NES controller cell phone mod

10 Comments by John Bardinelli Mar 28th 2007 5:57PM
Filed under: Culture, Retro

We've already got NES controller belt buckles, Nintendo underwear, and loads of other useless stuff, why not an NES-themed cell phone? DIYHappy took apart a Nokia 3200 and stuffed it inside a gutted NES controller. The result is an ordinary NES controller on one side, cell phone screen and keys on the other.

Practical? No. Retro cool? Yes. Too bad it isn't a real NES cell phone. We'd love to send text messages with just the A and B buttons. Check out the video after the jump.

[Thanks, Metal_Link]

Tags: cellphone, diy, fashion, mod, nes, nintendo, projects, retro

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XxThE-HeReTiCxX: Mar 28th 2007; 6:11PM

OMG! the inner nerd within me wants to try this....now were did i put that celly phone of mine?

Zig: Mar 28th 2007; 6:12PM

Awww, that was cute

NeverSage: Mar 28th 2007; 6:17PM

BAD. ASS.

Gamer7: Mar 28th 2007; 6:45PM

Nintendo Is Video Gaming, everyhting else is a computer game.

Capt. Castellanos: Mar 28th 2007; 7:57PM

neeeeeat.

Tim Robertson: Mar 28th 2007; 10:04PM

His cuts were crap, and it looks hacky as heck, but still a cool idea. would love to see someone with some actual skill do this. Make it a real Flip Phone, that would be too cool.

Ben: Mar 29th 2007; 2:45AM

Yeh it doesn't seem to be a very carefully implemented hack. The phone isn't really integrated into the controller, more shoved, in it's entirety, into the controller shell. But yeh, a cool idea.... albeit from June last year.

Charles Doty: Mar 29th 2007; 12:27PM

Could the phone look any rougher?

This is a good example of why someone that can't draw a straight line shouldn't attempt a project like this.

Charles Doty: Mar 29th 2007; 12:28PM

Is it just me, or are retro themed projects wearing thin.

aeiz: Mar 29th 2007; 4:20PM

No offense joystiq, but this story is old.

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