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Hacks Allowing Disabled Gamers To Play Guitar Hero

Posted by Soulskill on from the getting-out-of-hand dept.

angrymilkman writes "Here are two interesting new approaches where researchers modified the popular Guitar Hero game so it can be played by gamers with disabilities. Air Guitar Hero modifies the Guitar Hero controller so someone without limbs can play it by using electrodes attached to the user's residual arm. Blind Hero is a mod for Frets on Fire that uses a haptic glove that can turn visual feedback into haptic feedback, allowing blind gamers to play Guitar Hero songs." There have been a variety of Guitar Hero hacks in the past, including a custom drum pad for playing the guitar part, using the plastic guitar as a real instrument, and rocking out with your bike, but it's nice to see some more serious modifications showing up.

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  1. Re:Guitar hero by iamwhoiamtoday · · Score: 2, Informative

    yeah, Frets on Fire is free, BUT the vast majority of the songs that people put into it... are pirated... so, it's much like Stepmania, only really useful with pirating.

  2. Here's a great video of one of the hacks by SwabTheDeck · · Score: 2, Informative

    It really seems super-impractical, but I'm sure certain people will enjoy it if that's their only option. Check it out

  3. Re:Brainless by travbrad · · Score: 5, Informative

    +1

    I tried guitar hero and there were notes to play that weren't even in the song, and notes in the song that you weren't required to play. That's was very strange for someone who actually plays guitar. I even chose the 2 songs I knew how to play on a guitar, and failed miserably on both of them in guitar hero.

    Oh, and that new Best Buy commercial I saw tonight was pretty funny too. The chick says something about "I've always wanted to be a musician". I was thinking, "well gee maybe you should ya know..learn to play an instrument, instead of playing videogames".