A Little Bit: Peak Products, a third party game peripheral company is announcing their upcoming release in about two (2) weeks of the Starpex line of PS2/PS3 game controllers for Guitar Hero and Rock Band. The Starpex controllers are full-sized wood guitar controllers that will retail from about $180 and up, depending on the specific [...]
PlayStation 2
The Setup When discussing the PlayStation 3 Ubuntu Linux construct, I mentioned Sony’s previous attempt at a hobbyist kit for the PlayStation 2. This is the story of that kit. The Premise On May 22, 2002, a limited release of an “enthusiast” developer product was released that converted a PlayStation 2 (with the original shell, [...]
Several years ago, when the PlayStation 2 was king, there was a cute “hobbyist kit” released for the PS2 that allowed interested persons the ability to create and run apps that, in some ways, was an onramp for PlayStation development. Fast forward to now, and you’ve still got plenty of interest in creating and maintaining [...]
