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6) Handheld Marios

Retrogames with webcam control - sounds like the future! This demo shows a modified Super Mario Bros with hundreds of Marios, all controlled by swooshing them around with real human hands instead of a controller. They flow like water. Hypnotic.

7) Money, sense

What’s the point in keeping a sealed copy of a game? Unlike a bottle of wine, it’s not going to get any better with age. And even if it did, you’d never know because it’s still sealed in its plastic cocoon. Then again, the person who just sold this mint condition sealed copy of Chrono Trigger pocketed more than £600 for it, so what do we know?

8) Doraemon DS

To celebrate the launch of this year’s Doraemon anime in Japan, they’re raffling off 70 of these beautiful special edition DS Lites. If there’s any better present for the Doraemon obsessive in your life, we’ve yet to see it.
Awesomeness of this DS: extreme. Chances of us getting one: nil.

9) SNES PlayStation pad

It’s well known that Sony’s PlayStation arose from an abandoned CD-ROM add-on for the SNES. However, this is the first time we’ve seen one of the parts of the ill-fated devkit for sale. It’s a prototype controller, looking quite similar to the normal SNES pad but with two extra buttons, and this one sold on eBay for a staggering $3,000.

10) Pixel Mario

NGamer reader Ben Burnham came up with this nice bit of Pixel Block art. Just a few more sprites and bits of background to go, then you can make a whole screen from Super Mario Bros 3. What are you waiting for?

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Martin Kitts is a veteran of the video game journalism field, having worked his way up through the ranks at N64 magazine and into its iterations as NGC and NGamer. Martin has contributed to countless other publications over the years, including GamesRadar+, GamesMaster, and Official Xbox Magazine.