Keepin' it real fake, part XLVIII: Slim PS2 plays NES games? Sign us up!

Forget that Virtual Console hullabaloo over in Wii land, here's a slim PS2 that comes prepped with a nice little collection of NES games right out of the box -- zero Wii Points required! That's right, the New Slim 2 does it up 14-in-1 style, with classics like Super Mario, Galaxian and Duck Hunt. Unfortunately, it looks like somebody plum forgot PS2 compatibility while they were in the throes of a complete and utter disregard for copyright law, so perhaps our $32 wouldn't be so well spent after all.

[Thanks, Miles G]

[Charles D @ Mar 4th 2007 10:00AM]

I reaaaally want one, just for the novelty. Anyone know where it's from?

[M0les @ Mar 4th 2007 6:21PM]

It's from Dominion Online Auctions (http://www.dola.com.au - look under "Brand New Items"). The auction finishes 6-Mar-2007+10 (Which is tomorrow as I type this).
FWIW Dominion is an Australian "olde worlde" auction house who've seen the writing on the wall and are trying to go a bit eBay.

[markie @ Mar 4th 2007 10:30AM]

Well, if anyone is interested in playing SNES-games with dualshock2-controllers, not on a PS2 but on an (old) iBook (any model will work, heck any new world Mac will work). Here's a project I did earlier:

how to make a 2-player-SNES of your iBook
http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/721/how-to-make-a-2-player-snes-of-your-ibook

No Wii-points required either, but make sure you own the original cartridge for the games you're gonna play through this.

[cman1783 @ Mar 4th 2007 12:19PM]

They're are SNES, NES, Genesis, Atari and a few other emulators specifically for the PS2. Most of them allow one to play roms straight from the HDD. On the old fat ps2, no modchips are required.

[zbender @ Mar 4th 2007 6:34PM]

he he.

DOLA was sent a couple of emails on the topic of it being *ahem* knockoff and replied:

"In our description or in the description of the item itself, there is no mention of
This item being a Nintendo or Playstation Entertainment System and therefore I can not
See how it could be interrupted as such a unit.

I will investigate this item further and should it actually infringe any copyrights then I will
Withdraw it from auction and take the appropriate action as needed."

[alphast0rm @ Mar 4th 2007 7:27PM]

Hmm, atleast the fake iPods actually play music XD

[Micah @ Mar 4th 2007 9:48PM]

I picked up a PS2 for my wife's birthday last month and the vendor also sold me a made-in-Japan disc that's basically a NES/SNES emulator with about 500 games. Stuff I hadn't played in ages, like Actraiser, Super Mario All-Stars and Double Dragon... Yum.

[Manuel @ Mar 4th 2007 11:16PM]

I bet it will outsell PS3 in less than 2 months

[Ken @ Mar 5th 2007 1:11AM]

I don't think most of you are understanding what this is.. This is a nintendo-on-a-chip implementation and joins the tons of other designs for famicom clones from asia.