By: Jon Christensen on March 26th, 2009 pm31 1:34 pm
Okay, maybe the headline was a tad mean, but who the hell thinks of stuff like this. This is obviously a custom built arcade cabinet, assembled out of cardboard boxes. As you can tell up top, the name of the mod is a clever one and is called Trash Cade. If you look hard at the extremely blurry picture, you’ll see Donkey Kong running on the screen. We presume that the PC below, which is connected to an X-Arcade Joystick, means it can run a bunch of emulators — yippee.
Sadly, we couldn’t find a better picture of the unit. We assume that the guy who made the cabinet — also made his camera out of boxes.
Source: techeblog
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By: Jon Christensen on December 1st, 2008 am31 1:14 am
Ben Heck is one hell of a modder. This time around, he took both the Xbox 360 controller and the Dual Shock 3 and combined them to make a super controller. I personally like both controllers and the way I choose which controller I find best depends on what game I’m playing.
For instance, for a first person shooter, I find where the analogs are better placed on the Xbox 360 controller. However for a fighting game, the D-pad and feel of the 360 controller is just awful. That is when I choose the Dual Shock.
But, Ben Heck modded a 360 controller and kept the good things about it and replaced the negatives like the d-pad and used the PS3’s instead.
He didn’t specify which system it works for or if it can run both systems. However, we would love this for the Xbox 360. Let’s face it, overall the PS3 Dual Shock is better and manly because of the d-pad. The controller will work well for any game that comes out for the system.
If you don’t believe me; try playing Mega Man 9 on the 360.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 24th, 2008 am30 12:50 am
Most things that modded or hacked I find around the web are generally unnecessary. But on occasion, I find something that the hacker created is better than the original product. This is one of those rare times.
‘RDC‘ on the Xbox-Scene forum decided to take an old imac, rip out the disc drive and attach it to the Xbox 360. What he ended up making was a slot-loader for the Xbox 360 (like a PS3/Wii), instead of the old flimsy disc tray.
Up top is a video of it in action and as you can tell works great. After the jump, check out pictures of his work.
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By: Jon Christensen on October 21st, 2008 am31 5:22 am
Imagine if Microsoft used Mac hardware and Apple’s operating system? Maybe if they did, we wouldn’t have the red ring of death happening to everyone. Ok, maybe not. But Phil Herlihy did take an Xbox 360 case and his old Apple PowerBook G4 and decided to put the two of them together — making an Apple Computer run inside the case of an Xbox 360.
After the jump check out more info/specs and pictures of his mod.
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