NES alarm clock; hit Reset to sleep in
by Christopher Grant 
{ Feb 20th 2006 at 12:45PM }
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.