Speaking of Wii
My son’s went tango uniform. And we could have replaced the disc drive or buy another. It was less painful and not much more expensive to just buy another. So, I have this old Wii and the disc drive works some times. Any cool ideas of what I can do with it?
January 24th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Hack it!
http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Channel
January 24th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
You can still use it to stream Netflix (speaking of domestic future).
January 24th, 2012 at 12:15 pm
+1 to bluesun. I’d use it for streaming. The web browser is crap but works well enough and you can hook a wireless keyboard and mouse to the USB ports to make a little blog reader for a TV.
And frankly I use my Wii a TON for Classic gaming because I’m a child of the 80s and that shit don’t die!
January 24th, 2012 at 12:40 pm
“Pull!”
January 24th, 2012 at 12:55 pm
DOES IT BLEND??
January 24th, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Freakin’ lasers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfj1n8vPWCE
Actually, I think you may have posted that video long ao.
January 24th, 2012 at 1:55 pm
If it gets to the point of not working reliably, the various parts from any disassembled home electronics can be used as part of a home-made “robot” costume come Halloween.
If your boy does that sort of thing.
January 24th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
I usually test the ballistic stopping power of malfunctioning electronics.
January 24th, 2012 at 4:12 pm
I have six Wiis with dead optical drives sitting on a shelf in my store. The Wii is so cheap now (We sell ours for $85) that it’s not worth fixing. I tried hacking one into a media center but the homebrew software available is lackluster. If you come up with something neat to do with them, let me know.
January 24th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
I think Office Space had the right idea…
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2130970494980077764
About the only way your kid will get “real” exercise with a Wii
January 24th, 2012 at 5:16 pm
Netflix is the way to go, I dont have cable anymore and the Wii gets me all the content I atually care to watch on the ol’ boob tube.
January 24th, 2012 at 6:57 pm
Opportunity for range time?
January 24th, 2012 at 11:24 pm
“Virtual Bowling”
January 24th, 2012 at 11:46 pm
Rip the insides out and mod if for Mame (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) box, vintage fun.
January 24th, 2012 at 11:55 pm
I fixed my Wii disk drive when it died. The whole drive is around $60 and the various parts that make up the drive are around $12 apiece.
http://consolezombie.com/Wii/
This site has tutorials on troubleshooting and repair, and also sells the parts.