Controller - SlashGear

Posts Tagged ‘Controller’

Peak Products Starpex full-size wood Guitar Controller

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 16th 2008 2 Comments

Our own Chris Scott Barr would likely never forgive me for saying it, but one of the reasons I’ve never really gotten into either Guitar Hero or Rock Band is because it all looks a bit naff. Plastic instruments end up looking like kids toys, unless you’re willing to invest some serious hack-time in them. So Peak Products‘ Starpex could actually bring new gamers like myself onboard; styled after a real guitar, it has an instrument-quality, high-gloss lacquered finish with a hardwood body, neck, and headstock handcrafted by a leading guitar manufacturer.

Peak Products Starpex guitar controller 1

Continued »

DS Paddle Controller for perfect Arkanoid gameplay

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jun 27th 2008 1 Comment

If you’re a sucker for some classic Breakout action then Arkanoid on the Gameboy DS has probably been near the top of your must-buy list this month. If you’ve got it, you may be pretty pleased with your current high-score; however, how well do you think you could do with a proper paddle controller? Taito have made a limited number of the plug-in accessories, perfect for flinging around a bouncing ball.

Arkanoid DS paddle controller

Continued »

ASUS Eee Stick Wiimote-alikes hit FCC

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jun 23rd 2008 No Comments

Someone at ASUS has obviously decided that there’s a market for Wiimote-like peripherals, since a filing for the Eee Stick wireless gesture-based controllers has just shown up at the FCC. According to the report, two Sticks will be supplied – one with a D-pad and the other with an analogue controller – together with a USB dongle using an unnamed 2.4GHz wireless connection.

ASUS Eee Stick FCC

Continued »

ASUS Eee Stick Wiimote-clone tested, look promising

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jun 6th 2008 No Comments

Rather unsurprisingly – since I think even ASUS would admit where their “inspiration” came from – the Eee Stick controller has been likened to Nintendo’s Wiimote. Jake Ludington got a chance to test out the motion-sensitive interface while at Computex, which ASUS are positioning not so much as a gaming peripheral but as a generally fresh way to interact with normal PC apps.

ASUS Eee Stick controller

Continued »

Wiispray prototype graffiti controller for Wii

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jun 6th 2008 14 Comments

Nintendo’s non-traditional interface for the Wii console lends itself to any number of odd controller hacks and designs, and the latest is this prototype Wiispray can. Part of Martin Lihs’ final thesis at Bauhaus-University in Weimar, Germany, the can-style casing contains a dismembered Wiimote coupled to a nozzle button. It can be used to manipulate an on-screen virtual spraycan, with different paints and color options that are controlled by realistic graffiti movements.

Wiispray prototype

Continued »

The Apple NesRemote mod

By Abby McVay on Wednesday, May 21st 2008 No Comments

The NES controller seems to be one of the favorite items to mod, and even to make giant working models in its image. Well this cute little mod is a fairly simple one and extremely useful.

Apple NesRemote mod

Continued »

DIY gamepad attachment for Sony UX UMPC

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, May 6th 2008 No Comments

Sony’s UX UMPC might be capable of playing games in hardware terms, but while the controls are great for an ultraportable handheld they’re not so useful for Unreal Tournament 2004. Owner Dan Middle decided he wanted a better interface, and so hacked up a cheap USB gamepad. With the controls fixed back to back, all eight buttons are available to just one hand, leaving the other for aiming with the UX’s mouse control.

Sony UX gamepad controller

Check out the video of Dan’s setup in action after the cut

Continued »

Twist & Squeeze interface tested by Microsoft Research

By Chris Davies on Monday, Apr 21st 2008 No Comments

A team at Microsoft Research have developed a prototype interface [pdf link] for mobile devices that responds to twisting, squeezing, flexing and stretching to control and on-screen GUI. The system, called Force Sensing, relies on very small manipulations of a handheld device – in this case a modified Samsung UMPC – with different gestures mapped to navigation and other controls. Visual feedback, such as interfaces twisting or bending, apparently decreases the learning time necessary for users to adapt to the new controls.

Microsoft Research twist-interface prototype

Continued »

DIY Electric off-road skateboard

By James Allan Brady on Wednesday, Apr 16th 2008 1 Comment

Some guy put together and instructable on how to make an electric mountain board or whatever those off-road versions of skateboards are called. It’s pretty ingenious too taking most of his parts from electric scooters.

elec skateboard had

Continued »

SlashGear Week in Review – April 7th through April 13th

By James Allan Brady on Sunday, Apr 13th 2008 No Comments

This was a long week with no major events occurring, but there were some pretty big announcements. For starters we have a new BitTorrent Set Top Box from Myka, no more will you have to waste power by leaving your entire computer running all night just to get the latest screener from FXG or aXXo, and this little set top box will do it for you and then play it right from its hard drive for added ease. Then there were rumors abound of Blockbuster potentially putting out a new Set Top Box to push their movies, TV Shows, and other content out to.