R2D2 turned into retro gaming shrine, includes head-mounted projector
By Vladislav Savov 
posted Sep 23rd 2009 5:30AM
posted Sep 23rd 2009 5:30AM
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Awesome
There is too much awesome packed into that R2 unit to be a legal indulgence...
I know, but if you own one you really have to be a virgin and you HAVE TO live in your parents basement. There's just no way around it.
@ Sea Urchin
I don't know . . . there's a lot of geek chicks that would probably f--- you if you had this system. Give the ladies some props, man.
I hope this is what aliens in the distant future dig up when they're piecing together a retrospective of out species.
"there's a lot of geek chicks that would probably f--- you if you had this system"
Yeaaaah, hot ones too... ::eye roll::
If you look close enough, you can see the skeleton of Kenny Baker?
I love what appears to be two classic Atari paddle controllers in the middle of the second row from the right. Sure the joystick got all of the attention and glory back then but the paddles were great for a little Breakout action...or another classic, Pong...without having to play right on the console...because the original Pong console didn't have controllers.
R2D2 looks like a slut now.
@NeoJew
Not everyone is socially inept... NeoJew.
Is it just me, or is Engadget is getting late on the news? I mean this was in Gizmodo on Moday.
They've dedicated a day to moustaches now? About freaking time!
I hate when people complain "this is late news". Just read and shut up
Yea, and they're completely ignoring the $30 Windows 7 deal Microsoft has going on right now for college students, which, I might add, is not limited to just the US. That sure seams like bigger news than this...thing, however awesome it might be. I sure would have liked to have heard about this deal from my favorite tech blog.
Wow, did I really type that?
_clears throat_, *seems.*
Hey, as long as it's not C-3PO. He's more of a character I could picture playing "Nintendogs."
That is so epic
epic mess
@ drumwiz
You, sir, are an idiot.
Or rather, it would have been if there were a Power Glove involved.
SQUIRT SQUIRT n_n
change of pants anyone?
OMFG.
The man deserves some kind of award. Seriously.
Keep your fire extinguisher close at all times!!!
Mondo job though!
Doesn't R2-D2 have one already built in?
r2d2 looked like it got raped in the first pic
RAPED WITH A HUGE CAN OF AWESOME!
....
I agree R2 looks raped. Poor droid, never say it coming.
@ prokanda :: lmao that is perhaps the best engadget comment i have ever seen
holy crap... this is like BEYOND awesome!
It looks like the spewed guts of the R2D2...
*head explodes, causing rainbows to fly in all directions*
You Don't Need All Those Controllers...This Is Not The Droid You Are Looking For...You Can Go About Your Business...Play Along.
But Seriously Folks! This Tech Head Is A M@%&* @#$% Ginormous!
if only R2D2 actually had this kind of set up in star wars - i might actually be convinced to finally watch one of the films!
why is there a nes pad on some kind of chunky white wire?
What? you have not watched, therefore you have no right to make such comments.
May the force be with the rest of us!
May this comment sink to the oblivion of the low comments!!!
@ Nicksta
Yes, you're right, because watching someone else play a video game is SO much fun.
well i have watched, just not properly - just don't find it that interesting. no need to turn into a bunch of little bitches about it though.
@smart people play tuba
you're right it isn't fun, but the whole crisis would have been averted as vader would have just thought, "who needs to take over the universe and battle my bastard son, when i can just play on every console imaginable in one place?"
He deserves a pat on the back.
If Santa wasn't dead, I would have ask him for one of these.
MECCA !
Wow, give this to the Angry Video Game Nerd!
This is unreal. This guy is forever a legend.
Now include previous gen and current gen gaming such as PS1, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox360, gamecube, wii and what not then itll be THE ultimate gaming machine in the universe of gaming!!!!
Uh...
It looks like it already has an Xbox, PS1, and PS2 (the controllers are in the picture), and the second picture clearly shows a Gamecube in his head. And seeing how the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii all have wireless controllers, they could be in there, too.
I honestly realized that after i made my post... i just didnt feel like reposting since our favorite Engagdet still doesnt have an editing capability on the commenting structure. But if he added a PS3 in there, that would make more space since 1: he'd have a wireless control and 2: it combines the PS1 and PS2 into a single unit thus saving space. As for the Xbox IDK since I know nothing about it other than the flame wars I have read in various forums.
It's actually a Dreamcast in the head, not a Gamecube
it looks like r2d2 was infected by the borg.
somebody should arrest that guy for moding....
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/
Its illegal to mod a system, simply taking a system out of its case and putting it into a different case, I beleive, is perfectly legal.
The purpose of the "anti-mod" law was put in place so people don't bypass systems set up by companies to combat pirated games.
OMFG! THATS AMAZING! WANT NOW!
Thats my only reaction seeing this awesomeness. Theres so much win in this i can barely describe.
This is simply amazing. Just add all the new stuff and I'm set.
1. i literally have a boner, well a semi at least..... 2. why so many controllers, for someone to have to free time to pull this off i cant imagine there's a whole lot of friends in the picture
I can't stop saying HOLY SHIT.
Dreamcast for a brain = L33T!
My first thought is WHERE THE HELL DID HE GET AN R2D2 THAT BIG?? Did he build it?
My second thought is, i don't see a 360 or ps3.
It is awesomely cool but he could have saved time and effort AND cords if he just installed a ps3 and 360.
Too many for me.. I can't imagine what the place would like if my kids got a hold of that. Controllers everywhere!
Props to the maker.
nerd rage haha
That is so cool. I want one! Great job.
Anyone notice the fail in the picture?
Here's a hint, he as a NES lightgun / zapper in the picture. News is that you cannot use said gun on a projector, plasma or LCD TV.
But anyway nice mod.
That's the droid I'm looking for.
my cereberal nerd-tex is being overblown by awesomeness!
This is the dumbest, messiest thing I've ever seen.
I'm really surprised by how many of you would actually care to play the obsolete consoles jammed in there, and can deal with the wires going every which way. That would drive me insane.
To each their own, but I don't think cramming a bunch of old game consoles into an R2 casing is particularly skilled or useful. I owned every console there, and I still sold the collection years ago because they were *old* and I wasn't playing them anymore. Hell-- Why bother with all that hardware when a good PC with MAME and a few other emulators (and a single type of controller) could cover everything just as well?
But of course, I'm not nerd enough for a system like this. This just screams of someone trying to earn nerd cred, and from the looks of things here, he got it.
OK. So maybe it's a LITTLE cool.
But I still have no interest in playing old games.
Why keep a 67' Shelby GT 500? Why keep a 1992 Mazda RX7? They are all old and outdated. But its the fact that they are legendary vehicles. Same with the other gaming systems. Maybe not so much legendary but still holds ALOT of value amongst people who appreciate them. any body who appreciates the old days of gaming will gladly take an Atari or NES.
But as you said, To each their own.
@ZeroCorpse
Obviously you don't need ALL those controllers plugged in at one once, just the one's you are using at the time duh! And nobody gives is a shit if YOU have no interest in any games on those classic systems, that's why you sold yours, so somebody who CAN appreciate this stuff will get to.
I love what appears to be two classic Atari paddle controllers in the middle of the second row from the right. Sure the joystick got all of the attention and glory back then but the paddles were great for a little Breakout action...or another classic, Pong...without having to play right on the console...because the original Pong console didn't have controllers.
I believe that's an Atari 7800 controller right below the paddles, which means it should be able to play the 7800 games (from about the same years as the original NES) as well as most of the Atari 2600 games, too. Very nice!
NES light guns with a projector?