Myoclonic Dystonia Gaming
| Wed, Apr 13 2011 02:45pm IST 1 |
One Switch
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Thought I'd post an e-mailed answer to a request on a 13-year old
boy with Myoclonic Dystonia who has upper body tremours and shakes,
who wanted to play video games...
PC wise - would recommend
looking at a foot-mouse for the massive array of point and click
games...
Alternatives, if he wishes to
use his upper body would be to consider the various systems that
filter out tremors. Have a mooch through these:
For the Wii, the small number
of games (e.g. Mario Kart and Puzzle Bobble/Bust-a-move) can be
played with a classic controller - so there are various options
here for arcade controller use with the feet potentially. The Wii
is a bit of a nightmare for filtering out problems with aiming to
be honest. It's possible that he could strap a controller to his
leg using a switch adaptation from the likes of Broadened
Horizons:
http://www.broadenedhorizons.com/wiimote.htm (have a look
through there, maybe the head unit might work?).
For other games consoles, as
he's USA based, I'd recommend considering approaching Adam at
Evil Controllers. He's built a set-up consisting of switches and
a foot control unit here:
Possibly with those filter
modules from Dream-Racer.com it may help (maybe not though).
Also, latching modules/switches may help for racing games.
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