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If you have a contender for Rig of the Month, e-mail [email protected] with high-res digital pics and a 300-word write-up.JOE AND JESSE NUZZO’S
Vader ITX
W
e’re not much for console gaming,
but we do have fond memories of
running home after school to play Atlantis,
so we were excited to see the Nuzzo
brothers’ rig —and even more excited to
hear that they didn’t have to sacrifi ce an
Atari 2600 to create it.
A friend of Joe and Jesse bought out
a pawn shop’s entire video game supply—
thousands of games and a few dozen sys-
tems—and part of the haul was an empty
2600 shell, so the brothers didn’t have to
destroy a working system to create this rig.
After a few missteps (PSU issues and
a fried hard drive—hey, things happen!)
the guys got on track and built up this rig
based on a mini ITX board. A 2.4GHz P4
is the brains behind this beast that also
includes 512MB of DDR RAM.
And just what do the Nuzzos
use this rig for? Playing old arcade
games like Golden Axe and Final
Fight, of course!ririgg of the month ADVENTURES IN PC MODIFICATION Sponsored by
For their winning entry, Joe and Jesse
Nuzzo win a $500 gift certifi cate for Buy.
com to fund their modding madness! See
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and turn to page 101 for contest rules.JOE AND JESSE NUZZO’S
Vader ITX
W
e’re not much for console gaming,
but we do have fond memories of
running home after school to play Atlantis,
so we were excited to see the Nuzzo
brothers’ rig —and even more excited to
hear that they didn’t have to sacrifi ce anmonth
JOE AND JESSE NUZZO’S
Vader ITX
e’re not much for console gaming,
but we do have fond memories of
running home after school to play Atlantis,
so we were excited to see the Nuzzo
brothers’ rig —and even more excited to
hear that they didn’t have to sacrifi ce anmonth ADVENTURES IN PC MODIFICATIONADVENTURES IN PC MODIFICATION
If you have a contender for Rig of the Month, e-mailAnd just what do the Nuzzos
use this rig for? Playing old arcade
games like Golden Axe and Final
Fight, of course!To get this just-off-
the-shelf look, Joe
and Jesse repainted
the case with both
high-gloss and tex-
tured paint.The multicolor glow
emanating from inside
the rig was created
with UV-reactive spi-
ral-wrap and UV lights.Like our car, the entire
back of this case was
reshaped and rebuilt
with Bondo and pieces
of plastic taken from
old monitors.Why is this rig called the
Vader ITX? Old-school
gamers know that the
all-black Atari 2600 was
commonly referred to as
the Darth Vader model.