iControlPad: Gamepad For Your iPhone
Since the release of the iTunes app store the iPhone and iPod touch have really been pushed as the next great portable gaming platform. Game developers have really started to push the limits of the device but the one major stumbling block has only been the “touch only” interface.
The iControlPad looks to change all of [...]
SNES Controller Mod For The PSP
A crafty hacker received a request to adapt a SNES controller to a PSP. The requester has limited use of one hand which made the PSP controls to difficult for her to use, but she had no problem playing with an SNES controller.
Born from that request is this clean mod. A port in the back [...]
NES Controller Sockets
Been hacking up various old NES units just to get a hold of the controller connectors for your mod projects? Look no further because for the very first time you can buy the controller connectors by themselves. Parallax has just released a 7-pin socket connector that is compatible with the classic NES. For just $2 [...]
How To: Build A Giant Floor Mat NES Controller
Who need’s Wi-Fit when you can get some aerobic exercise 8-bit style. Put your feet to work with this giant floor mat NES controller. Here’s what you will need to get the job done.
an NES system and controller (of course)
3×5 foot piece of cardboard
46 feet of insulated wire
a roll of aluminum foil
clear packing tape
32 sheet [...]
Use An NES Controller On Your PC
Hacked Gadgets has a great how to in their forums on getting an original NES controller wired into your PC. Why would you want to play Castlevania with the keyboard when you could smash some buttons on the original NES controller?
“Instead of just playing the old NES games on a PC using a keyboard or [...]
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Nintendo Mouse
Is there anything the awesome NES controller can’t do? This awesome little hack project can be done with a cheap old mouse and an old NES controller. I wonder what else you could stuff in an NES Gamepad. An MP3 player? A camera? An entire cheese pizza?
DigialDJ’in – Denon’s DN-HC4500
Many moons ago I spinned a few records on some old Technics 1200’s. When I saw this bad boy I just had to jump on it.
Goodbye vinyl, Hello MacBook. Denon unveils the DN-HC4500 Media Player and Controller, “first USB / MIDI audio interface designed exclusively for computer performance club and mobile DJs.†No longer will [...]
NES controller for your iPod
I’ve wanted to do something like this for quite a while. I found this one during a visit to one of my favorite hardware hacking website, instructables.com. By embedding a PIC microcontroller into an old NES controller you can convert it into a replacement for Apple’s iPod remote.
Imagine loading up Linux for the iPod and [...]
Coolest Altoids Mod Ever
I’m a freak about modding Altoids cans (see here) but this altoids mod takes the cake. Greg Sanders has created a masterpiece. Using an old genesis controller and with TV out capabilities you can play the 1984 cult classic PC game “Rogue”. And to top it all off it runs off a single 9 V [...]
