Nov
21st
Light Pressure Play on PS3
By One SwitchThe video above showcases a very light pressure joystick being used alongside some switches to play Gran Turismo 5. This uses a LEPMIS PS3-SAP interface with the Low Throw Low Force Analogue Joystick and switches. This set-up could work equally well with the Ultra Light switches from Marblesoft.
Nov
14th
PS3 Chin/Mouth Control Setup
By BillGameBase
Some gamers who use their mouth, chin or tongue to play their Playstations and can interact with a standard PS3 controller (often utilising a game's re-mapping function).
For some, however, more leverage and height on the control sticks and the option to position switches in various more 'accessible' and reachable positions is required to replicate the controller buttons, such as using Gimpgear's Chin/Mouth/Tongue Controller Setup which, aswell as having a switch interface which replicates 100% of a PS3 controllers buttons, can also include additional mounted buttons on the front of the controller as well as sip/puff controls.
Nov
2nd
WildFire Evo Wireless XBox 360 Controller
By BillGameBase
XBox 360 -Datel
This '100% unofficial' controller is packed with features, including button re-mapping settings, control stick sensitivity settings and left hand mode.
Pre loaded on the controllers LCD interface are adjustable rapid fire, vibration settings and 'sniper mode' and button re-mapping:
ReMap - using the controllers LCD display you can reconfigure all of the buttons on the controller with the exception of the Start, Back and Home buttons.
Rapid Fire - adjust the rate at which fire is repeated with each button press.
Sniper Mode - fine tune x and y axis sensitivity for both control sticks.
Low Recoil - adjust the strength of the rumble motors.
Plug the controller via USB into a PC and download the free software (from here: http://bit.ly/r7Q45j) and you have access to a further six features to load onto your controller.
Oct
31st
Simple Joystick for more Complicated Games
By One Switch
Being able to connect a simple Atari style joystick to modern games consoles in almost anyway you like is now possible thanks to a new SpecialEffect and OneSwitch custom-built controller.
Pictured above is an Atari compatible Competition Pro joystick velcroed to a Maxess board, patched into a C-SID interface. This set-up allows up to five controls of your choice to be assigned to the simpler joystick. The wish for this came from Shaz Hossain, as he was finding a number of PS3 driving games wouldn't allow him to reconfigure the controls as he wished to his HORI Real Arcade Pro 3 arcade stick. We're hoping this prototype will do the trick for him, until the day that all driving games have fully reconfigurable controls.
Oct
10th
One Handed FPS Play - PS3
By BillGameBase
A short while ago we posted an article about a one handed setup for Xbox 360 to play FPS games which we created using a flight stick and an adapter which allowed you to remap a controllers buttons for easier use with complex games such as FPS'.
Here we show a similar a similar setup for PS3 play and another option below.
Setup 1:
This setup uses a wired flight stick, the Saitek AV8R for Xbox 360. It is combined with an XCM Swapper and an XCM Cross Battle Adapter 2.0 (it is essential to use this verion). Unfortunatley the flight stick doesn't work correctly with just the XCM Swapper and is inconsistent when used just with the Cross Battle Adapter. However, when used together the result is a reliable setup for either left or right hand only use on a PS3.
Oct
7th
Wii Fit Wheelchair Board
By One Switch
"(Wii) Floor Board" from Vivify (Canada)
The plainly titled "Floor Board" from Vivify offers a way into the world of Wii-Fit for manual wheelchair users with the ability to shift their weight from side to side.
Oct
3rd
Create Your Own Accessible DJ Setup: Joy2Key x Virtual DJ
By Shazmataz
OK so here we go my 2nd blog on GameBase and it’s one that I am
particularly excited about so apologies if I go into a bit too
much history but hopefully you will find it interesting! If you
did want to skip the long story then feel free to go to the
heading “Using JoyToKey with VirtualDJ”.
As you may or may not know I have always been a big fan of music and one of the annoying things that I have found with my disability is not being able to mix music or use mixing decks (little twisty knobs and me don’t go together). However in the late 90s and early 2000s there were a few companies that started making DJing software like OTSJuke, PCDJ etc but to use these programs whilst sounding relatively good was a bit of a task as you either had to use keyboard shortcuts to access the different functions or get a mini controller which again had little twizzle knobs. So it was a bit of a YAY but also a bit of a nay.
Sep
19th
One Handed FPS Play - Xbox 360
By BillGameBase
XBox 360
As previously written about on GameBase.info the XCM Re-Mapper is a really useful tool for helping to come up with solutions for accessing PS3 or XBox 360 games in ways which can't be done when full in-game button and stick custom/re-mappable layouts are not available.
Here we look at how, when combined with a Saitek Aviator Joystick, it can allow for intuitive and comfortable one (left or right) hand only gameplay for a wide variety of different genre's of games including FPS'.
The flight stick has two modes. The first (M1) retains the button functions of a standard controller, whilst the second (M2) is very much for use with flight games only.
Sep
2nd
One Handed Play with an 'XCM Re-Mapper'
By BillGameBase
PS3/XBox 360 - Farmer
Previously on the SpecialEffect accessible GameBase we featured the XCM-Re-Mapper; an external device which sits between your wired PS3 or XBox 360 controller and allows you to re-map the button and control stick functions.
The discovery of this excellant, reasonably priced bit of kit (thanks Barrie 'One Switch'!) warrants plenty of ongoing experimentation.
It struck us that using the device you could make accessing various different types of games (when using a standard controller) easier when using just one hand to play simply by moving some button functions around and/or swapping the controls sticks over.
Aug
30th
Orthos - One Handed Controller
By BillGameBase
PS3 - Lepmis
Orthros is a one handed controller which can be used with either the left or right hand to play on a Playstation 3.
The layout allows you to play games using one or both of the control sticks. One is placed on top to use with your thumb, whilst the other is positioned on the bottom and is controlled by placing the Orthros on a surface and moving the whole controller around.
Alongside the control stick on the top of the controller are what appear to be two sets of 'action' buttons as well as a d-pad. Four of the action buttons are used for their intended function and can be switched for comfortable use with the right hand (by using the ones on the left) and the left hand (by using the one on the right). The buttons on the side not being used can then be programmed to be used for Home, Start and Select. On the back of the controller are located the trigger and bumper buttons.
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