Gadgetory

so the NES classic edition is a pretty awesome collector's piece taking the original Nintendo Entertainment System and 30 of some of its most awesome games and shoving it all in one tiny little portable box but I think there's a way we can make this thing even cooler the classic edition is a love letter to Nintendo's oldest fans who grew up with the original system back in the mid 80s it's about 1/8 the size of the original system and while it doesn't exactly operate the same just being a sealed off little box with no cards one thing that is absolutely amazing about it is how much love was given to its presentation it be easy enough for the system's interface to be a boring list of 30 games owners can boot up but instead Nintendo gave this thing some attention with a great-looking gallery of games an easy to find and well presented list of settings and even a cute little demo teaser of Mario running around jumping into every game and it isn't just the software the build quality of this thing is superb despite its small size and light weight the NES itself feels pretty solid and while the controllers may look just like the originals at first glance and be fair are just as it comfortable by today's standards the button quality is terrific and feels just great since it has an HDMI output you can use this thing with any modern TV rather than having to deal with an upscale ER or using an old CRT with the original system and the image quality is fantastic really this thing is just a few steps away from being flat-out amazing and the only things holding it back are the lack of a wireless controller which there are some off-brand options available and more importantly a method for expanding the devices library now all that being said the NES classic is a neat little addition to your home room setup but let's do something a little fun and a little dumb to take this thing in the next level full portability thanks to its power port being micro USB you don't have to rely on a traditional wall plug-in to power this thing instead you can take just about any portable battery with USB ports and hook it up simply running the games doesn't drink that much power so you'd be surprised how long it'll last now what about actually seeing games well that's where this camera monitor comes in just run HDMI into one of these plug in some headphones and you've got a fully powered retro gaming setup free of any kind of placement restrictions the camera monitor runs off of its own rechargeable batteries separate from the battery bank of the NES has plugged in too and most can give you as much as 2 hours of battery life not exactly a full-on handheld but considering the setup it's kind of amazing especially considering using a full NES set up with a controller is this practical not at all is it super freaking cool absolutely if you're curious about doing this setup I've got links down below to all the stuff we used along with some alternative options that are a little more affordable if you don't want to break your bank for this set up of course right now if you're looking at buying an NES classic edition off of ebay you might have already done that