Giant working NES controller/coffee table

Kyle Downes of the aptly named "Ultra Awesome" blog built this genius coffee table that's an enormous, working NES controller! It opens to reveal storage space for tons of game-carts . Link (via Wonderland)

[#1 posted by jjosef , May 9, 2008 11:41 AM]

That is awesome. I want to build one!!!

[#2 posted by Haldor , May 9, 2008 11:46 AM]

Truly Ultra Awesome.

[#3 posted by pork musket , May 9, 2008 11:46 AM]

That's fantastic, looks like it would be fun to have 2 or 3 people playing on the same controller.

[#4 posted by PhiCancri , May 9, 2008 11:48 AM]

With the size of this thing I'm surprised they didn't mod it to have the actual NES inside the table. Pretty sweet regardless though.

[#5 posted by simplehuman , May 9, 2008 11:53 AM]

I wonder if it gets all gummy and yucky like the old NES contrllers.

What? Was that only mine? Call me pigpen.

[#6 posted by bzishi , May 9, 2008 12:03 PM]

This is really cool, but I must admit that the wiring and soldering made me want to cry. Why put so much work on the exterior appearance but do such a half-assed job on the electronics?

[#7 posted by Dustin Driver , May 9, 2008 12:21 PM]

My first thought: ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG.

My second thought: My wife will never let me put one in our living room.

My third thought: Damn.

[#8 posted by macegr , May 9, 2008 12:21 PM]

@BZISHI: It's actually not that common to find an attractive art object with expertly done electronics, unless two people worked on the project. Overlap between electronics craftsmanship and artistic ability seems to be lacking. That's why Ben Heck's projects are so amazing.

[#9 posted by Dustin Driver , May 9, 2008 12:23 PM]

My first thought: ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG.

My second thought: My wife will never let me put one in our living room.

My third thought: Damn.

[#10 posted by Mitch Tishmack , May 9, 2008 1:30 PM]

They did this on g4tv back in the day.

http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/features/51429/Behind_the_DPad.html

Only the g4tv one was bigger, and needed 2 people to play.

[#11 posted by manicbassman , May 9, 2008 2:24 PM]

just don't try and use it as a coffee table though... you wouldn't want to knock a cup over on it and blow the works...

[#12 posted by toby_panzer , May 9, 2008 3:41 PM]

#11: If you click through to his blog, there is a glass cover for it, to be removed when playing games.

[#13 posted by ymr049c , May 9, 2008 4:02 PM]

OK, this exemplifies why the human race deserves to be rescued from itself.

[#14 posted by anthropomorphictoast , May 9, 2008 8:05 PM]

Awesome sauce. I wanna make one! :D

[#15 posted by gadabout , May 10, 2008 5:57 AM]

Cool...I could play my new Gulliver game as a lilliputian.

[#16 posted by Teej , May 10, 2008 2:44 PM]

Ohhhh.....sick. My consumer gland is overloading my brain with purchasin.

I must have it.