Our problem with Ghostbusters mainly revolves around the fact that we're not one of them. Our childhood-up-until-now dream has always been to slap on that jumpsuit and get knee-deep in Ectoplasmic residue with our comrades in arms, our shoulder patches glistening against the light of our never-crossing streams as we vanquish ancient evils. Well, it'll never happen -- mostly because Ghostbusters isn't real, despite our best attempts at willing it into existence.
But at least there's some consolation in a sweet Proton pack mod for the Wii. The glorious concoction of plastic and LEDs was created by Ghostbusters Fans forum member irrelevanttomfoolery and sets the benchmark for badass game controller mods. Seriously, that ridiculous Resident Evil 4 chainsaw is like child's play compared to how awesome this thing is, so click on the image above and go read up on it.
[Via Gizmodo]
Reader Comments (22)
Posted: Feb 25th 2010 5:14AM (Unverified) said
Awesome mod, but I would look really stupid using this.
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 3:46PM Marco le Polo said
No actually I'd think you'd look really sexy. I'm sure you can get some tang just walking around with this HOT mod. Looks like those LED lights will catch most girls attentions.
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 6:34PM MatisyahuSerious said
"Awesome mod, but I would look really stupid using this."
yeah, to be sure, but honestly, how much of that is the mod's fault?
just sayin'.
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yeah, to be sure, but honestly, how much of that is the mod's fault?
just sayin'.
Posted: Feb 25th 2010 8:50PM (Unverified) said
@ Matisyahu
Not really the mod's fault, but it does contribute.
It'd be "worse" than using a wiimote/nunchuck with a Zapper.
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Not really the mod's fault, but it does contribute.
It'd be "worse" than using a wiimote/nunchuck with a Zapper.
Posted: Feb 25th 2010 5:30AM Drakkenfyre said
There was an actual shell coming out similiar to that, one of the members there did the graphics for it, and when I saw shell, I mean an official shell, put out by a company.
I guess it never got released. But it was very similiar to that one.
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I guess it never got released. But it was very similiar to that one.
Posted: Feb 25th 2010 8:34AM TheGrandHero said
If you look up "awesome" in the dictionary you probably won't see a picture of this, but you should.
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 8:39AM CaptainProtonX said
Far cooler then the Nintendo gun mold. So many useless peripherals...*sigh*
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 11:35AM Shagittarius said
One book, "Swedish-made Penis Enlargers And Me: This Sort of Thing Is My Bag Baby", by Austin Powers.
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Posted: Feb 25th 2010 9:42AM Freddie Mercury said
Posted: Feb 25th 2010 10:11AM SantasLittleHelper said
I don't understand why they make such ugly peripherals that require you to plug in an ordinary wiimote and nunchuck. Why not make a stand-alone controller that actually looks somewhat like a proton pack? Is there some Nintendo patent that keeps companies from doing this?
It seems to me that they're sacrificing good design potential in order to maintain compatibility with the standard wiimote. If they're doing it just to save money then they're making an unwise decision, IMO. I would gladly pay more for a controller that looks halfway decent and has better button placement. This thing looks ugly and awkward and there's no way I would ever consider buying it.
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It seems to me that they're sacrificing good design potential in order to maintain compatibility with the standard wiimote. If they're doing it just to save money then they're making an unwise decision, IMO. I would gladly pay more for a controller that looks halfway decent and has better button placement. This thing looks ugly and awkward and there's no way I would ever consider buying it.
Posted: Feb 25th 2010 11:36AM TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2 said
Nobody reads the articles, just the title. (Sshh, don't tell Joystiq)
Even though the word "mod" is in the title and it's just kinda common sense that it's a fan mod but I digress...
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Even though the word "mod" is in the title and it's just kinda common sense that it's a fan mod but I digress...
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