Are you kidding? I remember distinctly the jerking the NES controller around made Mario jump and dodge faster. It even helped create the EYEToy. Dodging along with Mario was the ONLY way to make him jump. The A and B buttons were simply for show.
Seriously, i can't believe you forgot your roots like that.
"when I die, I'm just gonna keep hitting and . I figure I'll wake up at age 25 on level 3-1."
All the social stuff aside and looking at it from a purely academic point of view, it sounds like a distributed recieving stations or repeaters are your best answer. I don't think opensource would allow for any higher quality of performance than what you were willing to put into it. I know that the repeaters exists for every frequency from TV remotes to 802.11G. The clicker technology doesn't have to change and a repeater station should have a much wider range. That way the system is modular and can be moved with relative ease, especially if they could be equiped with a batery supply that was charged at the end of the day. I realize that that means you are asking people to interface with more than just the user ends though.
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Are you kidding? I remember distinctly the jerking the NES controller around made Mario jump and dodge faster. It even helped create the EYEToy. Dodging along with Mario was the ONLY way to make him jump. The A and B buttons were simply for show.
Seriously, i can't believe you forgot your roots like that.
"when I die, I'm just gonna keep hitting and . I figure I'll wake up at age 25 on level 3-1."
Two notes, one, the NES Max deffinetly belongs in there after the regular NES controller, but before the Sega Genesis...assuming that my memory serves well. The NES Max is the genetic patriarch of the N64, the SNES, the Dual Shock series, and the XBox controller. It featured lightweight design, contoured handles, and turbo. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://atar iace.com/nintendo/images/nes_max_controller.jpg&im grefurl=http://atariace.com/nintendo/joysticks.php &h=579&w=640&sz=109&tbnid=BkBUYTaNt8XQaM:&tbnh=122 &tbnw=135&hl=en&start=2&prev=/images%3Fq%3DNES%2BM AX%2Bcontroller%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26s a%3DG
Second note, am I the only person who feels that Nintendo, after a certain point, has constantly inovated on the industry and yet they haven't come in first since the SNES in the Home console market? I fear, sadly, that the Revolution's controller will be the first in a long line of similar controllers that will be quickly adopted by many systems. Nintendo, however, will continue to be 2nd fiddle while there technology is the mainstay of their competitors.
All the social stuff aside and looking at it from a purely academic point of view, it sounds like a distributed recieving stations or repeaters are your best answer. I don't think opensource would allow for any higher quality of performance than what you were willing to put into it. I know that the repeaters exists for every frequency from TV remotes to 802.11G. The clicker technology doesn't have to change and a repeater station should have a much wider range. That way the system is modular and can be moved with relative ease, especially if they could be equiped with a batery supply that was charged at the end of the day. I realize that that means you are asking people to interface with more than just the user ends though.