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• Nintendo's NES Classic Mini sold out? Why not buy this giant NES controller console instead

  Lord it over your smug friends with their tiny NES units.

• 30 years on, Metroid's composer reflects on the score

  Metroid composer Hirokazu Tanaka has shared a message with the game’s fans to celebrate Metroid’s 30th anniversary.

• This aluminum, hand-crafted $500 NES is a thing of beauty

  The maker of the Analogue Nt – a hand-crafted console that plays NES carts – wants you to appreciate its craftsmanship.

• Netflix engineers got a Nintendo NES to run the streaming service

  Enterprising engineers at Netflix managed to get the streaming service working on a Nintendo NES.

• Wii U amiibo app will allow you to play scenes from NES, SNES games

  Nintendo plans to releases a fee Wii U app in the first half of the year which will allow players to try a playable scene from NES or SNES games.

• Someone is offering their video game collection for $164,000

  A video game collector is offering their sizeable collection for sale for $164,000. The collection includes over 5,700 Games and over 50 systems, according to the listing.

• These colorful 3DS XL systems are heading to North America starting next week

  Three of those colorful 3DS XL systems Nintendo announced during its Nintendo Direct for Japan are heading west.

• If you had a NES, this is going to make you feel really, really old

  “Teens React To” videos always make anyone over the age of 20 feel a bit elderly but watching them maul a NES console is enough to send me looking for retirement homes.

• This R2D2 droid is actually 8 consoles and a projector

  Star Wars fas have probably dreamed of owning their own R2D2 droid at some point, and one gamer is living that dream right now, except his robot houses eight game consoles and a projector.

• Megafoot is indie horror movie with NES game tie-in, funding on IndieGoGo now

  Megafoot is a new indie horror movie that’s funding on IndieGoGo now. It’s also due to get a NES game tie-in that’s coming as an actual working cartridge.

• Famicom turns 30: share your NES memories here

  Nintendo’s Famicom released in Japan on July 15, 1983 and it brought gaming into many of our homes for the first time. VG247’s Dave Cook casts his mind back to the console’s UK release and legacy.

• Cardboard museum: the nostalgia of moving home

  It’s amazing what you can find when moving home. VG247’s Dave Cook takes stock of his forgotten gaming treasures as he heads back to Scotland, and reflects on the state of the industry today.

• Ouya store to offer SNES, NES emulators at launch - report

  Like Samsung Galaxy before it, the Android-powered Ouya console is said to support emulators. Word on the street is that both SNES and NES emulators will be ready for launch.

• Ghosts 'n Goblins headed to 3DS eShop next week

  Capcom has found a new home for NES classic Ghost ‘n Goblins, which fell off the Wii Virtual Console in early 2011. The incredibly challenging platformer is on its way to the 3DS eShop for an October 25 release, where it will humble a whole new generation of would-be gamers and probably most of the […]

• Nintendo Knitting Machine was a real thing for NES back in 1987

  The Nintendo Knitting Machine was apparently something real at one time, according to an old flier posted on the Facebook page belonging to former NOA chairman Howard Lincoln.

• Tuesday Shorts - Deus Ex clothes, Driver PSN, Portal 2 proposal

  Awesome merchandise! Day and date digital releases! Marriage! Many other delightful things! Enter the world of brevity.

• Kojima goes mental about "cheap" MGS NES

  Hideo Kojima has had a proper fanny about the NES version of Metal Gear Solid, saying the game was “cheap,” he had nothing to do with it, and it “soiled” his reputation.

• NES turns 25 in US today

  It’s not just Mario having a 25th birthday, innit.

• Levine - Zelda cost me my first "super-serious girlfriend"

  BioShock creator Ken Levine has spoken out on the four games that made him what he is today, blaming Adventure, Castle Wolfenstein, Ultima Underworld and The Legend of Zelda, which he cites as the cause of the break-up with his first “super-serious” girlfriend. “After I graduated from college, I moved to an apartment in San […]