Apr
30th
MiniGolf Accessible
By One Switch
MiniGolf Accessible. Simulation for PC (free download) by acoders.
Reviewed by Barrie Ellis.
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The big G. Golf. I've never really understood the appeal. Silly rules about wearing a collar, rain, and flailing about in a sand-pit. But Crazy Golf. I get that. That is fun.
MiniGolf Accessible is crazy golf given an accessibility make over. Putt the ball into 18 different holes in as few shots as possible. You can choose from three different ways of playing: One-switch, Mouse Pointer or Keyboard.
Dec
6th
Alternative Christmas
By One Switch
I don't know quite what to make of Specialbites's collection of eight switch accessible Christmas activities. They're a little bit odd. One is of Rudolph the red nosed reindeer getting scared by a possessed Christmas tree, then poo-ing in a toilet. Another is of a magic tree firing cannon balls at a cloud of brussel sprouts. Another is Rudolph starting a fire, melting a snowman whilst staring and grinning. Often there's a mad echoing laugh, or funeral march version of Away in a Manger.
Dec
3rd
Badlands
By One Switch
After playing it for the first time at Replay Expo 2011 I decided to have another go at getting Konami's one-switch laser-disk game Badlands working on my laptop. Using the latest version of the Daphne emulator (v1.0), it worked!
So, what's the game like?
Dec
3rd
El Duelo
By One Switch
El Duelo is an on-line high-noon gun-fight set in a haunted Mexico. As soon as your opponent draws, fire using the space bar (or linked accessibility switch). All dialogue and text is in Spanish which really adds to the Spaghetti Western feel. Requires fast reactions.
Parental guidance advised.
Dec
1st
Accessible Gaming on a Budget: Playstation 2
By One Switch
Last week we were approached asking if we would recommend a Wii or a Playstation for a young lad with Cerebral Palsy. He uses an Able-Net Big-Red type switch to play some Help Kidz Learn games and has also shown interest in web-cam activities.
That tipped me into thinking a Playstation 2 would likely be the best bet. Ideally one of the old fat ones that will work with the majority of accessible controllers.
Here's a list of the PS2 compatible software we recommend anyone with similar needs takes a look at (listed in degree of accessibility for the player, once a helper has set things up):
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
27th
Accessible Dance Games
By One Switch
On the back of my daughter's love of Dance Dance Revolution machines, Hand Dance Pro and with SpecialEffect support, I recently built a one-switch interface for DDR games. Play this for yourself at the REPLAY Expo in November, or read on for more.
Oct
17th
REPLAY: One-switch Minestorm (1982)
By One Switch
The second oldest game making its way to the SpecialEffect stand at the Replay Expo will be Minestorm for the MB Vectrex, dating from 1982. This mighty-fine vector-scan game has been adapted to be played with a single switch: Hyperspace.
Sep
26th
Something Special
By One Switch
"Something
Special" (on-line and free) from the BBCTo celebrate the 100th episode of children's Makaton based television show, Something Special, the BBC have just launched a fantastic accessible on-line area.
It includes UK signing, symbols, songs, art activities, stories and of course games!
Almost all of the games work nicely in a cause and effect manner. Some are switch accessible, some for the keyboard, some eye-toy like for using the web-cam and some point and click accessible. That covers all the main input devices so far as I can see.
The most accessible of these games are in the Something Special: Out and About section, being Balloon Pop, Spotty Bag, Dress Up Mr Tumble and Tumble Faces.
Hugely recommended for very young kids, and anyone with an interest in Makaton, which is a reduced version of British Sign Language created to support learning disabled people.
Aug
11th
Flabby Physics
By One Switch
Flabby
Physics (on-line Flash game) -
MolleindustriaDeform a shape with SPACE BAR, to bounce your ball into the star. Incredibly hard at times, but quite fun just to mess around with. High contrast graphics. Catchy kazoo music. That just about sums it up!
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