right by abnormal gamers i mean people who are disabled like a guy i used to race remote controled cars with years back, he only had one hand his right arm ended about 2 inches below his elbow but this never stoped him racing with the best of us, he just used a 8 channel stick rather than 2 of the 2 channel stick like most of us used.
my abnormality as far as gaming goes is that i have double jointed thumbs and so have a lack of control compared to most people when thumbs are strait. this means that most of the time i hold the ps2 controler diffrenetly exspecially in fighting games. most games this is no problem at all accept for one game when u needed to use the X O square and triangle buttons as well as the right shoulder pads.
other things i have problems with is the n64 controler trying to use there analogue stick is near impossible i either cannot grip it well enough to be accurate or if i use the end of my thumb have minimal control of accrucy.
a console i did like was the wii whilst i think i would get bored of it if i brought one there good fun and i would say are rather abnormal gamer friendly
during the development of controlers for consoles looking at what they produce it seems to me that abnormalitys really arnt considered that much even some thing as minor as my double jointed thumbs can make some controlers hell. its a real shame i lost contact with my mate with one arm as i would like to see what consoles he can use effectivly i imagine if there was a left handed version of the ps2 controller so he could use his half arm on the analogue stick driving games would be much more possible for him or even enabling accelerate and break to be on the left shoulder pads would make it possble although i dunno how easy to use.
so does any one know some gamers with abnormalitys and how they cope?
or know any thing about companys and there look into this area when creating consoles etc?
my abnormality as far as gaming goes is that i have double jointed thumbs and so have a lack of control compared to most people when thumbs are strait. this means that most of the time i hold the ps2 controler diffrenetly exspecially in fighting games. most games this is no problem at all accept for one game when u needed to use the X O square and triangle buttons as well as the right shoulder pads.
other things i have problems with is the n64 controler trying to use there analogue stick is near impossible i either cannot grip it well enough to be accurate or if i use the end of my thumb have minimal control of accrucy.
a console i did like was the wii whilst i think i would get bored of it if i brought one there good fun and i would say are rather abnormal gamer friendly
during the development of controlers for consoles looking at what they produce it seems to me that abnormalitys really arnt considered that much even some thing as minor as my double jointed thumbs can make some controlers hell. its a real shame i lost contact with my mate with one arm as i would like to see what consoles he can use effectivly i imagine if there was a left handed version of the ps2 controller so he could use his half arm on the analogue stick driving games would be much more possible for him or even enabling accelerate and break to be on the left shoulder pads would make it possble although i dunno how easy to use.
so does any one know some gamers with abnormalitys and how they cope?
or know any thing about companys and there look into this area when creating consoles etc?
