Solutions for the Left (and Single) Handed Gamer?

1eyedhive asks: "After seeing some interest in the Programming for the Single-Handed article a few weeks back, I became interested in applying some of these solutions to gaming. There are very few ambidextrous (let alone left-handed) apparatuses that provide the functionality required for decent FPS/RTS gaming. Any ideas on a solution, or at least a helpful fix that won't break the bank? A little background: I have hemiparisis (partial use of my right arm/hand/leg/foot), as such, I depend almost 100% on my left hand to do everything, from programming to gaming, I have enough use of my right hand to operate 2 arrow keys at a time, but the rest must fall on my left hand or feet (including the mouse)."

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Emulators

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PC games are a hassle.

They assume a player has a keyboard and a mouse and sometimes make him switch between them way too much or use both at the same time.

Console games, on the other hand, are much simpler since the controller is the only input device most users have.

Console games played on a PC let you remap the keys to fit your hands. Yes, they can be much simpler than their PC (and more modern) counterparts, but don't overlook them just because of that.

I'm sure you can find many many console games in whatever genre you're looking for.

P.S. in the Atari days, most games (those using the joystick) could be played perfectly well with one hand - remember the sticks with the fire button on top?