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Title: "Asteroids controller" what the heck is this thing?
Post by: The 80s Man on March 21, 2019, 02:47:20 pm: Does anyone here know how this controller works?
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/ct7RH7dO
:dunno
Title: Re: "Asteroids controller" what the heck is this thing?
Post by: pbj on March 21, 2019, 04:37:38 pm: No idea but I'm sure Randy will be along shortly to tell us why it's crap.
Title: Re: "Asteroids controller" what the heck is this thing?
Post by: big10p on March 21, 2019, 05:00:19 pm: I can only think it's some kind of spinner that replaces rotate left/right, perhaps with a push function for firing? But as Asteroids doesn't use analog controls, God knows...
Title: Re: "Asteroids controller" what the heck is this thing?
Post by: Mike A on March 21, 2019, 05:06:28 pm: They just hijacked the picture of that cab. That is some stupid eye tracking game. The cab has no controls. I think it is called Eye Asteroids.
Title: Re: "Asteroids controller" what the heck is this thing?
Post by: nitrogen_widget on March 21, 2019, 07:11:38 pm: Quote from: Mike A on March 21, 2019, 05:06:28 pm
They just hijacked the picture of that cab. That is some stupid eye tracking game. The cab has no controls. I think it is called Eye Asteroids.

they couldn't even be hip and call it eyesteroids?
Title: Re: "Asteroids controller" what the heck is this thing?
Post by: pumaconcolor on May 12, 2019, 10:16:26 am: I think if you dig around on AliExpress you'll find there's a steering wheel that's meant to slide down onto that spinner. Can't remember now how I found it, but I remember seeing it.