Literally, that is. This thing actually works, but if your arms are more T-rex than Mr. Fantastic, you might find it a tad challenging.
Creator Baron von Brunk has posted a nearly four-minute video of him playing using the controller, just to prove it works. It's worth checking out just for the orchestral version of the Mario theme.
Many more pics and hints on building your own can be found at the Baron's tumblr. I'd suggest his next project be building an appropriately scaled monitor to go with it.
h/t Slydante
Forget the monitor, the Baron needs to make a scaled NES system with scaled cartridges that work. Go forth Baron and prove your true testicular fortitude!
@Dudley_Dawson Egad, in order to blow on those cartridges, I'd need some sort of air compressor!
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@Canadian.Scott That was actually one of the last pictures we took, and the photographer and I were getting worn out. That shot in particular took several takes, as the lights kept glaring badly and reflecting off the Nintendo plate - so in that shot, I was tired of standing for so long in the same position.
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Not bad. Saw his how to project. Not too bad. I was wondering, on a different note, who are the ladies on his wall?
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@SomeGuy She's actually my ladyfriend Rachel - a rather busty dancer and cosplayer! Those were photos I took of her go-go dancing at a 4th of July burlesque show in Brooklyn.
@baronvonbrunk @SomeGuy Ah the Luna Chase you mention in the Epilogue.
Now noticing your wiring, do you have any ambiguous signals? Did you debouce the switches?
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@SomeGuy Oh no - Luna's a different cosplay/burlesque gal I know; Rachel's an actual personal friend of mine, and she does more halloween and steampunk type of stuff, whilst Luna sticks to video game character cosplay. Plus, Rachel's about ten years older than Luna.
The wiring is rather slapdash and amateurish: I followed a tutorial on Instructables about hacking NES controllers, so I soldered speaker wires to each of the contact points of the original controller's circuits. Then I soldered some wires to little pushbuttons, and attached them with alligator clips to the circuit's wiring. That's why it looks so messy!
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