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Gamer builds 15 consoles in one, all playable with single gamepad

Dvice.com: "After three years and over 3,500 man-hours, modder extraordinaire Bacteria has finally completed "Project Unity," a "Swiss army knife of retro gaming pleasure" that jams 15 classic game consoles into one box. It's kind of like Ben Heck's "Ultimate Combo System," but beastlier.

Valued at about $1,075, Bacteria says Project Unity contains "one master controller," which is just, wow. It also has "one SCART output, one power supply, one custom made switch unit" — another equally impressive engineering feat."

Snookies124027d ago

When is this coming out and where can I buy one? Lol!

sobekflakmonkey4027d ago

Move over PS4, Nextbox, WiiU and Gaming Rigs, theres a new big boy in town.

MaxXAttaxX4026d ago

Couldn't help but notice he forgot the memory cards....

decrypt4026d ago

"Move over PS4, Nextbox, WiiU and Gaming Rigs, theres a new big boy in town."

Lol will be a mess, Just a get a PC emulate all old consoles problem solved.

Reason being, not only will it be a mess having accessories of every console laying around. Old consoles dont look good on new TVS. Try playing a PS2 on a HDTV and all you will see a jaggies every where.

Emulate the PS2 game on PC in 1080p problem solved. 4K TVS role out, emulate the game in 4k Problem solved.

Console BC is a joke and in reality unfeasible. The only way BC can be had is to get a PC, buy all multiplats on it. Buy a console for its exclusives.

As of today PC can emulate literally any console ever released asides the PS3 and Xbox 360.

SolidStoner4026d ago

I bet he can sell this thing with huge profit!!!

he should make another one and try to sell it!!!

reynod4026d ago (Edited 4026d ago )

Not to take anything away from this guy, Its obvious hes done a lot of work on this.

However my observations are:

1. The controller is darn cluncky, doesnt look fun to play with at all.

2. The console hardware within that box is 30 years old, anything can fail at any time. So much effort for an unreliable machine, doesnt make much sense.

3. Its a huge box moving it around can take an effort and may actually damage something in it.

4. Cost, it cost 700GBP to make that abomination of a box plus many man hours.

It would just be best to get a PC. Emulate all those consoles. 700GBP would equal a pretty high end PC. Play with a modern controller like the DS3, Xbox 360. Not to mention the PC hardware will be new hence will be able to play current games too. Lets not even mention current games bought are cheaper than the ones available on current consoles, or the fact they are then yours to keep for a very very long time hence no needing to be looking for such solutions in the future to begin with.

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ATi_Elite4026d ago (Edited 4026d ago )

Very Cool but I'll stick with my PC and all the Game Emulators on it which also has a WiiU, Arcade, and PS3 emulator!

Toolster4026d ago

What tosh, he didn't come up with the overlay idea, colecovision had that idea back in 1982! Don't take credit for others work.

I also hope you have a fire extinguisher on standby

Toolster4025d ago

Lol at disagree, it's fact

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MultiConsoleGamer4027d ago

Looks like a serious fire hazard.

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Eyeco4026d ago (Edited 4026d ago )

GamersRulz couldn't resist, everyone was thinking it.

no_more_heroes4027d ago

I have a cousin who is making a pc-ps3-360 all-in-one console, but this is just nuts!

By the way, the title songs remind me of MC Kids.

Neonridr4027d ago

Very impressive. To be able to create all those game cartridges to act as controller boards for the various controllers is incredible. Good work.

Ron_Danger4027d ago

His girlfriend must be so proud of him!

Ron_Danger4027d ago

Agreed!

And sorry about earlier... I didn't get the memo that stereotypical sarcastic jokes about gamers and programmers are no longer allowed on the Internet.

Heisenburger4026d ago

Your girlfriend is disappointed.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers4h ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

z2g37m ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing5m ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H929m ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg16h ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos15h ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion15h ago(Edited 14h ago)

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola11h ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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Atari Is Reviving The 'Infogrames' Publishing Label

The armadillo returns.

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Aphrodia1d 15h ago

I personally do remember Infogrames in the years prior to merger. They really did have a portfolio that stuck out and I enjoyed. I wonder what value they see in reviving it now though?

Hofstaderman1d 14h ago

Ah...the nostalgia...V-Rally, Hogs of War 2, Driver.

purple1011d ago

yes yes & YEEES

looney toons racing for me stands out

TheColbertinator1d 12h ago

The good old days of Driver and Stuntman. Unfortunately both games are long gone.

FPS_D3TH1d ago

Ubisoft owns the IP now but a new Driver or Stuntman would be incredible