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Archive for July 2007

July 24th, 2007

Third Party Nintendo Wii Pool Cue And Steering Wheel

Playing snooker or pool on the Wii *can* be more real with this Snooker and Pool Cue Prop for Nintendo Wii. The cue can be disassembled and reassembled as needed (so that it won’t be a nuisance). Made by Mad Cow, going for $11.22. I don’t why the box says “Table Tennis Pole”?

The other third-party [...]

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July 22nd, 2007

Samsung Handphone Can Transform Into A Joystick, Now You Get The Real Feel

Samsung future calmshell handphone can turn into a joystick to play mobile games on the handphone. Using hinges, magnets, sensors and ingenious engineering, the portable gadget’s housing can turn into a joystick apparatus. Integration of Bluetooth or IR in this device may actually see users carry a portable joystick controller to play games on the [...]

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July 20th, 2007

DIY RumblePak For DS Lite, Created From Pokemon Cartridge And Nokia Phone

Xyzzy has made a Nintendo DS Lite RumblePak out from a Pokemon Pinball GBA cartridge, Nokia 5100 handphone and a microchip. One advantage is that the DIY RumblePak does not stick out, the other? Total satisfaction.

Step-by-step instructions here…
Royal Rumble via MAKE Blog

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July 20th, 2007

WiiConnect24 Can Fry Your Wii?

Leaving your Nintendo Wii with WiiConnect24 option on for prolonged periods may not be a good idea after all as enthusiastic gamers who are always looking forward to the next blue light have their consoles broken. During WiiConnect24 mode, the internal fans inside the Wii are not working. This may cause the CPU to get [...]

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July 2nd, 2007

DIY Wiimote Badminton And Tennis Rackets

Sometimes you just have to save yourself the trouble of buying some not-so-great third party Wii Sports accessories by strapping your Wii remotes to your own badmintion or tennis rackets using rubber bands and use them for actual Wii Sports Tennis games. But I don’t recommend to use them as guns, for Resident Evil 4, [...]

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