How To Build a Giant Floor Mat Nintendo Controller
- April 7, 2008
- 9,920 Views
Music
Edison Music Corp
Voice Over Artist
Peter Coleman
Actor
Seena Jon
Expert
Randy Sarafan
Writer
Howcast Studios
Remember the good old days before “aerobic gaming,” when you could just sit on your butt and wiggle your thumbs?
Well those days are gone; time to get up, stand up, and put your feet to work.
You Will Need
- A Nintendo game system and controller
- A 3-feet by 5-feet piece of cardboard
- About 40-feet of insulated red wire
- 6-feet of insulated black wire
- A roll of aluminum foil
- A roll of clear packing tape
- 32 sheets of construction paper
- Some gray, red, and black felt
- A soldering gun
- A screwdriver
- Some scissors
Step 1: Take apart the controller
Take apart the controller, and remove the green circuit panel.
Each of the 8 controller button terminals has 2 leads – one that connects to ground, and the other that goes to one of 8 poles. Make a mental note of which button leads to which pole.
Step 2: Solder wire to poles
Flip the board over and solder a length of red wire to each of these 8 poles. Solder a length of black wire to the ground terminal.
Make sure you attach at least 5 feet of wire to each pole; they’ll need to stretch a long way.
Step 3: Cover cardboard with foil
Cover the large piece of cardboard with aluminum foil, and tape the single ground wire to this base layer.
Step 4: Stack construction paper
Stack 4 pieces of construction paper together and cut several holes in them. Tape the stack along its edges to the aluminum foil in the same location as the button you’re creating.
Step 5: Tape foil over paper
Tape a smaller piece of foil over the construction paper – but make sure it’s not touching the base layer of foil.
Step 6: Tape wire to foil
Tape the corresponding button wire to the small piece of foil.
Step 7: Repeat
Repeat this process for the remaining seven buttons.
Step 8: Cut out felt
Cut out felt in the shape of the actual controller buttons.
Step 9: Attach oversized buttons
Flip the cardboard over, attach the oversized buttons, and get ready to hop around like Super Mario himself.
The Nintendo company was founded in 1889 and originally produced handmade Japanese playing cards.
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Comments (5)
How do you make a giant floor mat Nintendo 64 controller?
over 3 years ago by norgon
I think the basic instructions should apply for most controllers...well other then the Wiimote's motion sensors....:-)
over 3 years ago by clayton
My NES still works too! I smell a Duck Hunt face-off via video conference!
over 3 years ago by MegT
Dude I'm there...just name the time!
over 3 years ago by clayton
I feel sorry the people that live in the apartment below me...I'm so going to put this together and let the stomping begin! Thank God my NES is still in functioning order!
over 3 years ago by clayton
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