Super Mario World HDD Shaped Like SNES Cart
8BitMemory is offering external HDDs in the form of NES and SNES cartridges.
Looking for a cool, game-themed gadget for your desktop? Nintendo fans may want to check out 8BitMemory's unique external hard drive in the form of a Super Mario World cartridge from the SNES days. Under its vintage "hood," you'll find a Toshiba 2.5-inch drive that's powered straight off a USB connection (no separate power input needed). It also comes in three capacities: 320 GB, 500 GB, and 640 GB.
"Not a fan of Super Mario World? We can make any game of your choice into a custom enclosure. We have many games in stock, but if we don't have it, we'll find it for you," the company said.
Gamers wanting to take a step further back into time can purchase external hard drives using the NES cartridge form factor. The default HDD-in-a-cartridge design is identical to the classic Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt cartridge, and also comes in the same storage capacities found with the SNES line. 8BitMemory (via Etsy's online "mall") said that it can provide other NES-based custom enclosures with this model as well.
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Nice, looks pretty sweet actually. Might be a nice replacement for my old MyPassport from WD.
If they can be customised for any game, the Crysis' one would look probably the coolest, nanosuit & all
It would be cool if you could use it with the Wii.
I hope those are replica carts and not the real deal, its a shame to destroy the actual games inside the carts.
Ah man, I got excited when I read "cart" and I thought it was going to look like a Mario Kart. Haha, oh well. This could be a clever way of hiding your delicate data on an external hdd. Just slip it into the original game sleeve and put it with your other games. Bam, secrets!
In the spirit of conserving space, I'd rather have one in the form of an N64 or Sega Genesis cart. Maybe one that looked like a Game Boy Color/Pocket/Advance.
Ah man, I got excited when I read "cart" and I thought it was going to look like a Mario Kart.
lol me too.
As long as we dont have to blow on it, I'm cool
As long as we dont have to blow on it, I'm cool
Hey, my drive is not spinning up.
Did you blow on the contacts?
Ohh right. Its working now.
That would make it authentic for the NES ones. The Snes was much better about that and the 64 just worked.
Oh man, I'd love to have this in the golden zelda nes cartridge.
The more SNES games they destroy, the rarer mine become.
I hope those are replica carts and not the real deal, its a shame to destroy the actual games inside the carts.
Nostalgia is all well and good but with the limited number of working systems from this era it is good to have a use for the leftover/recycled games. That being said what I really want is a company to come out with a system that plays old cartridges like the ATARI 2600 NES and Sega MS on modern tv's.
nice
why cant they hook up the usb cable to the cartridge so that u can play the game too! or at least load the rom on the cartridge.
Next:
The SNES SAN and a NES NAS!
why cant they hook up the usb cable to the cartridge so that u can play the game too! or at least load the rom on the cartridge.
Because that would be illegal :|
These don't seem too difficult to build yourself. /shrug
i want one with mortal kombat !!!!!
That's pretty awesome, at $150 for 500GB, its a little pricey. It could get a 1TB for that price I might consider it. And I second the Gold Zelda case or maybe Chrono Trigger.
If you check out their other listings:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/8BitMemory
They have Contra, Street Fighter 2, Star Fox, Final Fantasy, Metroid, Bionic Commando.... Now I just kinda want the games instead. Off to my roms I go.
The enclosure is just keeping down the heat dissipation of the drive.
I'd rather buy an aluminum than a plastic housing for my HD.