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By Barrie Wilmot
Hardware modifier Bacteria has well and truly outdone himself this time, squeezing a massive fifteen retro consoles into one wonderful unit - and has even built a set of comprehensive how-to's so you can build one yourself.
When we first featured Project Unity it was nothing more than a mass of wires and components, however, a year down the line Bacteria has finally arrived at something more complete.
Bacteria's Project Unity in action
The "Swiss army knife" of consoles houses a mind-blowing array of vintage Sega, Nintendo, Sony and other rose-tinted systems - all run from one power supply, and displaying through one SCART lead. While there are fifteen different systems in the unit itself, the console is technically capable of playing eighteen different formats - thanks to the backward compatibility of some systems. It even has a bespoke controller housing sixteen buttons, three thumbsticks and a d-pad (although not being able to use the original controllers may detract from the experience for some).
While Project Unity is strictly not for sale (as it weighs in at 44 pounds, and cost around £700 to make - not to mention the 3500 hours spent putting the monster together) - Bacteria has absolutely no problem with providing would-be modders the know-how to make one themselves. There are a bunch of guides on his website that will help you on your way but i think it safe to say that for the average retro gamer this is something to simply marvel at.
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Hardware modifier Bacteria has well and truly outdone himself this time, squeezing a massive fifteen retro consoles into one wonderful unit - and has even built a set of comprehensive how-to's so you can build one yourself.
When we first featured Project Unity it was nothing more than a mass of wires and components, however, a year down the line Bacteria has finally arrived at something more complete.
Bacteria's Project Unity in action
The "Swiss army knife" of consoles houses a mind-blowing array of vintage Sega, Nintendo, Sony and other rose-tinted systems - all run from one power supply, and displaying through one SCART lead. While there are fifteen different systems in the unit itself, the console is technically capable of playing eighteen different formats - thanks to the backward compatibility of some systems. It even has a bespoke controller housing sixteen buttons, three thumbsticks and a d-pad (although not being able to use the original controllers may detract from the experience for some).
While Project Unity is strictly not for sale (as it weighs in at 44 pounds, and cost around £700 to make - not to mention the 3500 hours spent putting the monster together) - Bacteria has absolutely no problem with providing would-be modders the know-how to make one themselves. There are a bunch of guides on his website that will help you on your way but i think it safe to say that for the average retro gamer this is something to simply marvel at.
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