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[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 93 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

OP how the fuck could you forget these

I am really hoping someone makes a repopped shell for the analogue 3d and the 8bitdo controllers. I would absolutely splash for an og dk green set.

[–] silmarine@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I deeply miss my glacier blue n64. I keep hoping for a shell for steak deck in that color.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The Steak Deck. When you want to enjoy a perfectly grilled T-Bone on a transatlantic flight

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Steak. Lots of steak. I f**ing love steak. "

--Commander "We'll bang okay?" Shepard

[–] Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You can buy aftermarket shells like that, or very similar, I just worry the fit and finish won't be quite as nice

[–] silmarine@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've seen them but can't find any in that color.

[–] Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Oh bummer, I hope you find the right color some day :)

[–] Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

I too yearn for a glacier blue shell for my steak deck

[–] Prox@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

There's a whole series of Xbox controllers like this. I have the clear one and it's fucking dope.

[–] koper@feddit.nl 76 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Fun fact: some of these are made specifically for US prisons because you can't hide contraband in them.

[–] comfydecal@infosec.pub 44 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Welp, that's enough dystopian reality for me today. I was actually hoping to have these for repairability and easier chip identification, but nope, built for prisons you say...

[–] jaark@infosec.pub 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah. They are often very locked down and lack features you would normally expect - especially connectivity and configurability. There's a Youtube vid where a guy gets hold of one and the hoops he had to go through to install his own OS and get it to run some games... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRoRPiDOtUg

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Bringus mentioned let's go

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I love the idea that a product was created to prevent prisoners from smuggling heroin, but then someone said "You know, I bet that would sell great at Sharper Image."

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Memory unlocked with that Memorex cassette.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Not Memorex, but it unlocked this memory: https://youtu.be/Zk71h2CQ_xM

[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Prison commissary type beat

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

There's also some modders who make transparent aftermarket housings.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

I would love one of those coloful macbooks from the 90s with current technology.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Transparent plastics are the tastiest!

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

They're also the most brittle which I think is a reason for their dissapearance

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Most clear things will look bad after a short time of use, if you have to touch them. They will get scratched or greasy and dirt will become visible in hard to clean areas.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

The coloured ones usually hold up better

[–] CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Had none of that with my clear gameboy pocket, that boy was plugged into a wall socket most of the time because of how much pokemon i played on it.

But tbh i wasn't really a greasy kid, i remember friends controllers which were sticky af and made me not want to play because of how gross it made me feel.

[–] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I had an atomic purple gameboy at one point and I miss that thing dearly.

I really enjoy seeing the components of a thing and most of my mechanical keyboards have translucent or semi-translucent cases.

They’re not high-tech, but “demonstrator” editions of fountain pens also hit this vibe.

And if anyone is curious, I’m pretty sure the watch in this image is a Swatch JellyFish (or an imitation). Swatch still makes watches like this, but this style is called Clearly Gent now.

[–] gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Anbernic does a lot of this for retro consoles these days!

https://anbernic.com/

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Truly. But I can't guess why.

[–] monkinto@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because if the cover is transparent you have to spend extra money to make sure the internals look good.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah can imagine that. But the free cable era seem finished. Now every cable is printed on a board

[–] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

That watch is a Swatch and they still make new transparent models, I got one a few months back and posted it to the watch sub.

[–] DigitalDruid@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I had every one of these items including a transparent teal pager. i didn't have many friends nobody ever paged me but if you were trying to fit in you thought it might help. My clear swatch was blue, had the little rubber face guard on it!

I did like the conair phones though I took the one pictured in the op image and turned it into a lineman's handset (thanks 2600!). They were doing new home construction across the street from my home and I snuck over there in the night, hooked my handset up to the service drop and called 1-900 sex lines to troll the gals. Only they were getting paid and did not give a fuck they were happy to keep 13yo me on the line. I screwed something up and caused a huge spark and small boom and never went back because i was worried i had damaged something and they would be looking for me.

[–] Kaliax@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

Lol, that's fucking great!

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

My missus got a set of Slime VR trackers and they're all transparent purple plastic. Very 90s.

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Had some of those memorex cassettes

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you bring back jncos, they will come

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Bad news… there’s an Instagram account for JNCO that is back on their bullshit!

Full disclosure, I was a big pants rave kid and def owned JNCOs

[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago