NES alarm clock; hit Reset to sleep in

8 Comments by Christopher Grant Feb 20th 2006 12:45PM
Filed under: Hacks, Retro

An intrepid hacker has turned an otherwise broken NES into this marvelously nerdy alarm clock, garnering the jealous affection of fanboys the world over. It still needs some work--"alarm time and other parameters have to be set by manually shorting Player 1 controller input contacts with wire jumpers"--but he hopes to someday have it controlled with the ~~paddles~~ gamepads.

Ideas: get that Power button to turn the alarm on/off, require the Konami code to shut the alarm off, add in some classic Nintendo alarm tones. Alright... we're nerds.

[Via BoingBoing]

Tags: NES, Nintendo Entertainment System, NintendoEntertainmentSystem

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jadenguy: Feb 20th 2006; 12:50PM

now where did i put my soldering iron...

Zam: Feb 20th 2006; 1:10PM

I found this one about a week ago and have been trying to get a NES cheap to make one but can't find one. :-(

Rare Hare: Feb 20th 2006; 1:28PM

i want it. now. *drools*

80s: Feb 20th 2006; 1:58PM

Excellent! Now if you can set the time with a control pad, then it's over.

Morder: Feb 20th 2006; 2:10PM

Having different musical theme's, i'm thinking mario bros theme, would be really awsome. Though i doubt i would actually wake up to it.

webbie Bud: Feb 20th 2006; 2:54PM

This is awesome. My braindrizzle: shoot it with a light gun to snooze it, and I'm in. =)

Aaron Mavrinac: Feb 21st 2006; 7:53AM

The power button -does- switch the alarm. :)

wally: Mar 13th 2006; 6:34PM

Hey that is alsome and was woundering how much you would want for you take make one of these if you would email me that would be great.

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