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3 Console Peripherals That Would Force You Not to Become A Slouch Potato
Posted under Video Games by matt639Alright, so is it just me or are game peripherals being designed to at least give us players some exercise - that, aside from making games a bit more interactive. Although the concept have been thought of during the earlier days of gaming, some accessories - like the SEGA Activator - were rather, as most people say, ill-conceived. These days with the newer generation of consoles, big companies like Nintendo and Sony had designed such accessories and have so far been successful.
Wii Remote - A good concept implemented by Nintendo on their latest console, the Wii. What’s good about it is that with the remote’s design and the variety of games that utilize it, even non-gamers and older people were attracted and are now casually playing games on their TVs. Good games I would suggest that would force you to stand and move would be golf games, like Tiger Woods ‘08 along with other golf or baseball titles, and also Wii Fit.
Eye Toy - Designed by Logitech for the PS2, the technology uses computer vision to process images taken by the camera, which allows players to interact with games using motion, color detection and also sound (through a built-in microphone). Unlike the Wii Remote, the Eye Toy has not made commercial success and only a few games have been made for it. A shame, though, as it was one peripheral that could at least bring your image into the game.
Bemani Peripherals - If you don’t know what Bemani is, you must have been living under a rock for the past decade. Anyway, Bemani is Konami’s music video game division that was made popular by titles such as Beatmania (their first title) and Dance Dance Revolution, among many others. Although popular in arcades, there have been ports to consoles as well with the peripherals such as dance pads for DDR sold seperately (yeah, you can use the controllers but it wouldn’t be as much fun). Similarly, games such as Rockband and Guitar Hero have their own peripherals as well which are required to play the game - like the drums, microphone and of course the guitars).
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