negative-entropy: tinycartridge: The Nintendo Knitting Machine, rumored to have been shown at a late ’80s Consumer Electronics Show for years, finally revealed here in this brochure posted online last night by former Nintendo spokesman Howard Phillips (of Howard & Nester fame). I would have knitted some crazy garments with this dang thing — Mega Man socks, Teenage Mutant Ninja mittens, swag sweaters with my face on them, etc. [Via Gamemaster Howard] HOLY SHIT NEED. Wow! Via Howard Phillips’s Facebook page, a photo of a forgotten NES peripheral! I’m pretty sure if you owned this prototype you could make a killing on Etsy. See also: I Am a Teacher Super Mario no Seta, an early Mario-themed sweater-designing “game” for the Famicom Disk System.

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tinycartridge:

The Nintendo Knitting Machine, rumored to have been shown at a late ’80s Consumer Electronics Show for years, finally revealed here in this brochure posted online last night by former Nintendo spokesman Howard Phillips (of Howard & Nester fame).

I would have knitted some crazy garments with this dang thing — Mega Man socks, Teenage Mutant Ninja mittens, swag sweaters with my face on them, etc.

[Via Gamemaster Howard]

HOLY SHIT NEED.

Wow! Via Howard Phillips’s Facebook page, a photo of a forgotten NES peripheral! I’m pretty sure if you owned this prototype you could make a killing on Etsy. See also: I Am a Teacher Super Mario no Seta, an early Mario-themed sweater-designing “game” for the Famicom Disk System.

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