Nintoaster?

Every single morning on every single day millions of people from around the world stick a few slices of bread in a toaster to make toast to eat. Out of those millions of folks, it seems like only three had the bright idea of turning that toaster in question into a video game machine. Why? Well not for the obvious reasons, that is for sure.

I still don’t think they have worked out a way to make toast and play Super Mario Bros at the time. Who knows though, with a little imagination, I guess anything can happen these days.

During the spring of 2002 I was sorting through my old Nintendo NES collection, and noticed that a NES game cartridge was remarkably similar to a piece of toast. After some preliminary measurements my hypothesis was proven and I decided that two of the greatest devices ever known to man should be combined to create a machine of unimaginable power. Initial plans of a NES box that would toast bread instead of play games were scrapped because, well, I’ve never seen a plastic toaster before, and there’s probably a reason for that. This left me with the ingenious idea of creating a toaster that would play NES games instead of its more traditional role of toasting bread.

The NinToaster v1.0 is the only model I have completed. Being the first NinToaster, it doesn’t have all the functionality I would like it to have. As can be seen, the NinToaster 1.0 uses the rear slot to hold the controllers, and uses the front slot for the game cartridge, however, the cartridge falls into the entire toaster and can became difficult to retrieve. The system is started by depressing the lever on the toaster, but there is no reset button. The power LED is wired to where the light/dark lever used to be. the DC in and video out plugs are located inside the toaster, and are accessed by the crumb door at the bottom of the toaster.

For the NinToaster v2.0, which I am currently developing, the game cartridge is raised and lowered in and out of the toaster when the lever is pressed. The video out and DC in plugs are located on the plastic base on one side, and the controller ports are located on the plastic base on the other side. the game is reset by moving the light/dark lever from light to dark.

You can find out more about the Nintoaster over at it’s Web site, as well as see pictures and read more about the creators of the device. What’s next? A coffee machine that doubles as a PS2? Now that would be cool.