If you are a fan of arcade gaming or just a fan of joysticks for gaming on your modern console that will last forever and have retro arcade designs you may know the X-Arcade brand. The company makes massive joysticks that will work with all kinds of games that look like they could have been stripped out of an arcade game from 1980.
X-Arcade has announced that it has a couple new adapters that will allow you to plug that X-Arcade controller into more systems. One of the adapters allows X-Arcade controllers to be connected to the Wii, PS1, PS2, Gamecube, or Dreamcast and supports dual players. The adapter will cost you $29.99.
X-Arcade also has a slew of other adapters that allow its controllers to be connected to the PS3 and Xbox or to a computer via USB. Most of the adapters sell for the same $29.99 with others accessories costing less than that amount.
Razer is typically known as a PC gaming company with all sorts of keyboard and mice for gamers to use to get their game on. Razer has other gear too and the company branched out at CES when it pulled the wraps of a new controller for the Xbox 360 called the Onza.
The controller is really cool and has a lot of features that Xbox 360 gamers will like. The sticks on the controller have force feedback and a port for the Xbox 360 headsets for talking while you game. The tournament edition controller surface has a non-slip rubber coating to keep your grip even when you get sweaty palms after hours of gaming.
The keys use Razer hyperesponse buttons so you can click them faster to get the edge in your favorite game. A tournament version of the controller has adjustable force for the sticks for even more adjustability. The controller also has two more buttons that can be programmed for other controls. You can pre-order the Onza right now for $49.99 for the tournament edition or $39.99 for the standard.
Razer is typically known as a PC gaming company with all sorts of keyboard and mice for gamers to use to get their game on. Razer has other gear too and the company branched out at CES when it pulled the wraps of a new controller for the Xbox 360 called the Onza.
The controller is really cool and has a lot of features that Xbox 360 gamers will like. The sticks on the controller have force feedback and a port for the Xbox 360 headsets for talking while you game. The tournament edition controller surface has a non-slip rubber coating to keep your grip even when you get sweaty palms after hours of gaming.
The keys use Razer hyperesponse buttons so you can click them faster to get the edge in your favorite game. A tournament version of the controller has adjustable force for the sticks for even more adjustability. The controller also has two more buttons that can be programmed for other controls. You can pre-order the Onza right now for $49.99 for the tournament edition or $39.99 for the standard.
Even though games like Infinity Blade can be great fun on the iPhone, there’s no getting around the fact that touchscreen-centric, buttonless devices don’t offer the best gaming ergonomics. A modding project gone horribly right, however, might just fix that right up for all of us. Shane Wighton set out to build a robot to try and beat his favorite iPhone game, replete with a webcam and an Arduino setup, but in the process of doing so he “just realized that [he'd] made a mechanism to play tilt based phone games with a joystick.” Yes indeedy, one of the most awesome DIY gaming accessories was built by fluke as much as design. See it revolutionizing mobile gaming just after the break.
Remember The Fingerist, the guitar headstock-themed speaker and case for your iPhone or iPod touch? You know, the one with the shoulder strap for public (and private) performances with all of your favorite music making apps? Well, it seems that it’s finally available in the states. Indeed, there has been so little fanfare behind this announcement that the company responsible, Evenno, hasn’t even acknowledged it on its site. But don’t worry: we found this bad boy for $150 on Amazon. And if that’s not enough, iLounge has done a series of hands-on photos (see the More Coverage link, below). Or, if you’re like us, you can skip the thing altogether and groove to Rick Wakeman after the break. We do have one more thing to say about the Fingerist, however: at least it’s not endorsed by this guy.
Not so keen on plopping down a Benjamin for Movea’s Air Mouse? A full two years after the introduction of that very product, there’s now an acceptable, bargain-bin alternative: the Air Mouse. Er, the Air Mouse app for iPod touch / iPhone. This here nugget of code, which is selling for just $1.99 in the App Store, taps into your iDevice’s inbuilt gyroscopes as well as the company’s own MotionSense technology in order to convert your handheld into a mouse. No need to fish for a surface, though — simply wave your iPhone around in order to take advantage of in-air cursor control and gesture recognition. It’s a dream come true for HTPC owners (Macs and PCs are supported), though critics are suggesting that Mobile Mouse may actually be superior. If you’ve already parted ways with your buck-ninety-nine, let us know how things are panning out in comments below.
Who’d have thought that a little thing like the inclusion of USB Host capabilities could open the door to such wonders as an SNES controller dock? That’s exactly what we have here. The Dell Streak‘s ability to work with standard USB keyboards has enabled it to also work with a suitably modified SNES controller, having had a cablectomy and the addition of a PDMI connector on top. That, with the addition of a USB board, turns the controller into a keyboard and, hey presto, it’s Super Mario World time. Modder 0TheRain0 did the handiwork here, which you can watch him demonstrate after the break.
I have played my share of Guitar Hero and Rock Band and playing the guitar is a lot of fun. I would bet there are a lot of people out there who wish they could play a real guitar as well as they can play Rock Band. A music game called Power Gig for the PS3 and Xbox have been out for a while now, and the game is notable for the real six string guitar controllers it uses.
A couple of handmade, limited edition guitar controllers for the game have been unveiled and are available to pre-order for the PS3 and Xbox consoles. Both versions of the controller will set you back about $250. The controllers are fully functional six string guitars that work like wireless controllers for the game.
The guitar controllers are limited editions and are handmade with a single cutaway basswood body, humbucking pickup, and a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard. The controller can register the users input all along the guitar neck.
Wii gamers have all sorts of accessories and controllers for various sports games that allow the user more realism when playing. You can get gloves for boxing games, golf clubs, bats, and all sorts of other peripherals. The thing most of them have in common is that they are designed to hold the basic Wii remote inside for actually controlling the action on screen.
Shinobii has unveiled a new controller for Wii gamers that like ping-pong or table tennis. The new controller is called the TT Championship Bat. The controller has the weigh, look, and feel of a real ping-pong paddle and has the hardware inside the paddle to interact with the Wii.
The integrated hardware inside the paddle works with MotionPlus games without needing to use the actual Wii Remote or MotionPlus accessory. The controller will be offered in the EU and USA for $69.99 and will ship soon.
Nintendo’s big reveal may have been the launch date for the 3DS, but company president Satoru Iwata also confirmed the incoming Wii Remote Plus. According to andriasang, all Iwata would say is that the company is indeed working on the controller – which combines a regular Wii remote and the MotionPlus accessory – and that further details would follow shortly.
The existence of the Wii Remote Plus was tipped by a preorder page for FlingSmash, a game which will bundle the Wiimote when it’s released later in the year. There’s currently no mention of the controller on Nintendo’s site, but we’ll keep an eye out for more details when they arise.
