If you’re too cheap to buy a PlayStation 2 or just have something against consoles (and I know there are plenty of you out there), Aspyr and Activision are bringing Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock to your Mac and PC systems.
Online multiplayer and downloadable content will be included in these titles, but there’s no word yet on what services or pricing structure will be used. Also, if you don’t feel like having the USB Guitar Hero controller sitting around on your desk, you can play the game with the keyboard and mouse — though that’s sure to sap the fun out of the game faster than you can say “Rockabilly Freakout.”
Will it be easier to tap your keyboard than use the controller?
How do you simulate the Guitar Hero controller on the Nintendo DS? RedOctane intends to find out.
RedOctane COO and cofounder Charles Huang told CNET: “Central to it all, we are exploring ways to get peripherals on a DS game.”
“The DS peripheral is very intriguing to us … This will play probably unlike any other DS game that has come out,” he said. Continued…
On instructables.com, a thrifty gamer posts his instructions for manufacturing one’s own Guitar Hero controller, complete with a “proof of concept” video demonstration. The guitar doesn’t look great, but it seems to play perfectly.
The components:
a PS1 controller with analog sticks
trigger buttons of another PS1 controller
some other switches and plastic pieces
a whammy bar
some screws
a tilt sensor (with instructions on how to build your own!)
a flat cable consisting of 6 wires and a bunch of other shorter wires
2 pieces from a roll-top
a thick paper with fine surface on one side
a long piece of wooden slat
hot glue
soldering-iron
an electric drill, rasp, Stanley knife and some other tools
And here’s what the final product looks like:
And here’s the video of the DIY Guitar Hero guitar in action:
And here’s the RedOctane exec who’s going to get pissed:
