"Yes! It's finished!", Gustav cried from within the bowels of his Swedish classroom. Viktor rushed into the room as Gustav's fists still pumped in triumph. "What, what is it my friend?" he asked, quizzically staring at the monstrosity on the desk. "Well, it's a giant NES controller," Gustav said with a snort, as if Viktor had just asked Sweden's chief export, which everyone knew was machinery.
"But why would you make this?" Viktor exclaimed, his patience waning. "Well, it's also a computer!" Gustav replied with vigor. "But it's the size of a small car, how could this be practical? And you spent the Swedish equivalent of $300 US dollars on it, it could barely run Quake II. Besides, Gustav, you already have a computer," Viktor said as he left the room. "Yes, but ... it's ... a controller," Gustav replied to no one but himself as his fists began to tire. But perhaps hoping it would reaffirm the resolve he felt just five minutes prior, the pumping continued.
[Via NWF]
Reader Comments (28)
Posted: Dec 13th 2007 12:05PM (Unverified) said
A parallel port? That must be a very old computer.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2007 2:21PM (Unverified) said
That's a stupid comment. Most PC's still have parallel ports.
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Posted: Dec 14th 2007 1:22AM (Unverified) said
Yeah, Code is right. Plenty of new computers have parallel ports. My rig's motherboard is designed for 1333 FSB Core 2 Duo chips (the newest ones) and supports SLI.. and has a parallel port.
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Posted: Dec 13th 2007 12:09PM (Unverified) said
Wonderful. If the start button actually turns it on, I love it!
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Posted: Dec 13th 2007 12:15PM (Unverified) said
no, it WOULD be wonderful if all of them buttons worked...
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Posted: Dec 13th 2007 12:38PM (Unverified) said
Daaaaaaaamn......pull his zipper down already lol
Those guys ARE pretty funny though =P
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Those guys ARE pretty funny though =P
Posted: Dec 13th 2007 12:22PM (Unverified) said
But ... it's ..a controller.
Wow, I love seeing mods and things like this, just makes me wish I had more patience to make one myelf with something. And Justin McElroy, thank you again for a fine read. Your posts are present themselves in an enjoyable fashion.
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Wow, I love seeing mods and things like this, just makes me wish I had more patience to make one myelf with something. And Justin McElroy, thank you again for a fine read. Your posts are present themselves in an enjoyable fashion.
Posted: Dec 13th 2007 12:24PM (Unverified) said
eeeeeeeewwwwwwwww its has on board video no gaming for that pc, snes emulator maybe
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Posted: Dec 13th 2007 12:41PM (Unverified) said
Ahhh memories of the good ole' Classic.
Still fugly though.....
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Still fugly though.....
Posted: Jan 4th 2008 2:07PM WiredKnight said
Reminds me of the giant WORKING Atari-style joystick made by Mary Flanagan It was so big you needed two people to play.
http://blog.game-play.org.uk/?q=giantJoystick
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http://blog.game-play.org.uk/?q=giantJoystick
Posted: Dec 13th 2007 3:29PM (Unverified) said
OMG secret PC!!,Wait..it has vista,Ok Who put fail into this NES?!
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Posted: Dec 13th 2007 3:38PM (Unverified) said
Cool, looks exactly like a chassi me and som classmates made and even the classroom looks the same, i guess this is just a strange coincidence :)
-> http://www.sweclockers.com/album/?id=871
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-> http://www.sweclockers.com/album/?id=871
Posted: Dec 14th 2007 1:06AM (Unverified) said
this story was freaking hilarious to read.
props to the writer.
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props to the writer.
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