They say that everything worth inventing has been invented. While cool, this Nintendo Entertainment System controller doorbell fails to disprove such a notion.
Although the controller has been rigged in such a way that hitting any button, including the d-pad, causes the doorbell to go off, the result is simply a standard ring. As GossipGamers suggests, the Super Mario Bros. theme would have been more fitting, but I would have gone with the Mega Man 2 boss intro song just for the hell of it.
There's one thing I can't help but wonder about, and that's how many people will see the NES controller and somehow be able to resist its charm. I get the feeling that the poor guy's doorbell is going to be ringing constantly.
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I agree I am completely outraged that this plays a NORMAL door bell noise. Almost anyone can rip out the housing of the electronics and rig them up to the button. A NES song would have made it brillant.
Oh man, imagine if you wired it in a way that if someone wanted to be a smartass, and they input the Konami Code on that doorbell, and...oh come on, Monodi, I so had that idea first. :(
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2:00 AM on 06.30.2009
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lol.
It's an aging cougar?
People are still finding a use for the NES controller.
Theres no use for Sharon Stone.