497 Views - Click for Larger Image Why? Because they can. That is the only reason I can think of that this old-school imitation Atari controller would be manufactured. They say it’s made in limited quantities. I sure hope so, because I remember breaking off the joystick and getting carpal tunnel thumb from hours and hours using this style of controller. If you really care, it’s USB-powered and has ten contact points to allow for ten firing buttons. Source: legacyengineer   Via: gadgets.boingboing.net

Video Game Controller Belts

Nesbuckels

Nesbuckels are belt buckles made from real NES controllers, salvaged from recycled video game systems. These are a must have for each hardcore Nintendo fan. The buckles are connecting the virtual world…

Video Game Controllers Go QWERTY

XBox 360 Keypad

The evolution of video game controllers is probably more meaningful then you think. Afterall, video games raise our youth... or at least train them. Accordingly, it is pretty cool to note that gaming…

Animated Atari Pong T-Shirts (For Geeks)

Remember when Trend Hunter featured T-Qualizer, a t-shirt with a sound activated equilizer? Well, now you can buy the Animated Retro Table Tennis Shirt. If there is a small geek inside you then you…

Retro Handheld

DS-inspired Atari 2600 Portable

Ben Heck has released a step by step guide to building your own retro handheld. This DS-inspired portable plays vintage Atari games.

Retro Atari 800 XE Laptop

Ben Heck, a maker of custom portable electronics, has created a laptop that brings you back to 1987. Wild. - Uses (what's left of ;) an Atari XE GS (Game System) the last model Atari 800 type computer…

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