DIYer builds fully-functional NES controller coffee table, earns mad respect
By Darren Murph 
posted May 9th 2008 9:42AM
posted May 9th 2008 9:42AM
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posted May 9th 2008 9:42AM
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Lol, good ol' ergonomics.
I'm confused...why isn't the cute girl naked? This just doesn't make sense...
This has already been done before tho lol.
G4 TV did it. And bigger! lol
http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/features/51429/Behind_the_DPad.html
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c53/deosr/11392772139205qr.jpg
this is aimed more at Kakkoii
that G4 controller was cool but this one is a coffee table man..i also looks better....
learn the difference.bigger isn't always better
(Yelling across the table) You idot! I said AA...B...AA.
Lesson - "Bigger isn't always better"
...Its how you use it?
uhh... how is this a lesson that bigger isn't better? that thing is f'ing sweet! its supposed to serve as a cool coffee table first, and a novelty controller second, and i think it accomplishes that
Awesome. Need a way to make the connection to the NES slightly less ghetto, and maybe detachable so it can be tucked away when not in use.
Super Mario Bros 3 > Wii
Try to enter a certain Contra code on that and you will get a wrist injury.
No, you will get a back injury!
Mad props for this DIY project!
This video is clearly fake. The geek appears to have a girlfriend.
...geeks have been getting girls since Billy G. made his billions.
...could be his hot sister.
I did consider that it was his sister, but "This video is clearly fake. The geek appears to have a sister" just wasn't funny.
hey, lucky for me (and most likely most of those on this forum), it has been scientifically established that Geeks get the Girls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp1Z4gPXheY
Is that Veronica Belmont?
that's not his sister.
Awesome!
Wouldn't you think with a controller that larger he could have found a way to put the system inside?
This was done on G4 TV about a year or two ago, you can still find the how-to online (I think I ripped a copy at the time - I have it somewhere...)
i remain unimpressed until i see a fully functional wii controller coffee table.
LOL. If the wrist strap broke, you'd really have a problem.
www.wiihaveaproblem.com
Ya gotta climb the mountain man! Descent job.
A descent job would be climbing back down!
i see what you did there
What about "Decent job on your DIY controller." ?
How big is the duckhunt gun?
What kind of piece of furniture is it?
it was already made into a giant staircase...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburrito/467539295/
Never heard that dog in Mario 3
a b a b up down up down select start
what the bomberman is that? your special cheat code for magic island star princess of the rainbow brite ponyland? get out of here.
EVERY avid gamer knows that key sequence. You're the one that needs to get out of here, and fast.
i see. i guess i'm just the avid gamer that only knows the up up down down left right etc. sequence.
@Mike
UUDDLRLRBASelectStart
... apparently you're not an avid gamer either.
Wow! It's only slightly smaller than an original Xbox controller!
Can you imagine the size of the hockey puck you'd have to cram into the NES to keep the game down?
That is sweet!
haha @ the guy saying, "yarrrr. yarrr" (57 seconds in)
She was a hottie, but man, what a messy room!
normally I would have said this was a waste of time. But after seeing the video I see that he put a lot of effort into making this. Grats on the build.
Now make a touchscreen that can put any type of controller on the screen for any game system. LOL
Isn't that MS Surface?
I dont know whats more amazing, the table/controller or th fact that the NES is like new looking. Classic.
that... is.... FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
HOW MUCH?
I want one.
Did anyone notice the main menu says Coffee Table? Wonder if its any different as far as controls go. Maybe slightly slower?
that was just for the first scene of the video.
That's nothing, you should see my fully functional Wiimote coffee table. It's a bitch to use the motion controls, though.
RESPECT !
sell it on Ebay , i'll bid.