Worst Idea Ever. Warning, this is not for the faint of heart.

[spman]

Gameboys, lobotomized into retro-looking hard drives that will surely make you 'the envy of all your geek friends'. Classic NES cartridges, their entrails torn free, replaced with external pc storage. An atrocity.

Except that LJN game.

I would guess that he's probably stripping down Mario / Duckhunt carts and slapping on a reproduction label, it's not like this dude has an abundance of copies of these games that are in demand at his disposal to wreck them. He can destroy all the copies of X-Men for NES he wants though, he's doing the world a favor.

[SOL BADGUY]

The better classic games look like he photoshopped the images. I bet he went around to stores and got sports titles and other crappy cheap games, then prints out the stickers for those better games onto them. With the gold cart Zelda games though I hope he didnt gut them, but I guess some people really really hate Zelda 2.

[Gameguy]

He can destroy all the copies of X-Men for NES he wants though, he's doing the world a favor.

He could have bought defective games that weren't working anymore, someone bought some cheap NES games off me to use as hard drive cases. I didn't have any defective games at the time so he got cheap commons, but he was asking for defective games. It's why I don't throw out broken games even if they can't be repaired, somebody might be able to use them.

[JSoup]

Probably could have just bought a few empty cartridges from any of the sites that mold them, then print out the game label. More steps and would raise the price of the trinket, but would have still saved a game from being destroyed.

[Gameguy]

Probably could have just bought a few empty cartridges from any of the sites that mold them, then print out the game label. More steps and would raise the price of the trinket, but would have still saved a game from being destroyed.

Aren't those cases around $5 each or so? None of them really look like real NES games anyway, it's just cheaper and better looking to buy crap games in bulk and just use those cases.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

I will not shed a tear for X-Men for NES.

Not a one.

[recorderdude]

[Schiggidyd]

Guys, I think he uses real cartridges.

"This is a discounted item. There are some cosmetic flaws in the cartridge, so it has been discounted $10. An example of cosmetic flaws would be some minor damage to the label, non-removable writing, or discoloration in the cartridge."

[spman]

Guys, I think he uses real cartridges.

"This is a discounted item. There are some cosmetic flaws in the cartridge, so it has been discounted $10. An example of cosmetic flaws would be some minor damage to the label, non-removable writing, or discoloration in the cartridge."

Well, if he's pealing the labels off copies of Bases Loaded and TMNT, which is what I suspect he is doing, that doesn't mean those cartridges aren't in flawless condition themselves.

[camarotuner]

He's destroying common NES games to make crap? Whatever, there is more than enough copies of all of those games floating around that I couldn't care less. Let's be realistic guys if tomorrow he melted 10000 copies of Legend of Zelda and turned it into a big plastic ball the price of Zelda wouldn't move. They printed a LOT of these things. Now if he starts killing Cheetamen 2 carts he might have a shot at effecting market value. Which I'm sure isn't his goal but these aren't "treasured collectibles" to most people, let's be honest.

[Polygon]

This is a horrible idea, not only because it takes perfectly good retro gaming (for the most part) and ruins it. Also, the idea of a USB drive is to be portable. These things make horrible USB drives.

I will not shed a tear for X-Men for NES.

Not a one.

I have to agree with this. They belong in some dark pit along with ET. And honestly, I think ET was the better game.