10-17-2012, 01:22 AM
Quote:That's CRAZY. I didn't read the entire writeup, but it seems like they had to hack the game ROMs to include the shock treatment. It was a bit painful to watch, but I finally enjoyed it when he played Sonic. Then you could really see how he modified his play to favor not being shocked.
I saw something similar years ago, though much simpler in its design [no coding, easy hardware modification without additional circuits]. Some guys took one of those things you strap on to train your abs. It gives you small jolts to make the muscles contract. They simply ran some wires from a Dreamcast controller, or the Puru Puru Pack, so that each time the controller would vibrate, this would trigger a shock. Then they played Dance Dance Revolution, which makes the controller vibrate each time you miss a step.