Nintendo NES Hands Free Unit

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  1. ASSEMbler

    ASSEMbler Administrator Staff Member

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    The mono audio wires connect to very large oversized buttons for trigger by foot or rough movement of the hands. These people have limited mobility, so the large buttons and team effort are needed.

    Two play; one with the movement, the other with the a/b buttons

    The large buttons resemble those used on gameshows. Appx 5-6 inches wide.

    If you think of the larg "tap lights" they sell for closets, they are almost the same.
     
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  2. Sally

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    This is just one of those things that i would feel guilty about owning... Knowing that it could go to someone who needs it instead of sitting on my shelf with a thousand other games...
     
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    Barc0de Mythical Member from Time Immemorial

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    ..is this a joke?

    They ve got a picture of an actual handicapped individual using this on their website, but I m not sure on how seriously I should treat this page :-(
     
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    I would personally donate such an object, if I could afford it. Maybe we could set up a proper "push" for this object to be bought at a reasonable price by someone who can use it? An institution or the family of an individual?

    ASSEMbler, please kindly check your PM if possible, thanks
     
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    You know I remeber something like this too, it was a large contraption that you used a joystick attached to your chin, and the "sip & puff" thing for the A and B buttons. Funny how you can remember something you read in a magazine like 20 years ago.
     
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  6. Speedy_NES

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    Are you sure that they still make them? I sent a mail to NOA and apparently they don't sell the Hands Free for NES anymore. They linked me to a couple of other companies such as the Pathways Development Group for other special needs controllers.
     
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