It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of retro gaming here at Tom’s Hardware. But while most of the retro gaming projects we cover are in the form of Raspberry Pi emulators or running Doom on things that shouldn’t be running Doom, today’s project takes everything we’ve seen about retro gaming in the modern era and flips it on its head. Meet TinyTendo—the pocket-sized NES experience created by a maker known as Redherring32 that uses actual NES hardware. No emulation is used in this project at all.
If you’re wondering how Redherring32 managed to cram an NES inside such a small form factor, we’re clear that no shrink ray was used in the development of this project. Rather, Redherring32 carefully cut original NES hardware and ground the edges until the components fit inside the shell. The final product weighs in around 10 oz, uses 4 AA batteries like an original Game Boy, and is housed comfortably inside of a custom shell with dimensions of 148 x 90 x 32mm.
