Giant NES Controller Coffee Table
January 2, 2009 - 8:26 pm - Posted by Sean
The other day I posted about the giant Atari 2600 controller and now I present to you a giant working NES controller that also doubles as a coffee table:
Here’s a picture of this classic Nintendo controller with the glass top on it:
For just a little more of retro gaming win, take a look at the video of the controller actually working while playing Super Mario Bros. 3:
This piece of classic gaming history was created by Kyle Downes, a 21 year old motion graphics designer from Melbourne, Australia.
Encase you want to find out more and see how Kyle created this 8-bit classic Nintendo controller, visit his blog post on how he made it.
I’ve been talking with my friend Mikalae who is also really into classic gaming like me, and we’ve decided to build our own NES controller too.
Once our 8-bit NES controller project starts, I’ll be sure to document the entire thing just like Kyle did. This is going to be awesome!
That’s crazy, I’d buy one!
@Jeff: Indeed, which is why I’m going to build one. It’s so cool.
Also, once we build one, I’ll post how much it cost in materials. Reading Kyle’s blog, it took him about 2 months for completion, but I’m pretty sure it can be done a lot quicker, especially now that it’s been done, we have something to compare with, besides a real NES controller
Wow! So cool! I checked out Kyle’s blog hoping for a little more detailed documentation on how he built his NES coffee table but found nothing, so I have one minor suggestion… when you guys make one, please document all the measurements, etc so people like me without a lot of building skill has something to help us along.
That thing must weigh a ton because of using that Medium-density fibreboard, but it’s still totally awesome.
@Rob: We plan on doing a lot more documentation for the exact reasons you mention.
@Billy: Indeed, MDF is really heavy, but it’s really cheap to buy. I’m not sure if we are going to use MDF or not at this point. I’m still in the planning stages at this point.
Epic win.