Where's the nPod?

Indigno · Post by **Indigno** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:38 pm

I've looked on the site and I can't find the section with the nPod on it. What happened to it?

The mystery gets more and more mysterious-y!

Post by **Skyone** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:42 pm

Woah it disappeared....

Post by **bicostp** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:07 pm

<a href="http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:MG ... =1">Google stole it!</a> :o

(but not the pictures)

Accessing that page's URL on the site gives me a 404 error.

Further digging (removing the image's URL from the "view image" FF context menu) shows that the nPod folder is empty.

<a href="http://www.benheck.com/Games/Nintendo_p ... Vacancy</a>

archive.org's newest archive of the site is from <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/200503140135 ... om/">March 2005</a>, taken about 1 week after I registered.

More nPod stuff:
<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/ben- ... ">engadget entry</a>
<a href="http://digg.com/mods/the_nPod_-_a_porta ... m">Digg</a>

What happened?

Post by **Skyone** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:13 pm

Copyright infringment perhaps??

Lucretius · Post by **Lucretius** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:15 pm

I dunno, but if you look deep in the site, you might be surprised. I can say no more!

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:26 pm

Hmm...why does http://benheck.com/Games/Xbox360/ say its forbidden for us to access

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:43 pm

Harshboy wrote:Hmm...why does http://benheck.com/Games/Xbox360/ say its forbidden for us to access

Because, its contents aren't meant for human eyes.
Luc, could you tell us more about these suprises deep it the site?

Please!!!!!

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:45 pm

haha. man. i tried every other combination of those words and came up 404. but yes. good work.

Indigno · Post by **Indigno** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:24 am

Does this mean that ben could be locking up the nPod instructions for mass production to make it harder for people to build their own or is he working on a bigger and better project that will steal all of our hearts?

Oh, and the problem with the articles without the pics is that the pics give us a lot of reference for our own construction. Perhaps it's a Hacking Video Game Console Volume 2 and he wanted to remover the nPod intructions in order to push his new book (unlikely, but a possibility)

Indigno · Post by **Indigno** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:15 am

Comon, Luke, guve us a hint. I really want to know where the nPod is and why it's gone (Most of my ref is in there)

EDIT: Hold on. On the top of the page click the atari joystick. Now scroll down until you get to the nintendo based systems and you will see

A NEW NOAC portable?
Mysterious vagueness ensues!

I don't know if this is just outdated hype over the nPod or if there really is a new NES porta being built.

scherzo · Post by **scherzo** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:44 am

All this uncertainty is making me crazy. I'm scared. Someone please hold my hand.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:00 am

Indigno wrote:Comon, Luke, guve us a hint. I really want to know where the nPod is and why it's gone (Most of my ref is in there)

EDIT: Hold on. On the top of the page click the atari joystick. Now scroll down until you get to the nintendo based systems and you will see
A NEW NOAC portable?
Mysterious vagueness ensues!
I don't know if this is just outdated hype over the nPod or if there really is a new NES porta being built.

that was there before the NES micro was released so im pretty sure he just didnt update it

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:08 am

If you just go too http://benheck.com/Games/ it's forbidden too. But were did the freaking pages go. And I want too be suprised too by looking deep in the site!

Indigno · Post by **Indigno** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:17 am

I spent a qhile looking through the site for secret links and haven't come up with anything. Come on, man, just a hint?

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:48 pm

I once read about how Apple is threatening litigation against companies that use the word "pod" in their products. While this is meant for iPod accessories, Ben may be playing it safe.