The retro hits just keep on coming! Nintendo has been banking on our love for nostalgia lately reviving tons of classic games and consoles. Late last year they released a limited production run of the NES classic that had about 30 installed classic NES games and included 1 retro controller. They were next to impossible to purchase selling out almost instantly everywhere and even bringing Amazon’s servers to a crawl. I guess the next console in the progression of things is the SNES Classic!

SNES Classic launching later this year:

Looks like we will be able to purchase this closer to the end of the year, sometime late September. This time around however the unit will include two controllers and will have an $80 price point.

Games will include:

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This is a fun project even without the sound. I enjoy taking vintage NES cartridges and making them into clocks. No worries the cartridges are broken beyond repair before I gut and start drilling holes in them. The NES cartridge clock is a great way to recycle.

I will cover building the clock in another post later on. This article is going to focus on adding the audio module and making them sing.

Supplies You Will Need

30 Second audio recording module – $12.00
An old Nintendo NES cartridge – Ebay or Free(if you have one)
Soldering iron – $16.00
Small piece of wire – You got this
Hot glue / or any glue $11.00
NES Security bit – $5.00

Let’s get building

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Nintendo Retro Does It Again – SNES Classic Coming Soon!

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SNES Classic launching later this year:

Games will include:

Add sound to your project – Nintendo NES cartridge clock plays Mario theme song.

Supplies You Will Need

Let’s get building