PowerGlove Mouse Hack
The myth and lore surrounding the Nintendo Power Glove can only be matched by its monumental failure. The most geeky NES peripheral ever was launched with an amount of hype that would make the Y2K bug jealous. However, the Powerglove was doomed from the start. It required too much overhead (with the IR frame you had to wrap around the screen of your tv), lacked proper functionality and had terrible game support. Within a year of its birth, most Powergloves were relegated to boxes in dissapointed childrens’ basements. What was launched in commercials with Tom Cruise look-a-likes and had cameos in the hottest movies is now spending its golden years with R.O.B. in the NES graveyard - but no more. The time has come to bring new life into our old friend and to welcome him back as a productive member of society with the ‘Powerglove Mouse’. With this hack I can strap on the Powerglove and have total control over the mouse cursor on my computer. I can control the cursor’s position with a wave of my hand and activate the mouse clicks by simply bending my fingers - a beautiful integration of old and new. ….
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Comment by leadingzero — February 9, 2006 @
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[…] Ok, this guy now uses his powerglove from the nes and changes it that it can be connected to modern day pcs. It´s an replacement for his mouse at the beginning. A reader of this article was even more progressive and mapped movement controls as well as fire on the power glove. That means he is able to play unreal tournament only by using this powerglove and nothing else. […]
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um.. would this also work with the sega version of the power glove?
Comment by Robert — September 4, 2006 @