Supersized NES Controller
There's nothing worse than having big stubby hands that are too big for itty bitty game controllers nowadays, especially with gaming portables getting smaller and smaller with every generation. Spark Fun Electronics decided to break the trend with the creation of a supersized NES controller. Yeah okay, nothing special, we've all seen supersized stuff before. That should come of no surprise since hell, most countries seem to think that large supersized plastic fruit suddenly makes the place less of a craphole and immediately a hot tourist attraction. Why this sort of thinking is adopted I'll never know - I personally never thought of looking at fruit as the most exciting, stimulating activity around, personally a supersized version doesn't change my opinion at all. In fact, it just makes it harder to look at anything else except the goddamn fruit coz it's so fucking big. I'm guessing most of the rest of the world agrees with me and have found other much more interesting mind numbing activities to do - nothing else could explain why Foxtel and Mattel aren't outta business =p ANYWAY, I digress. Back to the point. Basically, the real difference between any old supersized piee of junk and the Supersized NES Controller is that it actually works i.e. it's a fully functional controller!
The supersized controller was made for Maker Faire 2007 and hooked up to a large TV screen playing the original Super Mario Classic. The controller is so massive it weights 83 pounds and is 5 feet in length! And yeah, if you're like me, those dimensions will mean nothing to you without a some sort of comparison, so take a look at some shots of it in the making to give a real sense of perspective!
The controller's actually so big it requires 2 people to play at once - one to navigate the directional pad, and the other to use the A and B buttons (or perhaps 3 particularly unco kids =p). Pretty cool concept eh?
Check out more photos and the progress behind the Spark Fun Electronics Supersized NES controller here.
