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Fully Functional Nintendo Controller Coffee Table
techfun89 writes "Ever wished that you could defeat Bowser literally right from your coffee table with giant built in buttons? Well, your dreams have come true with the fully-functional Nintendo Controller Coffee Table. This is the creation of Charles Lushear that has combined old school entertainment with maple wood and craftsmanship. Simply plug into an existing classic NES system and go to town. The table also features a removable glass top with retractable cord to use the furniture as just a table when you are done playing Mario."
And I do not mean in the sense that it's idle. I mean that in the sense that I've seen this kind of tables a few times already (only the NES controller unfortunately), on pretty much every 'tech' site.
Oh, they're selling it now. I was wondering because this is years old.
Make it a PS3 controller with rumble functionality and then we can start talking.
Seriously, $3500 for that? There really are people with too much money to spend.
Granted, it would be a nice woodworking project to build one.
But looking at the size of it, the wood would probably cost less than $200, throw in extra $100 for lacquer/varnish.
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coffee table about coffee table anyone?
They had IR wireless for this system back in the late 80's / early 90's - called the NES Satellite. Why in 2012 would I want to plug it in? How hard would it have been to integrate the NES Satellite hardware into it?
I had a pic of that same girl playing it as my twitter avatar in 2010.
Thought this sounded familiar. Similar project back in 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c3q9K4cHzY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lVsKcuUapA
Nice woodworking job, can't help but wonder why he skimped and put such crappy legs on it though.
It would take me about 20 minutes to spill a vodka & grapefruit juice all over those controls, causing an electrical fire which would probably burn down my entire neighborhood.
It's happened to almost every keyboard or controller that I've ever owned, so I don't see why it wouldn't happen to this ugly monstrosity.
Still, I would SO have this thing in my living room, but my wife would throw it (and me) out in nothing flat. Funny, but she somehow just doesn't understand how cool it is that a middle-aged man is still a highly avid gamer and how my original, like new Sega Genesis and Nintendo Dreamcast are crucial design elements for our home. Some people just don't seem to get it.
You are welcome on my lawn.
You look at the picture in the article and you have to wonder why people in that apartment would drop $3500 on a controller coffee table. We need a /. article about financial responsibility.
oh, you said Bowser
You've really gotta stop burning down so many neighborhoods man.
I read the internet for the articles.
This is awesome. It would be a great way to introduce the kids to retro gaming.
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You are welcome on my lawn.
""Ever wished that you could defeat Bowser literally right from your coffee table with giant built in buttons?"
No, why the hell would I want to do that, that sounds like a really bad controller, and frankly its a dumb thing to ask. Ever wish you could drive a car with a 90 foot steering wheel?
As hard as NES games were, I don't see anyone getting very far with the playable function of a giant controller...
Or just stick to the grapefruit juice and skip the vodka
It would take me about 20 minutes to spill a vodka & grapefruit juice all over those controls, causing an electrical fire which would probably burn down my entire neighborhood.
It's happened to almost every keyboard or controller that I've ever owned, so I don't see why it wouldn't happen to this ugly monstrosity.
Spilling liquid and possibly destroying the device if not diconnected and washed off properly, yes. Causing a fire, highly unlikely.
The controller is powered by the nintendo systems 5V. Worst case scenario is that the voltage drop is significant enough to cause the nintendo to reset, forcing you to replay the game from start.
If you have caused electrical fires with peripherals then you are most likely a retard.
Subject says it all. It could double as a coffee table, too, and it would have a look and feel that folks are familiar with...hmmm....I think I'll make one...
No, the 5V from the Nintendo controller caused a spark which scared the cat who knocked over a lamp whose 19th century paper shade caught a candle on the way to the woolen rug, which having recently been cleaned caused my wife to chase me out of the house with a broom, where I, drinking heavily in the garage accidentally dropped a lit cigarette onto a pile of rags sitting next to cans of paint and thinner. Thus, starting a fire which burned down the neighborhood.
It's sort of like the old song about the speck on the flea on the tail on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea, except with flammable materials and marital discord.
Still, I filed suit against Nintendo, won a $14million award, bought a Maserati MC-2 which I later drove into a tanker truck carrying dimethyl ether.
I got no luck.
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