hackaday.com - 1/12/2009
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It’s amazing what [Ben Heckendorn] can manage to crank out in just five hours. This time it’s a wireless Xbox 360 controller stuffed inside an Atari 2600 controller. The guts are from a Guitar Hero 3 controller. It’s a fairly compact board and [Ben] used thin ATA wire for the ...
benheck.com - 1/9/2009
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benheck.com —
OK so yesterday I had my Facebook status
as saying I was “being frustrated by potentiometers” -...
a rather normal day for me, really. For whatever reason this prompted one of my friends to suggest I build an Xbox 360 controller inside of an ...
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3600 Controller
amazon.com - 1/19/2009
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amazon.com —
Xbox LIVE connects you to friends, family and
the world's largest online entertainment center, allowing you to...
play games, watch movies, and share moments on the couch or around the world. 1 Be Entertained Instant Movie Night: Xbox 360 offers instant ...
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Xbox 360 Live 12 Month Gold Card plus 1 Month Bonus: ...
xbox-scene.com - 1/9/2009
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xbox-scene.com —
From benheck.com (http://benheck.com/01-08-2009/3600-controller ): [QUOTE] OK so yesterday
I had my Facebook status as saying I was...
"being frustrated by potentiometers" - a rather normal day for me, really. For whatever reason this prompted one of my ...
(more)
BenHeck 3600 Controller
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have it both ways: atari 360
technabob —
... was a controller from Guitar Hero 3. You might wonder how he managed to fit all of that into this. Here’s a hint: it helps if you’re a magician. Also, he only really needed one circuitboard, which made things much easier.
The final product won’t work with regular 360 games–there’s a few things missing–but you can use it with some downloadable Xbox Live Arcade titles, where it will feel right at home.
[Ben Heck via Hack-A-Day] ...
Atari 360 Controller Retro Cool but a Little Awkward
The UberReview —
... mod from the maestro Ben Heck, but it is extremely cool. He has taken an old Atari 2600 joystick, gutted it, added some extra buttons, a circuit board and the innards of a Guitar Hero controller, and turned it into a X-360 controller.
Unfortunately, it can’t play 360 titles, but it can play a few Xbox Live Arcade titles, which is probably for the best, because I don’t see tiny buttons on the front being all that conducive to good gaming. [Ben Heck via HackADay, Technabob]
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