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NES Controller Mod, May Just be Most Fun Coffee Table Ever

gizmodo.com — Forget touchscreen, solar powered or even self-destructing coffee tables... Kyle Downes has modded the coffee table into its best version ever: a retro-tastic NES controller. Just look at the sleek lines, the high quality finish and classy glass top. And then giggle at the fact that it actually works. Don't believe it? Check out the video

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  • Thomadaneau, on 05/10/2008, -2/+27where can I buy :D
  • Juice265, on 05/10/2008, -20/+1up up down down L R L R B A B A Select Start

    Awesome.
    • orangefly, on 05/10/2008, -0/+16only one B A man....
    • fallingdamage, on 05/10/2008, -0/+11 too many B A 's
      • KaiUno, on 05/10/2008, -0/+14I pity the fool who can have enough of BA.
    • noahgelman, on 05/10/2008, -1/+12You fail at the Konami Code
    • JasonMaloney101, on 05/10/2008, -4/+2WHERE ARE THE SHOULDER BUTTONS?!?!
    • Ramenboy005, on 05/10/2008, -1/+0dude ru an idoit .......those are the arrow keys....u fail at life
  • haroonie, on 05/10/2008, -0/+37to be followed up with a light gun of the same proportions...
    • h0dg3s, on 05/10/2008, -2/+17It's called the Zapper. Show some respect.
    • dinostabOMG, on 05/10/2008, -2/+9I can't wait for the Wii remote version. What a workout that would be.
    • KingGorilla, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3I'd assume it would be in turret form
      • yunus, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1Superscope would be a shoulder mounted rocket launcher
  • kelvlam, on 05/10/2008, -8/+1zomg what a hard core fan! :-p
  • KSUdesigner, on 05/10/2008, -0/+42Cool, but why didn't he embed the actual NES into the table too?
    • Th0rus, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6would have been a good idea.
      • Andrewe1, on 05/10/2008, -1/+5psh...the actual NES? try the controller...it looked like the circuit board was hanging from the cables coming out of the table
    • aywwts4, on 05/10/2008, -0/+24He is working on replacing the siding of his house with all grey... The NES is to scale as well.
      • daridave, on 05/10/2008, -0/+14For some reason, his games always loaded better on windy days ...
    • blahtastic, on 05/10/2008, -0/+4Considering that it looked like the entire bottom of the thing was storage, all he would need to do is drill a couple wire holes in the side and plop it inside.
  • Bertitude, on 05/10/2008, -16/+2isn't this like the 15th time this has shown up?
  • glasderg, on 05/10/2008, -6/+1seriously, this is amazing!
    Thanks for the great link!
  • SlapAyoda, on 05/10/2008, -2/+3That thing could cause some major carpal tunnel syndrome.
  • Nexiec, on 05/10/2008, -6/+1FTW
  • antiorblkflag9, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1Put my NES controller ontop, just like my coffee table book on my coffee table.
  • igotlaidoff, on 05/10/2008, -15/+1i just pwned a dreamcast at the pwn shop
    • dwray82, on 05/10/2008, -1/+0How can you pwn your dreamcast 3 times at the same pwn shop?
  • Dylson, on 05/10/2008, -11/+4THATS A HUGE BITCH!
  • igotlaidoff, on 05/10/2008, -6/+1first time tripple post offender, honestly.
  • hypermite, on 05/10/2008, -5/+37girl in video. dugg.
    • Fishnchipsman, on 05/10/2008, -17/+4same here

      im probably gunna get buried for this
    • dougdiggerton, on 05/10/2008, -2/+1still waiting for the wii-mote coffee table
  • moolaismyfriend, on 05/10/2008, -6/+1NO
  • Hobofuzz, on 05/10/2008, -1/+4I love it when people do these things.
    Giant NES controllers, FTW!
  • Wootstapler, on 05/10/2008, -5/+9Old as hell. This is like, Kevin Rose on The Screen Savers / AOTS old.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_yOVXlVlTs
    • djdole, on 05/10/2008, -4/+1Buried for not understanding the concept of "old as hell", let alone "old".
      Less than 3 years != "old" & less than 3 DAYS old != "old as hell".
    • geoboy, on 05/10/2008, -1/+2"over the duck!"
  • TWiThead, on 05/10/2008, -1/+4Awesome! I've seen giant NES controllers before, but having it double as a coffee table is a clever twist that makes it practical for use as a permanent piece of furniture. He just needs to hide the exposed wiring and circuit board. (Perhaps he only left it that way temporarily for demonstration purposes.)
  • cj485, on 05/10/2008, -5/+4cute girl+mario(and epic controller)=epic win.
  • djdole, on 05/10/2008, -11/+4Not to be anal, but it's not a mod(ification), it's a fabrication.
    • arcooke, on 05/10/2008, -1/+6He wired it to the original NES controller board. Therefore, it's both a hack and a fabrication.
      • djdole, on 05/10/2008, -2/+1VERY true. Good point.
        Still definitely not a mod though. Just gutting it to use it's parts in another project isn't a mod. (ie Cake != modded eggs.)
      • Tahiri, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1"Just gutting it to use it's parts in another project isn't a mod"

        Yes it is.
    • sherbertbones, on 05/10/2008, -1/+2You should email them about that, then maybe you can buy some better fitting suspenders and a Big Gulp
  • lizlemoncello, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1Off to the drafting table; I'm making my own. Party over here at nine, guys. I'll school you all at Dr. Mario.
  • GreenGrassyNoel, on 05/10/2008, -0/+5incredibly awesome waste of time. I want one.
  • shadowblade989, on 05/10/2008, -2/+4I want an SNES one
    • Tahiri, on 05/10/2008, -2/+1You want A SNES one, not an SNES one. Gees
      • tehrich, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Unless you're actually pronouncing SNES as "snes" and not reading it as S N E S as most people do, then he's correct in using "an" before it.
      • shadowblade989, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1The rule is whether the following phrase begins with a vowel phoneme, not a vowel. For example, S is pronounced 'es' (note the e) while a short L, as in lake, has no leading vowel phoneme and thus is preceded by 'a' rather than 'an.'
  • Atomic1fire, on 05/10/2008, -1/+3I want two hooked up to a giant tv
    and placed in a video game themed game show where two people using the giant buttons face two other people for cash prizes
    that would make an epic game show
  • honutt, on 05/10/2008, -5/+2OGC
  • MattFromSeattle, on 05/10/2008, -8/+3Fapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfap
  • dualboy24, on 05/10/2008, -1/+3Did he say Yar yar a few times... like a pirate?
  • TheShom, on 05/10/2008, -4/+1A hott chick AND a massive NES controller?
    Dude, you're my hero.
  • duli42, on 05/10/2008, -4/+1i liked her......uh.....it. sorry. it. right, this was good because of the table thing....not the chick....or something like that.
  • SiRwhilms, on 05/10/2008, -1/+2NES Controller: It's a big-ass table.
    http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/20/microsoft-surfa ...
  • trestevenson, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1My heart just skipped a beat! =D
  • matt.rubin, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2this has been done before........ sry!
    earliest i know of
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=simqlREvRH4
    its bigger scale too!
  • muzikkislife, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1damn i want one of those. thats ***** sweeeet.
  • unluckier, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1For all the effort that was apparently put into the table, you'd think that he'd clean up the wiring!
  • Slayerdude51982, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1You know I don't even need it to be a controller, I'd just like a coffee table that looks like that.
  • gitboxgreg, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Hey i already submitted this a few days ago!

    http://digg.com/nintendo/Awesome_Working_NES_Contr ...
  • scotishstriker, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1i saw this on G4 along time ago
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