An Arcade Featuring Tesla Fighting Edison Also Lets Players Shock Each Other

If you were n’t fast enough on the controls while playing Mortal Kombat , the worst thing you experienced was a grotesque ‘ human death ’ at the end of a match . But when play thisWar of the Currents arcade machine , players can use their character ’s ( Telsa or Edison ) special charged move to shock their opposite through the game ’s joysticks .

Designed , construct , and programme by the creatives atReal Art , the War of the Currents arcade car was first revealed at SXSW , but will eventually find a home at theProto BuildBarin Dayton , Ohio , later on this hebdomad where the public can stop by to give it a try . Unless they ’re expecting , have a heart shape , or currently bank on a sinoatrial node .

The cabinet sport a pair of unique conductive metal joysticks that save a particularly uncomfortable - depend stupor which should make musician think doubly about actually stepping up to play . Unless they find the need to fight the honor of their childhood hero — be it Tesla or Edison — in copy script - to - mitt scrap .