Our friends at Retro Remakes have posted a great Accessibility update. Amongst other things it details the progress of the very exciting “4Noah” project – making previously inaccessible games accessible to one-switch gamers. It also points to a few new…
Xbox 360 Controller Rumours
Rumours of a simplified Xbox 360 controller: Via Kotaku. I’ll believe it when I have it in my hands.
Game Informer: Accessibility Feature
There’s a great article on game accessibility up at Game Informer written by Meagan VanBurkleo. It comes in two parts and is very much worth your time. Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
Brain Control
OCZ Technology are due to release thieir £100 ($200) “NIA” Brain Controller on the 21st of April this year. This device will enable users to map certain thought and muscle movements to individual key presses on a keyboard. With about…
One Switch Duelling
“TIG Duels For Extraordinary Gentlemen” is a highly accessible duelling game for two one-switch gamers. Pick your head – pick your weapon (i.e. hit your switch/key of choice) – then let the battle commence! If you don’t have a ready…
Microsoft Aren’t Listening!
….and nor are Sony and Nintendo, but one at a time… I’m getting really fed up with Microsoft’s restrictive attitude to controllers on the Xbox 360. Some years back, when Microsoft were forming their console world domination master-plan, they decided…
Switch Adapted Wii Remote
Broadened Horizons (aka Gimp Gear) have recently added a switch adapted Wii Remote to their Video Gaming Accessibility area. This allows gamers to strap a Wii remote to their arm and activate the A button and the B trigger using…
Apple Mac: Assistive Gaming
The Apple Mac isn’t the best served machine with accessible gaming, so it’s really great to see it getting a big push at new site “Assisitive Gaming“. Primary exponents of Apple Mac game accessibility David Niemeijer of Assistive Ware and…
PS3 Accessibility
Kind of sums up a lot of people’s difficulties I thought! Click here for full sized. Via: Alienmelon’s game Haxed.
Accessible Gaming in 1981
I’ve just received a scan of “Adapting Audio/Video Games for Handicapped Learners” by Karen Hughes – dated November 1981. Fascinating reading for me – and there’s an interesting parallel with the photo above with some recent work I’ve been undertaking.…