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Modded Guitar Hero Controller for Guitar Hero DS

Eric Ruckman from over at hackaday has retrofitted a DS into a PS2 Guitar Hero Controller.

He wired the controller buttons from the DS fret attachment to the buttons on the actual guitar, and then even went a step further and hooked the sound to an FM Transmitter so he can play it externally and not just through the tiny DS speakers.

Rock on Eric. We salute you.


[Eric] Really put some care into this. You can see that he wanted this to be something he could actually use and show off. The integration of the FM transmitter into the unit was very well done. The transmitter is controlled through the controller's start and select buttons and powered from the controller's battery compartment. He mounted the transmitter's display into the controller as well.

This modification fits nicely in the Guitar Hero hacking tradition. We've seen several before like the real guitar controller and the home made wireless one. Don't forget the touch screen and better switches mods. Of coarse, for many of us hacking it is actually more fun that playing it so we'll leave the rocking out to deep note.

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  • 0 thumbs!
    Deathsythe | August 22, 2008
    Seems like a rather expensive custom controller- but hey thats fine too.

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    Starsky134 | August 25, 2008
    Wow, that would take a lot of time and knowledge.
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    Shadow_Knight | August 30, 2008
    Nice work! It would have taken forever to make. Though it is still awesome!

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