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    Image of lonecow12 lonecow12
    05/06/09

    In reply to The Disabled-Friendly NES Controller From The 1980's
    Geeze, sadly I remember seeing that same picture back in the 80s when I was a kid.
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    Image of SixDemonBag SixDemonBag
    05/06/09

    @lonecow12: Same here, I remembered thinking "that must be so impossible to use" then continued playing my game on the NES Max controller.
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    05/06/09

    @SixDemonBag: NES Max was like the Skate or Die controller. I, too, remember seeing this in a Nintendo Power. If I remembered which issue off hand, I'd scan the article. I thought it was pretty neat that a controller could be built to allow disabled kids to play games. Even if it would likely limit them to RPGs as I thought, it's still better than nothing.
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    Image of hinges hinges
    05/06/09

    In reply to The Disabled-Friendly NES Controller From The 1980's
    How do you press A and B simultaneously?
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    Image of SumitraOlenus SumitraOlenus
    05/06/09

    @hinges: for that matter, where are the a and b buttons?
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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    05/06/09

    @SumitraOlenus: New version of 'reading' Kotaku: 1) Open Kotaku.com 2) Click an article 3) Look at picture 4) Scroll down to comments 5) Make an ass of self.
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    Image of Derek Rumpler Derek Rumpler
    05/06/09

    In reply to The Disabled-Friendly NES Controller From The 1980's
    This is cool. Although I wonder, how would you make a handsfree Wii Remote?
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    Image of KotakuFreund KotakuFreund
    05/06/09

    @Derek Rumpler: Just put it on your Head and you can Play Tennis on Wii Sports.
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    05/06/09

    @KotakuFreund: Yes, if there's anything paralyzed kids need, it's head trauma.
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    Image of MellowJade MellowJade
    05/06/09

    In reply to The Disabled-Friendly NES Controller From The 1980's
    Wonder if they'll make one disability Wiimote for kids?
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    05/06/09

    @MellowJade: I think only a prostitute would have an assortment of blowing techniques capable of waggling through Wii games.
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    Image of BubbleF**kingBuddy BubbleF**kingBuddy
    05/06/09

    In reply to The Disabled-Friendly NES Controller From The 1980's
    You ever have teammates so incompetent that you can almost swear they have down syndrome?


    Well, I guess I know who to thank for mister "Ducks behind a rock while playing TF2 as if it were Gears Of War".

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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    05/06/09

    @PatrickF**kingStar:


    As much as I might agree with your righteous anger at inept teammates, its kind of a mean thing to bring up (classifying people as retarded or with downs syndrome over their playing ability) in an article about helping the disabled game, don't you think?


    I mean, this is coming from the guy who made the observation that a disabled kid wearing a device like is pictured above is going to grow into a villain that looks like this:


    [www.geocities.com]

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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    05/06/09

    In reply to The Disabled-Friendly NES Controller From The 1980's
    "they'd look like a Dr. Who villain."


    are you a fan of the series (new or old), per chance, Luke? I'd say that kid in the picture is a spot-on young Davros, right there.

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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    05/06/09

    @Komrade Kayce:


    (im not some insensitive turd, I just see the doc who villain resemblance, haha)

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    Image of BubbleF**kingBuddy BubbleF**kingBuddy
    05/06/09

    @Kommissar Kayce: I really need Dalek soundbites for micspam...
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    Image of doubtful doubtful
    11/19/08

    In reply to Frets On Fire For The Blind
    That's really cool. I always figured they just would have played by intuition or sense of smell.
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