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Now you're playing with power: NES controller bong photo

Perhaps inspired by the Nintendo 64 controller bong we saw some time ago, Gizmodo reader James tried to make an even more compact one based on the classic Nintendo Entertainment System controller. Classy.

It doesn't look like the most effective bong ever, but kudos on the "cord" there. And being plastic, it's probably not the safest -- for both heat and plastic toxin reasons. But making an NES bong will get you 15 minutes of fame on games blogs. 

Hey, let's all dig out obsolete game peripherals and make drug tools out of them! 

Hmm, I don't know. Hey druggies, is this more of a bowl than a bong?

[Thanks, R3Y]

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CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 15:38
CelicaCrazed
Someone needs to make one out of the Dreamcast controller!! It was designed for extra attachments haha!!
Gamer Named Tim's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 15:39
Gamer Named Tim
It's more of a bowl. There's no water involved.
Megadom's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 15:40
Megadom
I'd say its a pipe, wheres the water?
pendelton21's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 15:46
pendelton21
Bowl, not bong. Bongs generally involve water. Also, no self-respecting smoker would use this.
Budboy311's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 15:48
Budboy311
Bong=water.

Definitely more of a pipe. Great gimmick though.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 15:49
Darren Nakamura
I would call it a pipe, but then what do I know?
everybodyruns's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 15:52
everybodyruns
Clever idea, but pendleton is right; there has got to be a better piece around. I'd rather smoke out of a soda can.
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 15:56
EternalDeathSlayer
It is a pipe, and a stupid one at that. Seriously, don't these people have anything better to do with their time? You could just buy a keychain pipe at a 7-11 for 2.99.
Blind assassin's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 16:03
Blind assassin
It's a pipe. It looks like the N64 one was as well unless the picture somehow obscures where the water would be. Both of those mistakes make it clear that no one on Destructoid smokes very often or has some stoner friends which I find sort of surprising. I don't smoke much myself but figured it was standard for gamers to have friends that smoke.
JamnOnTheOne's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 16:07
JamnOnTheOne
It's a waste of a good NES controller.
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 16:18
Char Aznable
I'd hit it.
Danmartigan's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 16:22
Danmartigan
YOU ARE ALL UNDER ARREST!
Xbudz's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 16:26
Xbudz
WIN
deletemyaccount's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 16:27
deletemyaccount
About 6 years ago when I was still in high school, a few friends of mine and I were thinking of creative things to use for a bong/pipe. We had an old Nintendo Zapper that no longer worked, so we made it work... in a different way. We worked on it for a few months and created the Suicide Hitter.
You pretty much just stuck the barrel of the zapper in your mouth and pulled the trigger as we had an electric lighter working within to light the herb. We had trouble with some plastic beginning to melt in on early experiments, so we refined it with another zapper we acquired and it worked like a dream.
Ahhh.. high school..

Suicide Hitter FTW!!!
Max Power's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 16:28
Max Power
The D-Pad still beats the X360's!

Wait, hold on, I'm an xbot. I take that back. Also, pipe.
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 16:30
RAB
in the third picture it looks like theres water in there.

but fuck is it ugly and sloppy.
nanowerx's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 16:34
nanowerx
^ what he said, it is a bong.....just a very, very ugly one
Tronjoy's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 16:36
Tronjoy
What a shame.
Drach's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 16:38
Drach
I'd rather use a honey bear pipe/bong... that or the one I made out of a Michael Jordan head from Space Jam. (He had the bowl sticking out of his mouth and a tube coming out of the back of his head)
-PL-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 16:51
-PL-
looks like a pain in the ass to keep clean
killias2's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 17:01
killias2
Hahaha
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 17:29
Holyetheline
I wouldn't hit that.
S Pac 316's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 17:31
S Pac 316
Just when I thought making a bomb out of a Game Boy was crazy enough, now this! xD
everybodyruns's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 17:37
everybodyruns
Dude the Suicide Hitter sounds ridiculous. The most impressive bong I made was simply "the golfer", made from a bottle of Canadian Club whiskey. We just drilled a hole in the glass "shoulder" of the bottle, glued some pvc tube to the hole that dropped into the bottom, and stuck a bowl in the tube. Classiest bong I've ever used.
atastysammich's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 17:49
atastysammich
Aw damn, someone beat me to it.
buzski's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 17:59
buzski
creative, but dirty and disgusting
MisterMingo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 18:38
MisterMingo
Seconding "waste of an NES controller". Just buy a bong, you stoner turkey.
R3Y GUTI3RR3Z's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 18:40
R3Y GUTI3RR3Z
Happy I can help Mr. North!
Clown's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 19:08
Clown
i made one years ago.....got one made out of a 64 controller too, the fact that this is up on the website makes me wonder how far behind you kids really are
Clown's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 19:10
Clown
bongs use water...thats a pipe like what i have made
Kalmah's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 19:52
Kalmah
I'll be the 400th person to say the same stupid redundant shit because it's clearly obvious no one has gotten the point by now:

It's not a bong, bongs use water. It's a pipe or bowl... ahh, now I can finally sleep again.
Rosseh's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/05/2008 20:22
Rosseh
We made one out of a super scope once. Epic idea, epic failure. Not saying you can't smoke it, but if you're over 20 and you're still "into it" you need to sort that shit out.
MrPeenie's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 02:09
MrPeenie
thats not a bong, its a pipe dude.
Erik Knox's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 04:18
Erik Knox
it doesn't look safe to smoke out of, but the idea of it is cool.
Superfluous Moniker's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 12:21
Superfluous Moniker
@giraffy
That sounds awesome.
@everybodyruns
A friend of mind did similar with a Sobe bottle years ago, not positive how they built it but it would be filled with water that they'd drain away as they lit the bowl. Probably less classy but it sure hit hard.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 17:19
Aaron Mxy Yost
A friend of mine once made a smoking device out of an old army surplus gas mask. He was hardcore. He had ambitions to eventually make one that functioned the same but used a full Darth Vader helmet/mask, but I stopped hanging out with him before that plan passed the concept stages.
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