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NES Controller MP3 player hack

Posted by Hemos on from the good-stuff-to-look-at dept.

Skadet writes "Martin Kersch of Germany made great use of a boring Saturday afternoon by transforming an ordinary USB Stick and NES Controller into an MP3 Player (original German). He even hacked the buttons on the controller to work with the mp3 player, "Start" is On/Play, and the directional pad functions as the song changer/volume control. Do you remember those NES Controller Belt Buckles? They should integrate these MP3 Players into those things."

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  1. PLEASE use nyud.net by un1xl0ser · · Score: 5, Insightful

    http://www.techeblog.com.nyud.net:8090/index.php/t ech-gadget/nes-controller-mp3-player

    Seriously folks, this is silly.

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    1. Re:PLEASE use nyud.net by Viper+Daimao · · Score: 3, Informative

      in his defense, my internet filter at work blocks nyud.net because it's an anonymizer so I'm grateful he posted the original link.

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    2. Re:PLEASE use nyud.net by erlenic · · Score: 2, Informative

      What about those of us stuck behind a Microsoft DNS server? We can't use this silly nyud.net thing. See http://wiki.coralcdn.org/wiki.php/Main/FAQ#SERVFAI L.
      I'm glad he posted the original link, so I can get to it.

  2. Some features better than others... by A+Boy+and+His+Blob · · Score: 4, Funny

    Switching the keylock on and off gets a little cumbersome, up up down down left right left right B A start.

  3. I'm just trying to picture this... by afaik_ianal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Walking down the street with a NES controller strapped to your belt: Yep, that's gonna be a good look... Why is it I can't picture anyone but Steve Irkle doing this?

  4. Was I the only one to think of this? by Killjoy_NL · · Score: 2, Funny

    CAPTAIN N

    (and later in the series, the lame gameboy)

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  5. No need to read the article this time by llamaluvr · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Skadet of Slashdot made great use of a boring Monday morning by transforming an ordinary blurb on Techeblog into a front-page Slashdot article. He even hacked it to include hyperlinks, with a special add-on link to display the blurb in its original German. Do you remember when you actually had to click the links to really know what the story was about? More Slashdotters should integrate the entire article's text into the summary.

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    1. Re:No need to read the article this time by yincrash · · Score: 2, Insightful

      wouldn't techblog have copyrights on their text. this is a pretty blantant reuse of the text.

  6. A few good hacks by Gridpoet · · Score: 2, Interesting

    here are a few more good NES controller hacks i've seen.

    http://zieak.com/projects/nintendo_mouse.htm http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000170054942/ http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1884557466834213/

    Enjoy!

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  7. Re:How by MyDixieWrecked · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I agree.

    is the summary lying? they said the buttons were mapped to do stuff.

    http://www.futurenews.at/uploads/NESAMP3.jpg

    look at that picture. the A and B buttons aren't even attached to anything.

    perhaps it's just start/select and the D-pad that are mapped?

    this kinda reminds me of that guy who claimed to have connected a USB keyboard to a PSP's USB port and written drivers to get it working. only pictures, no technical details. no proof.

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  8. Useless... by mekkab · · Score: 3, Informative

    A link like this is a far greater use than a simple "Hey, I put an mp3 player in an unlikely spot! Here are some pictures and absolutely no explanation!!"
    This is like having the Phantom console make the slashdot front page! Oh, wait. Nevermind.

    /Now if he had put Linux on a toaster, then we'd be all ears...

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  9. IPOD killer: The NES MP3 belt buckle. by denis-The-menace · · Score: 3, Funny

    Coming soon:
    It's the NES controller with built-in MP3 player. Wireless headphone included.

    Also in development:
    The NES MP3/phone. Only vibrates when someone calls. Wireless headphone included. Also vibrates when you press the B button.
    tagline: "Reach out and cum someone"

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  10. Re:How by hotgigs · · Score: 2, Funny

    This reminds me of all the stoners back in High School who would make a bong out of anything... perhaps this is the geek version... "Check out what I made into an MP3 player... "You put your songs in it..."

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  11. Re:How by martin_at · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just to clarify that: It is beyond me why some of the Slashdot folks are calling this a fake. All I did was disassemble an ordinary USB MP3 stick (a SHE MP-101 BD, to be exact), cut the NES controllers PCB to size, and wire the buttons to the MP3 players button contacts. The holes for the headphones and USB connector where indeed done using a dremel tool. This is of course not wizardry, but I still think its pretty cool to have a custom player like that. If you don't like it, don't read it (I wasn't expecting to find this on slashdot anyway). Btw., as anyone with at least basic www knowledge should be able to recognize: .at stands for Austria. I am not from Germany. But then again, flaming is so much easier than thinking.