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INTEREST: World's Largest NES Controller Built by Students




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Twilightmaster



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:46 pm Reply with quote
I don't know scale values very well, but wouldn't it be 30:1, not the other way around? 1:30 would mean it's a miniature replica of the controller, in which the controller would probably be a few millimeters wide.
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Chagen46



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:57 pm Reply with quote
Twilightmaster wrote:
I don't know scale values very well, but wouldn't it be 30:1, not the other way around? 1:30 would mean it's a miniature replica of the controller, in which the controller would probably be a few millimeters wide.


Yes, you are right.

I'm used to scales from working with RC Cars for a little bit. This controller is a 30:1 scale replica.
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KabaKabaFruit



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:40 pm Reply with quote
Can you imagine trying to play Castlevania on that massive replica? You wouldn't make it past the first stage. Laughing
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Deacon Blues



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:54 pm Reply with quote
And as Nintendo steps in and sues them for copyright infringement... Cool
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EnigmaticSky



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:00 pm Reply with quote
Deacon Blues wrote:
And as Nintendo steps in and sues them for copyright infringement... Cool

Actually I'm fairly certain the allowed the patent to expire, and that is why you see so many bootleg nes systems, sometimes in combo with the snes (which I believe they also allowed to expire). I am not certain if this is accurate though.

Pretty cool controller. I would love to see the world's largest n64 controller. I am fairly certain it would be classified as a weapon.
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Teriyaki Terrier



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:11 pm Reply with quote
Just today I was here and made a post about the NES, what are chances of an article turning up about the NES this very day?

Great to see that there still is people that know about the NES and it's controllers. Those were the days where video game systems and it's controllers were made in where most video games come from, Japan. Not elsewhere, similar to now and days.
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:56 pm Reply with quote
Didn't G4 have the former title, or did they not go through the trouble of making it official?

Emerje
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fuuma_monou



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:34 am Reply with quote
EnigmaticSky wrote:
Actually I'm fairly certain the allowed the patent to expire, and that is why you see so many bootleg nes systems, sometimes in combo with the snes (which I believe they also allowed to expire). I am not certain if this is accurate though.


Patents can't be renewed, so once they expire they're public domain. So NES/SNES knockoffs are okay (patents only last twenty years), but the games are still under copyright.
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bonbonsrus



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:41 am Reply with quote
Am I the only one that wanted to see a few players up on it jumping around to control it more like a DDR game?

The phone they showed in the vid was awesome!
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:29 am Reply with quote
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start!

There's also NES controllers for PCs.
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Sunday Silence



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:56 am Reply with quote
Emerje wrote:
Didn't G4 have the former title, or did they not go through the trouble of making it official?

Emerje


Either way, the Guinness Gamers Edition is a joke anyways.

http://kotaku.com/5874560/the-10-most-bogus-entries-in-the-guinness-world-records-2012-gamers-edition/gallery/
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Obinderu



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:14 am Reply with quote
Nothing has been unveiled, it was already displayed in May 2011 at the market in Delft, just some kilometres from where I live. It's just that only a guy from the Guinness World Record was attending now.
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Tylerr



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:37 pm Reply with quote
Emerje wrote:
Didn't G4 have the former title, or did they not go through the trouble of making it official?

Emerje


Yeah i thought they did to, they had the one for the largest tee bag aswell.
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