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Nintendo Fan Makes a 3D Printed RC Version of Mario Kart Vehicle
I never considered myself a video gamer by any stretch of the imagination, but growing up, I was rather wild for Mario Kart. Unfortunately, while my family had a Nintendo,…
Engineer Develops 3D Printed Nintendo Switch Adapters So Disabled Friend Can Still Play ‘The Legend of Zelda’
We talk a lot about 3D printed prosthetics here at 3DPrint.com, whether it’s the work of heartwarming volunteer organization e-NABLE, redefining what ‘prosthetic’ really means, or patient-specific prosthetics. By using 3D…
Ten 3D Printable Things: Mods and Accessories for the Nintendo Switch
Welcome to Ten 3D Printable Things. Every week I’ll be showcasing 10 fantastic and FREE 3D printable projects, designs and models from all over the web. As always, you can…
3D Printed Map of Legend of Zelda’s Hyrule Draws Internet-Wide Attention, Helps Creator Launch Business
It’s been a great month for gamer children of the 1980s and ’90s. First Nintendo released the NES Classic Edition, sending many people I know racing to the nearest department…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Nerdy Christmas Things
It seems like I just got done wishing you a very nerdy Christmas, but it’s been a whole year already! But while the season may change, the one thing that…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Things – Raspberry Pi Cases & Projects
It used to be extremely difficult to build your own electronics projects. Most components would need to be heavily modified, the software would need to be programmed from scratch and…
Maker Uses 3D Printing and Raspberry Pi to Build a Mini NES with Working Mini Game Cartridges
While it wasn’t the first home video game system, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is unarguably the most iconic and important in the history of the video game industry. When…
Pokemon Go Players Are Finding Real 3D Printed Pokemon at Pokestops and Gyms
If your social media feeds look anything like mine, then they are full of adults running around their cities looking for virtual animals to catch and other adults complaining about…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Tiny & Miniature Things
I may be opening myself up to a lot of jokes here, but I’m just going to say it, I think small and tiny things are adorable. Whether it’s a…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Super Mario Bros. Things
For me, there are two types of people in this world. There are the people who can hum the Super Mario Bros. theme song, even if they haven’t actually played…
That Nintendo NX Controller May Have Been Fake, But The 3D Printing Technology That Made It Was Very Real
You may have missed it if you’re not a hardcore gamer, but for a few days last week there was quite a bit of gnashing of teeth over what could…
3D Hubs is Celebrating Twenty Years of Pokémon with Adorable Low Poly Pocket Monsters
We were first introduced to the wonderful world of Pokémon twenty years ago in a pair of hugely popular RPG video games for the original Game Boy back in 1996….
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Things – Geeky Lamps
When I was a kid I had an alarm clock and table lamp combination that was shaped like the Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo, and at the time it was…
Raspberry Pi Zero + Nintendo Controller + 3D Printing = Nostalgic Gaming Experience
If you are into gaming and 3D printing, you may be part of the craze for nostalgic gaming experiences. The kids who came of age when video games really took…
3D Printed Linked to the Wall Video Game Cartridge Mounts on Kickstarter
Over forty years ago the very first home video game system, the Magnavox Odyssey, was released to the public. While the original video game console wasn’t really what could be…
3D Print Your Own Raspberry Pi Powered Mini Nintendo Entertainment System
While it certainly wasn’t the first home game console, the Nintendo Entertainment System is probably the most recognizable, even 30 years after it was first released in the United States. In…
Using 3D Printed Custom Cartridge Mounts to Make This Legend of Zelda Tribute Pop
While there are plenty of popular video games series that continue to produce sequels and spinoffs, only a handful of them have fan bases as devoted as the Legend of…
Designer Creates a 3D Printed/CNC Milled Portable Nintendo 64
Chris Downing is an enthusiast of electronics and music. He’s also a salesmen and husband and acts as a moderator for the Modded by Bacteria website. Downing says that between 1998…
3D Print Zelda’s Bow from Twilight Princess with Working Lights
It is a very safe bet that most modern gamers would happily put The Legend of Zelda on their list of favorite video games. The series of adventure and puzzle…
3D Printed Pocket PiGRRL Brings 8-Bit Gaming to a Smaller Scale
The Nintendo Game Boy was a handheld video game device that exploded onto the market in 1989 (selling out of its initial shipment of one million devices to the US…
Nin10do: A 3D Printed Modern Day Working Nintendo Entertainment System Created by a Magician
Poof! And the rabbit pops out of the hat! This is what some may consider to be “magic,” while others will simply call it an illusion. Obviously the latter is…
3D Print Your Own Functioning Retro MiniNES for Less than $50
The love for gaming is quite simply, ceaseless, and — most definitely — timeless. It doesn’t matter how many years or decades go by. If you can still find kids entranced by…
Canadian Engineer Uses a Nintendo Controller Hack to Run His 3D Printer
Jeff Payeur, an engineer from Montreal, Canada, is a fan of Pronterface, a versatile GUI to upload GCode and instruct 3D printers, but he’s not as enamored of using mouse…
3D Printing Hack Turns a PS4 into an NES Cartridge Playing Machine
If you grew up in the late ’80s and early ’90s then you likely have fond memories of popping those grey cartridges into your Nintendo Entertainment System. The hours of…
