Sony Playstation // Takara Roulette Controller (Japan, 2002) (64.media.tumblr.com)
from Crul@lemm.ee to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 2023 06:47 +0000
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Source: Buttons & Knobs — Sony Playstation // Takara Roulette Controller (Japan, 2002)

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spicyStrawberry@lemm.ee on 04 Oct 2023 08:04 +0000 next

Cool!

brsrklf@jlai.lu on 04 Oct 2023 08:16 +0000 next

Apparently it’s used for a video game adaptation of the “game of life” boardgame.

I wonder what kind of output the roulette is mapped to, and whether you could use it as some absurd control scheme for any game.

bdonvr@thelemmy.club on 04 Oct 2023 10:57 +0000 next

First guess, probably just outputs as one of the analog sticks. Always outputting as though it’s pushed all the way to the edge and it rotates with the wheel.

BitsAndBites@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 2023 11:30 +0000

The wheel might be passive and that little piece to the right might just be counting clicks.

bdonvr@thelemmy.club on 04 Oct 2023 17:02 +0000

Doubt it, you wouldn’t be able to know which color was where. Unless the player had to manually set it every time they started the game.

BitsAndBites@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 2023 21:17 +0000

Good point, not sure.

Grangle1@lemm.ee on 04 Oct 2023 16:24 +0000

I was just going to comment that the wheel was exactly like the Life board game, lol.

scoredseqrica@lemmy.ml on 04 Oct 2023 08:29 +0000 next

Looking forward to the darksouls level 1 no hits run on this controller.

Caketaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 04 Oct 2023 12:34 +0000 next

I want to repurpose this as a miniature version of those DJ Hero controllers.

christophski@feddit.uk on 04 Oct 2023 12:40 +0000 next

I want to hook two of them up to Mixxx and play chiptune

butterypowered@feddit.uk on 04 Oct 2023 12:57 +0000

I want to play Arkanoid using it.

IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world on 07 Oct 2023 06:19 +0000

That is a really neat idea. I initially thought it was some form of rhythm game controller, when I first glanced at the photo of it.

IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 2023 22:49 +0000

I have watched so many retro gaming shows on TV, YouTube, etc and never knew or heard about this. The amount of odd controllers released in Japan must be endless.

Definitely interesting to know about.