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ark_ader:
Hi,

I just picked up a knackered 7" tablet with ICS.  The glass/plastic and matrix is damaged but the display is fine .

I'm thinking of making an iCade clone via a keyboard hack.  Will a USB game controller work with ICS?  I'm thinking it will.

I know when I go in to remove the glass the unit will be just a monitor, but I should have some options for an alternative case design instead of the clam shell.

I haven't seen a project like this on the net except below, and it runs Mame4Droid, Dragon's Lair and Space Ace fast and capable enough for the Playstation emulators etc.  No bluetooth.  ;D

I'm thinking small, flat CP with a raised display.

Nothing like this though.  But it has the same size of display.



Looks cool just the same.  :applaud:

vcoleiro1:
Looks like a good project to go for.  Id presume you can use a wired controller, I'd be surprised if you couldn't.  That said, if worse comes to worst, then you can always buy a Bluetooth dongle.

404:
starting with honeycomb, plug and play controller support was added for most of the casual controllers out there including strict HID support, xbox 360, ps3 and wii (via bluetooth i believe) . Find yourself a micro usb to otg cable and give it a shot. Some have had mixed results using console controllers. Most have had decent results using HID controllers and keyboards. Worst case scenario is you get yourself a minimus and simply use a standard keyboard layout with it.

ark_ader:
I found some MDF from another lost project and decided to make use of some parts I have laying around.

It should be fun quick and easy to finish. 

Finishing any project will be a challenge!  :laugh2:

jammin0:
I played around with the idea of using android for my bartop but threw out the idea after I couldn't figure out a decent way to navigate the OS.  I'm sure that someone who knows more about what they are doing could make a script of some sort to load everything at startup and get rid of the bottom bar etc but it was beyond me.  I know that some of the custom roms out there are better than others about what kind of controller support they have but a controller hack on a generic usb controller would probably work better than a xbox360 controller or at least it would be cheaper.  mame4all was adequate when I was testing it but you have to really work to get all the onscreen control display to go away.  I'm not sure why it doesn't have a gamepad mode like the iOS version or maybe I was just missing something.

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