Nintendo stops service ... for NES!

Post by **RadarScope1** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:23 am

This is amazing to me. Gotta give them at least some kind of credit for this.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/17/ninte ... ng-platfo/

Post by **D.D.D.** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:12 am

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/repair/online/index.html

Yeah I saw that. Mad props for that~
I gotta go buy a used famicon and sufami and send it to them ASAP to get that nice refurbished feel.

Post by **Curlypaul** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:41 am

Thats pretty astonishing that they have offered servicing for this long. Whats the one on the left with all those jacks and things sticking out of it? some sort of dev setup or something?

Post by **RadarScope1** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:06 pm

I could be wrong, but I believe this set up is an "instrument" used by chiptunes artists. The one on the left looks a lot like the jacks you would see in a small 4-track recorder. I think they are basicially chaining Famicoms together to make music with two sound chips at the same time. I don't think that setup has anything to do with playing games.

Post by **extrarice** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:02 pm

RadarScope1 wrote:I could be wrong, but I believe this set up is an "instrument" used by chiptunes artists. The one on the left looks a lot like the jacks you would see in a small 4-track recorder. I think they are basicially chaining Famicoms together to make music with two sound chips at the same time. I don't think that setup has anything to do with playing games.

Circuit Bending is what you're looking for.

wikipedia wrote:Circuit bending is the creative short-circuiting of low voltage, battery-powered electronic audio devices such as guitar effects, children's toys and small synthesizers to create new musical instruments and sound generators. Emphasizing spontaneity and randomness, the techniques of circuit bending have been commonly associated with noise music, though many more conventional contemporary musicians and musical groups have been known to experiment with "bent" instruments.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_bending

video example

Post by **RadarScope1** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:20 pm

Cool. Thanks for the links. It's amazing what musicians will come up with.

Post by **otaku** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:30 pm

Thats one thing about nintendo they've always had great customer service. Really seems like they appreciate the fans. Seems they hold the record for support though others have supported their machines quite a while as well (neo geo)