Now and then our fans will send us something that makes us all stop for a moment, stare at the screen in disbelief, and then finally mutter out a soft: “… wow.” Right now, It’s time for another one of those moments.

Behold what may very well be some of the most low budget Custom Twin Sticks we have ever seen in our lives – and they’re made using cookingware.

Aaron C. sent us these pictures and some short details about how he crafted his very own set of Twin Sticks with only his knowledge and a whole lot of passion. You can try this at home if you want – just don’t blame us if Mom gets mad at you for using her finest baking pan. Here’s what he sent us:

How to make your own Custom Virtual On Twin Sticks with cookingware

“Here is a few pics of the contruction of the sticks.

I made them using a cake pan, two old NES Quick Shots controllers, and Old Performance Sega Saturn pad.

Step 1: Get a pan

Step 2: Destroy all commercial value

Step 3: Pick up two of these

Step 4: Find yourself a Saturn Controller

Aaron C.’s Note: I chose Sega saturn because I would be able to use the sticks for both Saturn and Dreamcast through the use of an adapter.

Step 5: (The hard part) Figure out which wire does what

Step 6: It should look something like this…

Step 7: WIN! Play Virtual On in style.

Finally, writes Aaron:

I was thinking about making an saturn to xbox 360 adapter so I could use the stick with the xbla game.

If you need/want to know anything else just ask!”

Awesome job Aaron – we think some custom sticks for the XBOX 360 version would be pretty awesome, too!

If you guys have created or seen some awesome SEGA related items lately, be sure to send them our way and we’ll feature the best here on the Blog. Until next time – let the pan destruction begin!

Special thanks to Tim E. for the tip!