A Totem of Misspent Youth

GridCycle 2005–2012. A read-only archive: comments and polls are closed.

OLPC Competitor – the NES

With just a little bit of hacking, you can build an internet ready NES.  Then cheaply mass produce them for distribution to under-developed countries.  Only $12 per unit.  Well… this is according to some smarty MIT dude.

Posted by Zoyx on August 10, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Comments (1)
Posted under: Console
Tags: NES, Nintendo, OLPC
« My Console Cabinet is Finished!
PnT Takes in Large NES Collection »

1 Comment

  1. Madaracs Said, August 11, 2008 at 7:58 AM

    This is my favorite part:

    The computer features the same technology as the NES — a muscular 1.78-MHz 8-bit processor, a gargantuan 2k of video memory and the ability to display 256-by-240 pixels in 25 colors. Originally launching in 1985 in the U.S., the console went on to sell 62 million units worldwide, and was a runaway success that remained a culture icon into the 1990s. Its games still sell through the Nintendo Wii’s Virtual Console legacy system.