Etsy seller 8 Bit Memory transforms classic game cartridges into external hard drives, from 500GB to 1TB. The LA Weekly has more here. (thanks, Liz Ohanesian!)
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Feb 4, 2011
8-bit Memory: old game cartridges become external storage drives
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Hmmm… I guess the article meant 800GB… not 800mb. That’s not too bad of a price then :).
totally awesome!
Despite the fact that a plastic enclosure isn’t exactly ideal for heat dissipation, I find myself wanting one of these (or to make one myself). Pure awesome.
I do have a question about the user’s etsy store, though. How are they able to get away with selling mousepads with copyrighted Nintendo artwork on them? They’re not manipulated or remixed or anything, they’re just mousepads printed with copyrighted artwork.
how does that not infringe on copyright? I make 1″ buttons, and they ding me for doing that often, even if it’s made with the official nintendo items i bought
It’s re-contextualized and re-purposed. A wholly new product having no commercial impact on the original. A button or tee shirt relies on the original image for its value.
The utility of these have little to do with the originals, i.e. you don’t buy it just because it’s Zelda, you buy it because it’s a hard drive.
Plus, just because they “ding” you, doesn’t mean they’re right.
i love how the sticker on the back said the save battery would only last for five years (from 1986)
that sticker wore off completely some 8-10 years ago
but the save files are fine
Wish they would not have destroyed a goldish plated zelda cart there rare now.
I can’t believe someone would do that to a gold Zelda cart. I’m not impressed.
Gold Zelda’s aren’t rare at all. You can find a million listings for them all over eBay.
Do you have to blow on it to access your data?
This guy ripped a yayhoorayer who has been doing this for over 3 months and selling them.
http://www.yayhooray.com/thread/209028/Hand-crafted-NES-hard-drives-for-sale
This guy didn’t ‘rip’ anyone, his shop’s been open since 2009. I bought two, and they’re awesome.
This guy didn’t ‘rip’ anyone, I’d say it’s the other way around. His Etsy shop has been open since 2009. Not to mention this isn’t exactly an original idea. There are instructions how to do this all over the place.
really aweosme – perhaps the best use of these cartilages now.
Andy
This is very interesting and unusual thing. I want this. :)