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FreshCreation has a video of a massive Dutch joystick. 

When we say that this joystick is as big as a car, we're not kidding -- it's actually a car. Park to Play is a car modified to become a game controller, with doors, steering wheel, lights, brakes, and more acting as control triggers for several games like Pong and Tetris. Strangely, no racing games were demoed.

Tetris blocks were managed with steering wheel turns, and in a pinball game, the doors act as flippers. All of the game audio is piped through the car's speakers. 

As strange as it sounds, it looks like it really works, though it seems like a lot of work. The end of the video shows a car full of gamers having a great time swinging the car doors open and closed. 

There's no word on whether this joystick actually functions as a normal car, but I love how the product's name has safety in mind, just in case.

Power quotes:

"I shoot it with my big light."

"I can eject the balls with the break."








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Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2007 09:31
Mabec
how stupid.. whats next, videogames on your bike?
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2007 09:31
B-Radicate
That's the sweetest mod ever. Haha.
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2007 09:48
Maurice Tan
My Dutch joystick is bigger :P
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2007 10:05
king3vbo
Most inefficient mod ever... but still friggin sweet looking
Twiggy's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2007 12:26
Twiggy
In the interests of nitpickery: from the look of the video, it's not a modified car, but a modified *parking spot,* which means you could conceivably use any car to control the game - literally 'park 'n play.' This does raise interesting questions about outdoor drive-in arcades - but i think the time has passed a couple decades ago for when that would be economically feasible.

Still friggin sweet looking.
Dutch's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2007 14:27
Dutch
"FreshCreation has a video of a massive Dutch joystick." --After watching it, the only thing I have to say is...Phew! For a sec I thought that vid of me and a certain someone got out to the public. Close call!
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2007 15:08
Darren Nakamura
I looks like the thing does work as an actual car, because it's the parking spot that's taking in the input, not the car itself.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2007 17:34
Bob Muir
Thank you, modders, for coming up with more cool but useless mods.
MrBAMF's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/07/2008 16:47
MrBAMF
pointless...
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