Keepin' it real fake, part CVIII: the PX-3600 gaming console

We're pretty certain middle schoolers across the world have sketched this exact console 10,000 times, but that still doesn't make it right.

[Simon Skoog @ Jan 31st 2008 8:10AM]

If it plays NES games like most ripoff I want it!

[merf1350 @ Jan 31st 2008 9:41AM]

No, but it'll emulate atari, cuz those are clearly atari joystiq connections.

[Flashpoint @ Jan 31st 2008 11:08AM]

BUT...Can it play CRYSIS?

[Moofree @ Jan 31st 2008 11:13AM]

"clearly atari joystiq connections."
Famicom clones use those connectors.
And the sega master system/megadrive/genesis.

Or... 9 pin rs232 :P

[R0B3RT @ Jan 31st 2008 8:11AM]

The controllers look like bat-er-angs....... and its a creepy looking mutated x box knock off. so cheezy

[Smart People Play Tuba @ Jan 31st 2008 8:18AM]

Also, it looks like it comes with FOUR controllers! Woo-hoo!

[Giulio @ Jan 31st 2008 8:23AM]

I can see only 2 controller slots...

[pjnofrills @ Jan 31st 2008 8:34AM]

That's not 4 controllers, they're trying to illustrate the "controller vibration" with limited graphic design skills.

[Ellianth @ Jan 31st 2008 9:01AM]

Reminds me more of a Sega CD than an XBOX.

[Smart People Play Tuba @ Jan 31st 2008 9:32AM]

My "woo-hoo" was to indicate I was kidding.

[Clasifyd @ Jan 31st 2008 9:38AM]

More importantly, it looks as if they used the controller ports from a salvaged Sega Genisis. It always ruined my day when I bent one of those pins off and I could no long make Earthworm Jim 'jump'.

[John Johnson @ Jan 31st 2008 8:18AM]

But, it's a bit more capable than the PS3 was upon release. They managed to get "controller vibration".

[Silverfrog @ Jan 31st 2008 8:40AM]

Let me guess--you don't own a PS3.

[lejupp @ Jan 31st 2008 8:55AM]

No, he doesn't. As you can see in the picture, he spent all his money on an Ariel Atom. Jeremy is King btw!

[Zeus.:God @ Jan 31st 2008 9:15AM]

WOO! Top Gear!

[Zeus.:God @ Jan 31st 2008 9:15AM]

WOO! Top Gear!

[Kizorblade @ Jan 31st 2008 9:52AM]

Jeremy rocks. Best humor EVER.

[Prokanda @ Jan 31st 2008 10:18AM]

I however DO own a PS3.... and I was just scrolling down to see if anyone had made the comment that I had in mind...... so shh.

[shanoboy @ Jan 31st 2008 8:24AM]

Yeah, if I ever found out one of these things could load emulators for snes, genesis, nes and so on I'd buy one in a heart beat given the price was right!

[Wes @ Jan 31st 2008 9:13AM]

You can.... it's called a Dreamcast ;)

[shanoboy @ Jan 31st 2008 9:15AM]

@Wes,
I had no idea you could set a Dreamcast up to play emulators! Thanks Wes, you just gave me something new to research.

[kastonie @ Jan 31st 2008 12:11PM]

man that makes me want to go out and get another dreamcast. I had a dreamcast set up with all the boot disks with emus and roms for nes and snes...i played those games more than the regular dreamcast games...but it got flooded....time to head on over to ebay for me!

[Wes @ Jan 31st 2008 12:31PM]

nesterdc and dreamsnes are great.

And Nintendo and Sega need to wake up to the potential gold mine.

You could probably fit every NES game and every SNES and the software to run them on to less than 2 gigs. A real (licensed) nintendo TV Games/PlugnPlay for $49 or so would absolutely clean up.

My kids have worn out my sega plugnplay (6 games) and bypass the 360 to play dreamsnes on the Dreamcast (ok, that's just because I won't let them until I figure out the transition from m/kb to game pad for FPS games... grrr).

[NHAnimator @ Jan 31st 2008 8:28AM]

Two weeks after you get it, it displays a Giant Green X of Death. Much cooler than the Little Red Circle of Death.

[Evan @ Jan 31st 2008 8:41AM]

haha good one

[dave @ Jan 31st 2008 10:54AM]

it's not actually made by microsoft, so there's no anything of death!

[GreatSunJester @ Jan 31st 2008 8:31AM]

Do people actually fall for these or is there a specific market that knows what they are getting, but get it anyway?

[dataminer49er @ Jan 31st 2008 8:47AM]

The controller slots look like the old Atari 2600 slots. Just wondering can a slot like that handle the data transfer from a modern controller?

[Silverfrog @ Jan 31st 2008 8:58AM]

That depends on what kind of bus it uses. It appears to use a DB-9 connector, however DB-9 could use RS-232, or one of a dozen IEEE standards. And yes, several of those standards are fast enough for I/O speeds required by a controller.

[Hafk @ Jan 31st 2008 9:10AM]

When you see it you'll turn 3600 degrees and walk away.

[Alan @ Jan 31st 2008 9:15AM]

turning 3600 degrees... wouldn't that put you right back infront of it?

[Rynth @ Jan 31st 2008 9:35AM]

By the time you've turned 3600 degrees, you'll be dizzy enough to have forgotten what you were doing anyways.

[Jagannath A @ Jan 31st 2008 10:08AM]

it actually means you are so awed at it and turn around 10 times to look again n again ;)

[EMaster @ Jan 31st 2008 9:10AM]

Aren't those Sega Genesis Controller ports?

[Vince M @ Jan 31st 2008 9:13AM]

lol was thinking the same thing...

[EMaster @ Jan 31st 2008 9:36AM]

It says 9 pin atari 2600 ports. So yes, they are.

[Tavis Veighey @ Jan 31st 2008 11:57AM]

Sega Genesis, Atari 2600/5200, Commodore 64, and many other consoles used 9pin ports.

[michas_pi @ Jan 31st 2008 9:14AM]

Is that a massive heatsink I see on the left side? Man, that thing must get hot from all the pixels it has to push.

[Pete @ Jan 31st 2008 9:37AM]

Nah... that is the built in "comb filter" for enhanced graphics.

[michas_pi @ Jan 31st 2008 10:07AM]

I see. For a second I thought is was their answer to the Xbox 360 hard drive.

[Anthony @ Jan 31st 2008 11:27AM]

It makes the bits go faster.

[orka @ Feb 3rd 2008 1:27PM]

Sega and Commodore used the same controller ports. Atari too, it seems.

I used a sega gamepad with my amiga back in the days. No problem, altough buttons B and C didn't work when connected to the amiga.

[Flashpoint @ Jan 31st 2008 11:11AM]

I hear this thing has a processor capable of 300 Terraflops and can push 30 billion triangles. It has so much power in fact, it can run Call of Duty 4, Halo 3 and the entire Sonic the Hedgehog series simultaneously off of one of its CPU cores.

[Grant @ Jan 31st 2008 12:24PM]

wow, looks like someone stole one of the crappier concept design cases for the original xbox!
Ergonomics not included!