This makes me sick.
“I love making items out of recycled, reclaimed, and repurposed materials”
This is none of those things. This is destroying a treasure to make a ugly desk clock. I sincerely hope none of you would ever buy this off etsy.
bleh.
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esh
If a cartridge doesn’t work after cleaning, repurposing is a great way to make use of it instead of throwing it away. Gutting a working game though is a crime.
Amelyn
Those poor cartridges… And if that person was making a clock with the Tengen edition of Tetris, I would have punched them in the face.
Alicia
I pray these games didn’t work before this crime was committed. This is a travesty and spits in the face of classic gamers and gaming crafters everywhere.
Wudan
That’s criminal. You can turn a cow-pie in to a clock as well. Someone’s just lowered those NES cartridges to the level of a cow-pie. I don’t want to live in a world where that’s ok.
Ben
It kinda makes me sad to see the gold edition of zelda hurt like this and turned into a clock.
johloh
I’m not gonna lie. I picked the gold zelda cartridge as an example to make you feel the punch in the stomach.
Caterfree10
All I can think of by looking at those is “DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THOSE WOULD GO FOR ON EBAY?!”
msstitcher
I love the fact that you have put these up to anger everyone!x
rogueprincess20
AHHH the gold Zelda one hurts the most. How can anyone do this to these games. I would never buy these. What a shame. May those games rest in peace.
Deraj828
Johloh, you don’t really seem to… like anything anymore. I mean, I’ve experienced how geology can be frustrating and some days it’s less satisfying than others to know that you know what a peritectic garnet is when nobody else does, but… you okay?
johloh
Woah geology reference!
Yeah, im good. I just saw these and got angry. Thought I would share the pain.
Fee
I think i just died a little inside…. the gold zelda cartridge was my most prized possession back in the day 🙁
Menolly07
That’s BS. I don’t have an NES but I do have an Atari 2600 and do not have Asteroids….. If it doesn’t work, sure.. But.. … At least 72 Pins leaves the game inside ALONE. They just change the label.
cmlobue
I agree with most commenters that, if the cartridges were already broken, it’s better that they be used for something constructive than thrown away. But if a working game was gutted to make one of these, it’s a travesty.
MissCarlotta
I am not against re-purposing something that does not function… but if you are going to do it… aim just a bit higher quality.
evilcarrot
They might have been non-working cartridges. I have a few at home that no longer work, no matter how much I blow in the damn thing or clean it. I never thought of repurposing the broken ones for something artsy… I might just do that.
But if these were working copies, then yeah, it’s a damn shame.
johloh
This seller has tons of these clocks. So i doubt they were all broken. Though it is possible.
Chris J
The problem even with BROKEN carts is the cases are still valuable on their own. Simply for the art, but also for replacing a pristine cart/broken inside with a smashed cart/working inside.
Not to mention the final product here is garbage. Those are the cheapest, noisiest clock parts.
johloh
yup. couldnt have said it better chris.
zippo
if i had a non-working gold edition of zelda, i would put it in a frame and hang it on my wall. not make a clock out of it..
Jay Sherby
Hi. Long time reader, first time commenter. I’m glad someone finally spoke up about the defacement of these wonderful artifacts. It’s a crime for sure.
Although, I have to ask after reading all these comments. Are the gold zelda carts really that rare? I got the gray ones for myself because where I live the gold ones are so much more common.
johloh
I think gold is more common. But its not all about rarity.
Kate
Not to be rude, but how does a non-working cartridge hold value? I think recycling the thing is a more efficient use of a hunk of plastic.
Also, I’m reminded of something I saw on the My Little Pony forums. People get all upset when a MIB pony is taken out, or a “rare” pony is modded. In the end, they belong to that person, and they can do as they please with it.
johloh
It is the owners choice of course. But it doesn’t mean people can’t disagree with their choice. Nobody is saying it isn’t her right…just that it feels like a punch in the stomach to see it.
Lawlren
Wow, I feel bad for the crafter who made this, because you probably made them cry.
The cartridges probably didn’t work.
Joe
With the NES ones, couldn’t they still work in a toploader? Given that the actual board is about a quarter of the size of the cartridge.