Nintendo 8-bit Christmas (super bright LEDs in a NES cartridge!)

LET IT SNOW...
RetroZone presents 8-bit X-mas 2008. This was billed as a the first ever NES Christmas card. Listen to the retro holiday tunes in glorious 8-bit! There are 4 songs to choose from. Watch as snowflakes fall and eventually fill the screen. This is based on the snow demo by Anders Strand by the way.

As you can see this particular cartridge is personalized for me (Matthew Henzel - VGO). The most obvious and coolest feature of this cartridge has to be the super bright LED X-mas lights within the clear plastic NES cartridge shell. You can change the pattern of LED lights and change the songs with the buttons. I have this being played on my NES-in-a-controller AKA "Famiclone" system, but it appears to be fully compatible with many different NES consoles including the original (toaster) and top loader models. I recommend using either the top loader or the controller Famiclone so you can see all of the LED blinking.

Overall I think it's a pretty cool cartridge for collectors and it of makes a great geeky Christmas decoration for the holidays.

This video was shot with a still digital cam and the sound was recorded directly from the NES system and mixed to fit the video.

8-bit Xmas music by Kevin Hanley

For more video game collectibles and games please check out my website, http://www.videogameobsession.com .

Happy Holidays!

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[Bullsfan2008DR]

People who are under 25 years of age would not understand why we love this :)

[videogameobsession]

@Bullsfan2008DR Very true!

[Sab2Intros]

@Bullsfan2008DR im 16 and i love this :O

[videogameobsession]

@Sab2Intros Right on! :)

[coolcatevan9]

you should make a nes rom! :D

[videogameobsession]

@coolcatevan9 Well, There were a couple reasons I didn't do that. 1. Brian at RetroZone probably wouldn't appreciate it and I respect the work he and the other programmers have put into this and 2. the coolest feature (LED lights) wouldn't be there.

You can download a demo rom from RetroZone(dot)com and I recorded the audio tracks for an mp3 album which is available on undergroundgamer.

[megamanretro1]

@Bullsfan2008DR well im 22 and i understand :P then again i grew up on my sisters nes. heck i still have my nes and i still play it sometime :D 8 bit is the best bit!

[Princejarethh]

@Sab2Intros

But you don't know --> WHY <-- everyone else love this.

[gnicho95]

cool

[videogameobsession]

Also, I found a way to get the LED lights to stop blinking.

I use mine on a NES board without the case so I can adjust how pressed in

the cartridge is. If you carefully move it away from the board the LED lights will

remain lit and the video/music will continue to run. I was never a fan of the blinkers. :P