The box above looks a little dinky, doesn’t it? Confusing, perhaps? Would you change your mind about it if I told you the above, dubbed Project Unity, could play games from 18 older consoles?
Established modder Bacteria built the machine in three years time, working on it for around 3,500 hours in total. Project Unity has the guts to play games from 15 base gaming consoles, and covers 18 different formats in total. The hardware can actually play:
- Atari 7800
- Sega Master System
- Sega MegaDrive (Genesis)
- Nintendo
- Super Nintendo
- Nintendo 64
- Nintendo GameCube
- Sega Saturn
- Sega Dreamcast
- NeoGeo MVS
- PlayStation 2
- PlayStation 1 (via the PS2)
- NEC TurboGrafx X,
- Colecovision
- Intellivision
- Amstrad GX1000
- Atari 2600 (via the 7800)
- Game Boy Advance (via the GameCube)
Whew, that is quite the list!
The controller is just as much of little bundle of gaming love as the box itself, giving system-specific layouts via specially modded NES cartridges that are put into the controller to load. Really.
This is just so amazing in function and design. Truly a labor of love. Check out the video below for more of an explanation of Project Unity and to see just how it works. It really is something, and I am truly impressed by Bacteria’s dedication!
(Via Technabob)
