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Nintendo Wild Gunman Arcade FMV Cabinet

Gamer Meticulously Restores Wild Gunman Arcade Game from 1974

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Nintendo Wild Gunman Arcade FMV Cabinet
Photo credit: 2 Warps to Neptune
In 1974, Nintendo kicked off their coin-operated arcade era with Wild Gunman. This game required players to step up, pull a handgun from a holster, and face off against some unfriendly live-action gunslingers on a projection screen. Footage came from authentic film reels filmed on site in Japan, capturing the wild west-style shootouts in all their gritty grandeur. Timing was everything here. You could only draw and shoot after your eyes flashed and the word “FIRE” appeared on the screen. Get it right, and you’ll come out on top. If you mess up, draw too soon, or miss your shot, you will lose the duel.

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OnePlus Ace 6 Ultra Smartphone God Gun Gaming Controller Add-On

OnePlus Ace 6 Ultra Pairs a Strong Phone With a Snap-On Controller That Turns It Into a Portable Console

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OnePlus Ace 6 Ultra Smartphone God Gun Gaming Controller Add-On
Smartphones have long promised a world of gaming on the go, but most of the time we’re still tapping away at our glass screens, with nothing to grip onto when things get hot. OnePlus took a close look at this and set out to solve the problem by designing the Ace 6 Ultra around a simple concept: give the phone an optional add-on with genuine buttons and a reasonable grip while keeping the screen open for touch controls. Surprisingly, it feels exactly like upgrading to a standard handheld console, and it works much better than you might expect.

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Installing Mac OS X Nintendo Wii Console

Mac OS X Comes to Life on a Nintendo Wii Console

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Installing Mac OS X Nintendo Wii Console
Programmers have managed to cram the original Mac OS X onto a Nintendo Wii from 2006, a piece of hardware that is nearly 20 years old. Bryan Keller, the brains behind this, spent a year and a half developing tools to make it happen through a project called wiiMac. The result lets the Wii boot into Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah and handle basic tasks even if the experience moves slowly on such limited hardware.

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Drone Rounds Ammunition Rifle Military

Special Ammunition Lets Soldiers Shoot Down Drones Using Everyday Rifles

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Drone Rounds Ammunition Rifle Military
Modern battlefields have a serious problem on their hands, as drones are making life a nightmare for ground forces worldwide. These small, troublesome machines fly in low and fast, often carrying explosives or cameras, and soldiers try to bring them down with anything they can get their hands on. The problem is that most of the time, a single bullet simply misses the mark because the targets zigzag all over the place, leaving little profile to aim at.

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Reid Wiseman Earth Setting iPhone 17 Pro Max Artemis II

Reid Wiseman Films Earth Setting Behind the Moon With His iPhone 17 Pro Max

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Reid Wiseman Earth Setting iPhone 17 Pro Max Artemis II
As our view of Earth began to fade, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman went for his phone as if it were second nature. Just hours previously, the Artemis II crew had taken four of them on a daring ride around the moon in the dependable Orion spacecraft. The commander, Wiseman, found a chance to film the entire scene through a narrow glass in the docking hatch. He took out his beloved iPhone 17 Pro Max, pressed the record button, and let it roll for a while.

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Aito Seres Slide-Out Toilet In-Car

Chinese Automaker Seres Gets Patent Approved for a Toilet That Slides Out from Under a Passenger Seat

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Aito Seres Slide-Out Toilet In-Car
Photo credit: Autoblog
Seres developed an in-car toilet design that allows the system to fit inside an electric vehicle without taking up additional room. Engineers put the entire assembly on a movable rail connecting to the seat frame. When it is not needed, the toilet simply disappears beneath the floor. All it takes is a simple nudge or a whispered order, and it appears like a drawer.

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