Earlier than he climbed Mount Everest, explorer George Leigh Mallory was requested “why do you need to climb Everest?”. He responded, famously, “As a result of it’s there”. We will solely think about that is the thought course of this bonkers Reddit person had after they plugged a pair of iPods into their Steam deck to regulate the hand-held laptop’s video games.
In what’s turning into some type of crazed theme on the earth of recreation controllers (there’s a development for folks enjoying the notoriously troublesome Darkish Souls with dance pad controller peripherals, or Guitar Hero gaming axes), that is simply one other instance of ‘why not?’ made actual.
[Follow-up] Uninterested in enjoying in your Deck with correct controls? Why not play Skyrim with a pair of iPods as controllers as a substitute? Assured to boost your gameplay with an additional layer of problem! from r/SteamDeck
Whereas pointless, and doubtless taking far too lengthy, it’s nonetheless enjoyable. Isn’t It? I believe it is enjoyable. The Reddit person presumably did too.
Like, don’t, but additionally, cool?
Taking to Reddit with a nightmare in ergonomics and a shame to recreation controllers in every single place, Redditor nekomichi reveals off enjoying some fashionable video games along with his iPod-enabled Steam Deck abomination. They handle to get a good approach by way of Helgen in ever-popular RPG Skyrim for instance, the 2 iPads linked by way of their 30-pin connectors to a docking station hooked as much as the Steam deck.
How did nekomichi do it? As they clarify in a earlier publish from per week prior, they’ve had to make use of a customized firmware known as Rockbox to attach the iPods to Steam Deck, “which permits them to behave as USB enter gadgets.”
From there, “The iPod Mini on the left is appearing as a mouse cursor managed by the 4 directional keys with the middle button appearing as a left click on (assault), the iPod 4th era on the best is appearing as a multimedia controller, with quick ahead appearing as taking a step ahead and rewind as taking a step again”, they clarify. So as to add some further enjoyable, they observe that they need to mash the forwards button to maneuver round in-game as a result of “it isn’t doable to ship button-hold instructions.”
It doesn’t assist that one of many click on wheels is seemingly defective, both — though whichever approach you take a look at it, it’s by no means going to be a viable approach to play your video games.
Is it enjoyable? Sure. Wacky? Completely. We suspect as nicely that nekomichi could be a mad scientist: However who doesn’t love a bonkers researcher who places issues that ought to by no means be paired put collectively simply to see what occurs? Now that you simply’ve made your Frankenstein, nekomichi, can we have now a go? Please?
Thanks.
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