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[–] 41 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

A trackpad on a gameboy-like device is a cool idea

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Why? No game is going to make use of it. Would you remap it to face buttons or something?

    I guess if you used the device to emulate PS1 games or the like, that could come in handy to act as a joystick or something. Or if it had a Steam Deck-like desktop mode.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago*

    Sometimes you just gotta build something just to see if you can, not because of any inherent utilitarian value.

    Also, having a trackpad built into a Gameboy is indeed cool. I don't have to use the d-pad to parse menus if I don't want to, I can also use it like a joystick even if it's probably inferior to the OG controller scheme.

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