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."

Comments

Akari?

[BeneathTheVeil]

I believe that was, Ikari Warriors.

Re:Akari?

[dknj]

the sad thing is, they stole the article summary word for word from the site and still spelt it incorrectly. what the hell are the slashdot editors doing when they read these submissions?

Re:Akari?

[spectral]

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

Re:Akari?

[DrEldarion]

See, where you go wrong is assuming that they even read the sumbissions.

Unlike modern controllers

[Drew Curtis]

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.

Re:Unlike modern controllers

[cosmol]

Yeah, but I don't have to lick or blow my hard drive to get my computer to work.

Re:Unlike modern controllers

[EEBaum]

Lick? Wow, you must have had a different relationship with your Nintendo than I did.

Re:Unlike modern controllers

[Alwin Henseler]

...no damage from button mashing fests either, I have ruined mice from games that require a lot clicking, but maybe I just click too hard?

A small word of advice:

Worry not what evil you may do to input devices. Only worry about what evil input devices may do to you.

If you've got a badly designed mouse or game controller that causes you RSI, then you have a problem. If OTOH a mouse or game controller crumbles under your constant abuse, who cares? Cheap plastic & electronics, easily replaced.

Re:Unlike modern controllers

[IcarusMoth]

Licking and blowing? thats the only way i can get my girlfriend to work *rimshot*

Re:Unlike modern controllers

[NanoGator]

"Licking and blowing? thats the only way i can get my girlfriend to work "

Well that and the puncture repair kit.

superscope

[firl]

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

Laser Mouse?

[thomble]

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

Re:Laser Mouse?

[Daath]

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

I don't know of others :)

Re:Laser Mouse?

[roadrunnerro]

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

no mention of new command

[GunFodder]

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

Re:no mention of new command

[Error629]

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

and if you want to run as a proxy, don't forget to hit Select, Start!

That's before MacGyver.

[AtariAmarok]

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.

Usefull?

[ozamosi]

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.

Light Gun

[sheehaje]

Now, if I can just change the light gun into a real gun, I can finally finish Ikari Warriors for good.

A warning.

[AtariAmarok]

Do not stare into laser mouse beam with remaining eye.

Hmmm

[Realistic_Dragon]

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

Re:Hmmm

[Realistic_Dragon]

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.)

Neat, but

[Bob Cat - NYMPHS]

Can it perform cunnilingus on a hardwood floor?

Re:Neat, but

[NitsujTPU]

Yeah, ditto. I think that at least 3 mods didn't understand the world "cunnilingus"

Re:Neat, but

[NitsujTPU]

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.

google cache

[Bob Cat - NYMPHS]

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

It's not a laser mouse...

[joNDoty]

it's an optical mouse (LED).

IT Looks Cool But...

[B11]

Other than impressing your friends, I don't see a whole lot of use for it. It can't be comfortable to use.

Only for Novelty Value

[Sonny Yatsen]

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?

Re:Ikari Warrior

[DigiShaman]

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.

A little off topic but ....

[The_Spectry]

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 .

Pathetic example of internet "journalism"

[Reaperducer]

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.

Re:Pathetic example of internet "journalism"

[agent0range_]

I weep for the state of internet "journalism" these days. Can't imagine why people still buy newspapers.

Is it so they can all read the same reuters article printed under the same AP photo in every newspaper?

Ikari Warriors?

[Dogun]

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

You know, I have one simple request...

[samureiser]

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 more practical project

[BlastM]

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.