This adorably evil, blood-spattered anthropomorphic papercraft Nintendo Entertainment System was created by Alex Huret, adding to just how mind-bogglingly impressive papercraft can be. Also, adding to the collection of anthropomorphized children’s toys reproduced in paper. Head on past the break to see more pictures of the cute little guy, and download this PDF if you’d like to try your hand at making your own.

Anyone who has ever opened up an old NES cartridge knows that many of them were mostly empty, with the little board only taking up a small portion of the inside. Well, what better to take up all of that empty space than an entire, working Nintendo Entertainment System? Instructables user danny32412 achieved the above accomplishment by obtaining a Nintendo on a Chip (NOAC) board–which is usually a Famicom packed into a controller with an added game slot–disassembling it, then converting it to work with standard NES games and controllers. He ended up building a custom controller interface board so he could map the NES controller’s buttons to the corresponding pads on the NOAC board, attached a 72-pin NES cartridge slot (as the NOAC came with a 60-pin slot), and added two controller ports and a power switch to finish it off. He gets extra points for testing it out with one of the best NES games ever made, Super Mario Bros. 3. Head on past the break to see a video of the modded NES in action.

Instructables user Ed Lewis turned an old Nintendo Entertainment System into an external USB port and an NES game cartridge into an 8 gigabyte flash drive. The unit only features one USB port, to which the modified game cart connects. Anyone who has ever opened up an old NES cartridge knows that the internal makeup is simple, which is why Lewis was able to easily remove the game’s board and replace it with a flash drive. He modified the actual console by cutting a hole in the middle of the cartridge connector big enough for the flash drive to fit into, then cut another hole at the back of the console for the USB cable. All in all, Lewis created a hilariously unportable, portable USB hub and flash drive.

Though the gaming industry was still a fledgling widdle baby back in when Duck Hunt released, and wasn’t even close to encroaching upon staleness, it still mirrored the current industry trend of developing new ways to control games. Among peripherals like the Power Pad, the NES Zapper became the most popular, and its inner workings astounded many people way back when.

It turns out the magic behind the Zapper is actually more of a simple workaround, much like the controller for Nintendo’s current console, the Wii (read: “sensor” bar so simple it can be replaced by candles). Basically, when one pulls the trigger on the Zapper, the television blacks out for one frame to give the light sensor inside the Zapper a reference point, then the game turns the in-game targets to white while the screen is still black, and if the Zapper’s light sensor detects the change from black to white, the game knows you were aiming at a correct target. Read on past the break for a few more fun facts about the Zapper.

Even in these trying economic times, a good number of us hold onto our old game consoles for the sheer nostalgia factor. They just don’t make ‘em like they used to. But eBay user “ronald3868″ of Hawthorne, California demonstrated his business savvy when he listed a Nintendo Entertainment System package bundle on the online auction web site for $35,000. In comparison, when the 8-bit game console was first released 25 years ago, a NES Deluxe Set featuring the console, a R.O.B. accessory, a light gun, Duck Hunt, and Gyromite cost $249.99. Today, NES bundles typically go for under $100 on eBay.

It now appears that ronald3868′s item–which also comes with four controllers, a Game Genie, a light gun, an original Nintendo bag, a cleaning kit, and 42 games–has sold for $50,000. How was he able to manage such a feat?