintendo cartridge? Well then today's your lucky day, because someone has figured out how to do just this.
It's kind of a waste of a Nintendo cartridge but this one is actually so complicated that if you can manage to pull it off, you kind of deserve it. Kind of like that guy who really wanted to hunt and kill an adult T-Rex in The Lost World (except that you'll pull it off).
Do you have an old NES cartridge? How about soldering iron and a dremel? Sweet! Then you, friend, are in for a Sunday (or weekday, if you're unemployed or a morning person)!
Link to How to Make a Wireless Router out of an NES cartridge
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The 10 Craziest Console Mods Not Used for Gaming at 2/20/2013 12:30 AM
The 10 Craziest Console Mods Not Used for Gaming at 5/26/2012 4:10 PM
Criminals Make Gaming Consoles into Tattoo Machines at 9/16/2011 4:10 PM
The 10 Craziest Console Mods Not Used for Gaming at 9/12/2011 8:38 AM
The 10 Craziest Console Mods Not Used for Gaming at 9/12/2011 1:19 AM
Intro paragraph:
First, I have a hard time believing that there is an R2 that "simultaneously" plays multiple consoles. It might actually house a large number of consoles simultaneously, but actually playing them at the same time? That'd be quite a worthless mess when projected. Well, I guess technically you can say that it could do them all simultaneously as long as you had enough tv's for them all 9 (Such as needing 9 TV's to play 9 consoles simultaneously. Good luck finding a television with 9 sets of video in ports that can all be active at once).
NES Lunchbox:
"a perfectly good video game system that will not only be a HUGE collectible in ten years, but will probably still work at that time"
Are you a full blown crack addict or do you just dabble? Can't think why else you would say this. 61 million NES systems were sold. If even only 1% of them were around in 10 more years, for 610,000 systems in the wild, it still wouldn't be a huge collectible. This is even more so if you are meaning to imply that collectible = valuable. At best (and I consider this a massive longshot), the price might end up being around $50 in 10 years.
If you want to define "HUGE collectible" in a way other than scarcity of the product, then there is more of a chance for it to be a collectible item.
The 10 Craziest Console Mods Not Used for Gaming at 9/12/2011 1:33 AM
Another comment I meant to mention before hitting "post" was about the Tattoo "gun"/"machine" entry.
I agree with you that it has always seemed strange to me the amount of options they end up having in prison, but there is an easy solution in this case. Force all prisoners to play nothing but the Revolution and Cafe. Of course, this would lead to mass suicide attempts and a ton of human rights violations.
The 10 Craziest Console Mods Not Used for Gaming at 9/11/2011 4:25 PM
The 10 Craziest Console Mods Not Used for Gaming at 9/12/2011 1:22 AM
The 10 Craziest Console Mods Not Used for Gaming at 9/11/2011 5:41 PM