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NES Controller Laser Mouse
An anonymous reader writes "Old school is new school, fool. It's time to take that retired NES controller of yours that you broke so mercilessly smashing it on the carpet in frustration at never ever ever being able to beat Ikari Warriors, and recycle that biz. Be good to the environment and turn that thing into a laser mouse, why don't you? And yes, the A button is left click, and the B is your right, and your raging case of carpal tunnel is about to get a whole lot more fun."
I believe that was, Ikari Warriors.
there would be no damage from smashing the NES or its controllers against the floor. Hell, it was designed so that you could turn it off by KICKING it.
Now if I could only find my superscope from 6th grade
Contrary to popular belief, optical mice do not use lasers.
... Engadget employee?
The article doesn't mention the hidden backdoor command sequence to immediately gain root access:
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A
Zonk's gone the way of Michael: he's been fired. Don't know the exact reason, yet.
Give him an optical mouse, a paperclip, and some belly-button lint, and he'll have a laser weapon strong enough to take out a battlestar before the next commercial break comes along.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
why a mouse, when you got a directional control ready?
just just it as a joystick/pointer like you would with all those bluetooth savvy phones
It's great, but... Why!?
Yes, it seems kind-of-cool, but it seems to be the least comfortable mouse ever. You can't control the velocity of the pointer, and you are using the device that created the term "Nintendo thumb", because it is really bad to use all day long. Regular mice, however, doesn't give you that kind of pain.
OMFG, Ikari Warrior drove me insane.
Could it even be beaten?
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Now, if I can just change the light gun into a real gun, I can finally finish Ikari Warriors for good.
Do not stare into laser mouse beam with remaining eye.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
So does the mouse work??
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Ikari not Akari. If you are going to blatantly steal the introduction to the article why not at least do it right?
Beep beep.
Haven't you ever played Mario?
Can it perform cunnilingus on a hardwood floor?
The latest Slashdot meme.
Don't focus your Nes controller to the sky. It may arm plane pilots.
http://64.233.161.104/search?sourceid=navclient-me nuext&ie=UTF-8&q=cache:http%3A%2F%2Fzieak.com%2Fpr ojects%2Fnintendo_mouse.htm
The latest Slashdot meme.
it's an optical mouse (LED).
Other than impressing your friends, I don't see a whole lot of use for it. It can't be comfortable to use.
insert inflammatory anti-microsoft comment here
We can't be arming pilots.....
http://www.busyweather.com/
My problem with this is that I don't see how this could possibly a viable mouse that one can use for any length of time. INstead of having the mouse buttons in a line that corresponds to your fingers, you need to shape your hands to specifically handle it. Or, you have to turn the controller so that you have a big chunk in the way of where your thumbs rest.
It's a cool mod, but it's not practical in the least. Maybe if they turn it into a Joystick for flight sims, perhaps?
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What I don't understand is why you would link to a page that has a link to what we want. 2nd degree news isn't news.
Did anyone else besides me buy the little robot that would play gyromite with you ? That thing was awesome .I'm betting that has seriosu modding potential .
Hmm, this is just what I need... a mouse with sharp square plastic edges .
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Ya know,
I saw an ad in the paper, and a part of it had Gravis Gamepads for $1.29CDN each (In Toronto).
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So, what we have here is a Slashdot article which rips off an Engadget article which is basically ripped off from a Joystiq article on something from some guy's blog.
So, the guy who put the time, money and effort into this hack gets virtually no credit for what he's done, but three other web sites make money off of him via banner ads.
(I'd link to the original site, but it's already collapsed under the weight of the combined Slashdotting/Engadgeting/Joystiqing.)
I weep for the state of internet "journalism" these days. Can't imagine why people still buy newspapers.
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Something less ergonomic than the Apple "hockey puck" mouse. My fingers are cramping up just thinking about it.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
That plastic bastard was nothing but an expensive target for your little sister's stomping feet.
Uh, shouldn't the B button be left click and A be right click?
You couldn't beat Ikari Warriors? A B B A fool!
So, what's this article good for? Advertisement for ImageShack?
Nothing of any importance happpened in technology or science today.
Dr. Evil: And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here! What do we have? Number Two: NES Controllers Dr. Evil: [pause] Right.
A slow news day?
wow... anyway, this sounds like a neat project... probably a pain to make though.
Show this to your friends and family that don't know what a real hacker is
would be modding an optical mouse into the Super Nintendo mouse.
It's something I've been thinking about for a while but hadn't gotten around to doing. The SNES mouse would certainly be more practical (useable) in Quake or Firefox.
Neat: Using the gamepad as a working mouse, scroll with the D pad, click with the A & B buttons; I could see sitting back and actually using that with my laptop. Cool: Getting the NES Light gun we used to try to shoot that `effing dog with to work on our monitors; Sure, browsing the internet would turn into a game of skill but great fun none the less. Uh, thats... umm, great, good for you: Putting an already working optical mouse that fits your hands inside of a uncomfortable controller.
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This is like transplanting the guts of a USB hub into an old Atari controller. What's the point? That Nintendo mouse looks damned uncomfortable to use, too.
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Following through some links, I found a site that shows how to make a USB NES controller. The price is a bit steep and was wanting to make one myself. Finding the parts is easy enough, but it uses a PIC16C745 chip which needs to be programmed. Don't suppose anyone has the relevant firmware handy?
Maybe this guy will know how to turn an Xbox controller into a joypad.
No, a moo point. Like a cow's opinion.
It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.