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How To Best Play Virtual On, Xbox 360 Style [Xbox 360]
Kotaku —
... great in the arcades was the game's twin-stick controller. Which the Xbox 360 doesn't have. Even the Dreamcast version had a nice twin-stick peripheral for home use, but on 360, you're stuck using the control pad. Which might make things difficult. Oh, unless you're this guy (or somebody who follows his lead). Two candy sticks, some buttons, a quick wiring job and you're good to go. é»è³æ¦æ©ãã¼ãã£ãã³ ãªã©ããªãªã»ã¿ã³ã°ã©ã [GamerBook, via 1UP ]
Dual Choco Baby Xbox 360 Joysticks Herald the Glorious Return of Virtual On [Xbox 360]
Gizmodo —
... the days before everybody had a 46-inch TV and you had to share a single display for multiple people. Now, it's coming to Xbox 360 and people have giant TVs, but there's no twin-stick to play it. Yet, anyway. But you can build it! (Oh yeah, that was the point of this post.) All you have to do is find two tube-like candy containers and some arcade buttons, then re-wire your Xbox 360 controller like so. Done! And so worthwhile. [Gamerbook via 1UP via Kotaku]
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Scary cool: DIY Virtual On twin stick controller
Joystiq [Xbox] —
... twin stick controller for the upcoming XBLA port of Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram ... using only some wire, a few buttons and a pair of empty candy boxes. It's the candy boxes bit that elicits the second response: Hoo boy is that thing ugly. And yet, even if the rumored official controller sees the light of day, the novelty of this Franken-controller is enticing. On second thought, scratch the "ugly" comment. We totally want that thing. [Via 1UP] Scary cool: DIY Virtual On twin stick controller originally appeared on ...
Hacked 360 controller makes dual-joystick Virtual On possible
CrunchGear —
... candy onto the controller?
It’s a pretty rough hack, with wires running everywhere and slightly crooked joysticks, but it might just work. Original control schemes are a pain to implement, but sometimes they are essential to the game experience. Look for Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram on XBLA this Wednesday, and look for Choco Baby at your local Asian foods emporium. I’ve got some right here, actually (and they’re nasty).
[via 1up]
Arcade enthusiast creates custom dual-joystick from an Xbox controller and a candy box
DVICE Atom Feed —
... pits a bunch of anime-style robots against one another in one-on-one deathmatches, then this all may seem a bit much. Fans will tell you, though, that playing Virtual-On on a console never felt quite right, as the dual-joysticks of the arcade allowed for incredibly tight control (and it's just a cooler way to pilot a mech, anyway).
As for our modder's effort up above, this may be a fine prototype, but hopefully he has a more solid version in the works.
1UP, via CrunchGear
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