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NES Controller Laser Mouse

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-a-cute-hack dept.

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."

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  1. Akari? by BeneathTheVeil · · Score: 2, Informative

    I believe that was, Ikari Warriors.

    1. Re:Akari? by spectral · · Score: 2, Informative

      If you look at the site the comments pick on them for it. I assume the original article was changed.

  2. Unlike modern controllers by Drew+Curtis · · Score: 3, Informative

    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.

  3. superscope by firl · · Score: 2, Informative

    Now if I could only find my superscope from 6th grade

  4. Laser Mouse? by thomble · · Score: 5, Informative

    Contrary to popular belief, optical mice do not use lasers.

    1. Re:Laser Mouse? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      MX700 is only a wireless optical mouse. MX900 is optical bluetooth and MX518 is optical wired mouse. The MX1000 is the laser variant.

    2. Re:Laser Mouse? by Daath · · Score: 4, Informative

      Logitech MX700 Cordless laser mouse.
      Logitech G7 Cordless laser mouse.
      Logitech G5 laser mouse.

      I don't know of others :)

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    3. Re:Laser Mouse? by roadrunnerro · · Score: 3, Informative

      No it doesn't - it's optical too... now the MX1000, G5 and G7 are indeed laser mice...

  5. Re:Question? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Zonk's gone the way of Michael: he's been fired. Don't know the exact reason, yet.

  6. Hmmm by Realistic_Dragon · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ikari not Akari. If you are going to blatantly steal the introduction to the article why not at least do it right?

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    1. Re:Hmmm by Realistic_Dragon · · Score: 4, Informative

      Come to that you could have linked directly to http://zieak.com/projects/nintendo_mouse.htm rather than to a ad laden blog site whoring someone else's content for pennies a click. (Not that it matters I suppose as the site is offline already.)

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  7. Re:Ikari Warrior by DigiShaman · · Score: 2, Informative

    You didn't know about the ABBA command did you? ;) Just press the buttons in that order after you die and you are blessed with another chance.

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  8. Ikari Warriors? by Dogun · · Score: 2, Informative

    You couldn't beat Ikari Warriors? A B B A fool!

  9. Re:Neat, but by NitsujTPU · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, I found the original reference, for everyone who, like me, was confused by this post.

    Essentially, the original reference was a story posted to slashdot which involved a comparison between female orgasm, and game playing. The hardwood floor part was there to infer that you would remember the experience of performing cunnilingus on a woman on a hardwood floor because your knees would hurt thereafter.

    A high point in Slashdot history, to be sure.