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Circuit Bent NES Makes a Fun Video Synthesizer

Posted September 09, 2009 8:55 AM

From technabob:

What happens when you splay open the guts of a classic NES console, and wire up a bunch of knobs, buttons and a patch panel? This, of course. Not to be outdone by the classic Atari Video Music synth, Pete Edwards of Casper Electronics put together this highly modded Nintendo Entertainment System capable of cranking out a wide variety of hypnotic and just plain weird video patterns.

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09/09/2009 8:17 PM

You can also achieve similar effects from your NES by smashing it with a hammer while plugged in – for at least 10 seconds.

Ain't that the truth in engineering development, fun too.

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