NES alarm clock; hit Reset to sleep in
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
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]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
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.