Hemp-Mote: Nintendo Wii Controller Mods

Modder DHRECK has just finished his first Nintedno Wii controller modifications, an original Wiimote and Nunchuk made with three kinds of 100% natural hemp string.

Modder DHRECK has just finished his first Nintedno Wii controller modifications, an original Wiimote and Nunchuk made with three kinds of 100% natural hemp string.

After having read about the USB Retro Arcade Controller featured here at GeekAlerts last week, Curt emailed us a tips about this cool Atari 2600 USB joystick.

If you can’t get enough of computer accessories to fill up your empty USB hub ports with, then maybe you should take a closer look at this slider volume controller.

This USB-powered gamepad is capable of playing MAME arcade games and it also features an extra port, so that you can plug in your good ol’ Atari 2600 joystick.

Here’s a handy USB computer accessory that is easy to bring along during travel, when you want to be able to play your games using a gamepad.

This Taru-Konga drum controller lets you pound your way through the classic Donkey Kong platform game from Nintendo – smack left drum: Donkey Kong moves left, smack right drum: Donkey Kong steps right, smack both drums: DK jumps, clap: DK claps to create a sonic boom.

Here’s something that outshines both the Wii Cyber Gun and the Wii 2-in-1 Combined Light Gun – at least when it comes to looks.

These cufflinks should definitely have been in the 10 Beautiful Geek Cufflinks list if they would have been around at the time of the writing.

Here’s a nice way to store your CDs, DVDs and Video Games in a hard-core gamer style. Shaped like the classic NES controller, the Nintendo Controller CD Wallet ($16) holds up to 48 discs. The binder has the Nintendo logo in red ink.


The wonderful GeekGear Shop over at Etsy gives us yet another example of a fun and creative way to use of the classic NES controller.