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Hacking the PSX controller: simulating character fatigue

chautemoc | July 11, 2008 | Blog | Playstation Gaming Tech/Hardware

Some fella over on Near Future Laboratory has managed to hack the original PlayStation controller so as to make the character in a given game move slower the longer you play.

For the technical bits on how its done, check the source.

So, this is my analog version of a playful Playstation 2 controller for the PSX project the one that slows the analog part of the controller down over time so, you know..when Im playing Katamari Damacy its a bit more realistic that the Prince gets tired or during GTA, my guy actually gets tired from running away from liquor store heists and stuff.

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black doom | July 11, 2008

Clever and yet stupid at the same time.
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Bale Fire | July 12, 2008

Ha give the controller to your friend when you vs him in mutliplayer
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  black doom | July 12, 2008
  
  So thats what it is for, what I would have tried would be like trying to take the cheese from the trap yourself. But then again I am an idiot when playing multiplayer, except against spammers, but they are basically poor AI.
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Marshal Loss | July 12, 2008

It sounds good, but I don't think it's going to be as good as it sounds initially.

It could get irriating at a late stage; I mean, however realistic it may be, who wants their character slacking off right at the end of a level at a boss etc. It will require careful planning, but if they do it right it will be brilliant.
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  HisServant77 | July 12, 2008
  
  I agree. It'd be REALLY bad when you face that big boss after playing for hours to get there . . .
  
  But, like you said, I think if this were done right it could be really fun with the realism. Perhaps games should implement something like this in them automatically (maybe on like a hard difficulty level, to make it optional).
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The Hazard | July 13, 2008

This sounds.. really interesting. I guess crazy things can happen when you toy with technology.
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Drogo Baggins | July 14, 2008

This is pretty cool, IMO.

Another interesting idea would be to make the trigger buttons sometimes fail, to simulate weapons jamming. But I don't think that could be perfected. You'd probably just end up only being able to shoot 1/3 of the time, and you'd end up totally screwed.