Fortunately, this isn’t an arcade controller, but a MIDI sequencer controller built with 64 arcade buttons. The controller was built by Travis Chen of Aristomatic, and features authentic HAPP arcade buttons set into a wooden cabinet, along with the circuitry needed to use it as a MIDI controller for music applications.

It’ll also work as a drop-in replacement for a Monome controller, and ships with a Max/Msp patch which lets the MIDI messages work with Monome’s OSC protocol.

The individual buttons offer bright green LED backlighting which illuminate when sequences are played, as shown in the video below:

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If you’re into electronic music and classic arcade games, you should definitely check out this controller over on Aristomatic’s Etsy shop, where you can buy one for $425 (USD).

Check out the video here, which demonstrates how intuitive the game becomes when all you have to do is tilt the board to make the snake slither and slide around the pixelated board.

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In case you’ve never heard of a monome, it’s a device that has a grid of backlit buttons that can be used for a variety of things, including games. They don’t make a whole lot of them, but you can check availability and try to convince them to make more at the monome website.

Even with the fancy device, though, this game doesn’t seem all that action-packed. And yet, on the faster levels, I’ve been known to blow through large chunks of time playing Snake on my cell phone without being able to stop…

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