{"id":125109,"date":"2022-05-24T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-131917"},"modified":"2022-05-24T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T16:30:00","slug":"random-meet-tinytendo-the-handheld-console-made-for-nes-by-nes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/24\/random-meet-tinytendo-the-handheld-console-made-for-nes-by-nes\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Meet TinyTendo, The Handheld Console Made For NES, By NES"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2822e10b71226\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2822e10b71226\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2822e10b71226\/nes.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"504\" alt=\"NES\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We love when game consoles are recreated into new and exciting pieces of tech. The latest &#8216;Frankenstein&#8217; creation is by Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redherring32\">@redherring32<\/a> and it&#8217;s called the &#8216;TinyTendo&#8217;, a handheld console made from NES hardware with the form factor of a Game Boy.<\/p>\n<p>The project utilises custom made miniature game cartridges, but since the handheld itself uses real NES hardware, the original cartridges can also be used with an adapter.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is TinyTendo, a real hardware NES handheld that is the size of the original GameBoy. <br \/>This is not emulation, it is not a Pi, it is not a NOAC, and it is not an FPGA. <br \/>This is real NES hardware from a real NES. <\/p>\n<p>This project will also be open sourced in a few weeks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Csf10EYPcc\">pic.twitter.com\/Csf10EYPcc<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Redherring32 (@redherring32) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redherring32\/status\/1528992022551486464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It looks gorgeous, right? The creator states that he used real NES chips that have been cut and sanded down to size, making them less than 7% the size of the originals.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The cut chips are less than 7% of their original size by volume and area, and fit on a PCB smaller than a Raspberry Pi 3. <br \/>The cutting process is done entirely by hand. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F6zD4ZRlrp\">pic.twitter.com\/F6zD4ZRlrp<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Redherring32 (@redherring32) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redherring32\/status\/1529092032291127298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s certainly a novel way of experiencing NES games, though we&#8217;d be a bit nervous about taking such a cool invention out and about with us! Thankfully, we&#8217;ve got plenty of NES games available via the Nintendo Switch Online service.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you make of @redherring32&#8217;s invention? Would you welcome a NES handheld from Nintendo itself? Let us know!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life We love when game consoles are recreated into new and exciting pieces of tech. The latest &#8216;Frankenstein&#8217; creation is by Twitter user @redherring32 and it&#8217;s called the &#8216;TinyTendo&#8217;, a handheld console made from NES hardware with the form factor of a Game Boy. The project utilises custom made miniature game cartridges, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}