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Four-Foot SNES Controller Actually Works (For Shaquille O'Neal) [Modding]
Four-Foot SNES Controller Actually Works (For Shaquille O'Neal) [Modding]
Taking inspiration as well as construction cues from the massive NES controller table built in May, SCAD Inc ., which I will charitably call a garage-based novelty enlargement collective, set out to build a giant-sized SNES controller, complete with functioning buttons. A few months later the ...
World's largest SNES controller!
World's largest SNES controller!
blog.makezine.com — Matt LaBoone writes us - I was inspired by Kyle Downes (creator of the Giant NES coffee... table) to make my own SNES Controller. I grew up more on the SNES, and figured that the Left and Right bumpers as well as the curved sides would give me a ... (more) World's largest SNES controller!
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Tech Blog — ... controller above actually works and is not just for looks. Put simply, "the body of the controller is cut from wood, and the buttons are connected directly to the guts of a standard SNES controller." Click here for first picture in gallery. The angular, simply-shaped NES controller lent itself well to humongonization, but the rounded sides and shoulder buttons made the SNES a formidable challenge to accurately build at such a large scale. [via Gizmodo] ...

Giant SNES controller works like a charm
Coolest Gadgets — ... wars with Sega’s MegaDrive. Many people have fond memories of the SNES controller, so after a more than a decade and half, the folks at SCAD Inc. have come up with a tribute to this controller by releasing a giant-sized version that not only looks great, but works great. All the buttons are fully functional, connected directly to the innards of an actual SNES controller. It would be interesting to note how many people does it take to play with this controller. Source: Gizmodo [ Giant SNES controller works like a charm copyright by ...

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