Sony Playstation // Takara Roulette Controller (Japan, 2002)

IronpigsWizard, 8 months ago

I have watched so many retro gaming shows on TV, YouTube, etc and never knew or heard about this. The amount of odd controllers released in Japan must be endless.

Definitely interesting to know about.

Caketaco, 8 months ago

I want to repurpose this as a miniature version of those DJ Hero controllers.

IronpigsWizard, 8 months ago

That is a really neat idea. I initially thought it was some form of rhythm game controller, when I first glanced at the photo of it.

christophski, 8 months ago

I want to hook two of them up to Mixxx and play chiptune

butterypowered, 8 months ago

I want to play Arkanoid using it.

scoredseqrica, 8 months ago

Looking forward to the darksouls level 1 no hits run on this controller.

brsrklf, 8 months ago

Apparently it’s used for a video game adaptation of the “game of life” boardgame.

I wonder what kind of output the roulette is mapped to, and whether you could use it as some absurd control scheme for any game.

Grangle1, 8 months ago

I was just going to comment that the wheel was exactly like the Life board game, lol.

bdonvr, 8 months ago

First guess, probably just outputs as one of the analog sticks. Always outputting as though it’s pushed all the way to the edge and it rotates with the wheel.

spicyStrawberry, 8 months ago

Cool!