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Keyboard goes Game Controller

Build your own Custom Input Device

Published in issue 376, April 2008

There are various reasons for wanting a Custom Input Device (CID). We can think of the following two examples. What about a pinball game on your computer? When you’ve created a great table or game using Visual Pinball there is nothing so annoying as having to use the keyboard for the plunger and flippers.

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www.pinballnirvana.com/index.php?name=UpDownload
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Paper_Scissors

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