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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

12 Mode Joystick: Straight into an Xbox Adaptive Controller: switchgaming.blogspot.com/2026/02/joy-...

Three levels of joystick modes. 12 in total, including left-stick, right-stick, ABXY, d-pad, driving, exploring, pinball, football, etc.

OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Very enjoyable one-button / one-switch game PinBol from the brilliant Sensory Apphouse: switchgaming.blogspot.com/2025/10/pinb...

PinBol in gold lettering. A green circle at the top with dotted aim line, with three blue balls firing out against the wall down towards the various red, yellow and green simple shapes below, all with various numbers inside them.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Worrying from Sony... Are they about to kill off all alternative accessible input devices / wired controllers that are not officially approved? Will that be "Gaming that is accessible for all"?

PS5 front-end page marked: "Discover Accessibility... Gaming that is accessible for all". A grid of 5x2 boxes with various games. In the background an array of symbols, icnluding for deafness, sign-language, blindness and vision impariment and a wheelchair symbol.

PS5 alert: Dualsense Wireless Controller Device Software. A new version of the Dualsense wireless controller device software is available. This update will be quick and your console won't need to restart. Some features might not work properly if you don't update ot the latest controller device software. To update later go to Settings, Accessories, Controller General, Dualsense Wireless Controller Device Software. Two buttons at the bottom. Update Now (which will fail for some controllers) or Notify After 24 Hours.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

switchgaming.blogspot.com/2025/07/neur... Fascinating updates on Neuralink progress.

Two disabled men playing Call of Duty with their minds.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

micro:bit foundation looking for young people who are interested in more accessible ways to code. Can you help? switchgaming.blogspot.com/2025/06/help... #dev #a11y

A pixellated icon of a sand-timer, down to the last grains. Text reads, Only 2 weeks left to make digital learning more accessible. micro:bit.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Nice one! Hope they include alternative play modes, as that twin mouse mode looks impossible to access for some who'd no doubt love to play this. Also reminds me of the old International Soccer hack. Wheelchair 'Murderball' Rugby next?

Commodore 64 era game. Team of blue wheelchair users on a football pitch, waiting to kick-off against an opposing red wheelchair user team.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Nintendo Switch 2: Wheelchair Basketball - using twin mice controllers. Hope they're offering alternative ways to play, as access wise, they look impossible for some. www.youtube.com/live/1uGRs-i...

Nintendo Switch 2: Wheelchair basketball, played using 2x Joycons as mice controllers.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Life is 1 Credit and JeSU (Japan eSports Union): switchgaming.blogspot.com/2025/03/life... Some superb work continuing over in Japan for accessible gaming.

Street Fighter being played at a large eSports event. A player with breathing aparatus and a highly custom controller under their hands plays, flanked by others avidly following the battle.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

And agreed on the split controllers. Always liked having these in the tool kit, and similar.

HORI Separate controller. PS2 style joypad, with a join in the middle. Possible to play standard, split or one-hand.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I think sometimes there's no need to reinvent the wheel. This really addresses the pdp One Hand Controller long being out of stock, and improves upon it with the optional toppers and extra buttons. The close alternative was hacked Wii nunchuks at a far higher price/time to make.

Black curved nunchuk like controller with two forefinger buttons at the front, and on the top a single thumb-stick.

Top down view of a pdp black nunchuk controller. Possibly a mock-up.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Christy Brown 1950s Electronic Assistive Technology (IBM Electromatic): switchgaming.blogspot.com/2025/02/down...

Christy Brown's view of his IBM Electric Typewriter, which he's using with the cover-plate off, typing with his left foot in 1962.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Sorry this is upside down now... This was the page, but it's a remake of my scrawled writing.

Namco targets the Disabled. Namco is working with Japan's ministry of health to bring gaming to two new markets - the physically challenged and the elderly. The firm is releasing a series of PS2 peripherals designed for people with physical disabilities. The controllers can be operated with a single finger press, and feature symbols corresponding to the buttons on the standard PS2 joypad. Namco hopes to release the range in Japan next year.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Oh, (sorry this is a bit of a blurt), this is surely what they were talking about in the Digitiser item....

Blue upright cabinet with TV inside. A chair with arms in front. Either side of the arms are slanted lecturns with four Ablenet looking coloured switches mounted on thick square of Velcro, in a cross arrangement. I assume for up,down,left,right and the four Playstation shapes. Wires come out from the middoe.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Namco had been making Japanese language AAC devices for Disabled people (communicators) since 1985 under the Namcot name. Here's them branching out to the Anglosphere, with Pac-Man branding....

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

...and a few years later, I saw Namco had made this. Not saying they copied me, and if they had, I don't care anyway.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Accessible Gaming: Study Participants Wanted. Linked to players needing aim-assist and slower games.... switchgaming.blogspot.com/2025/02/stud...

A flyer titled Study Participants Wanted. It reads: Hello, I’m Oliver, an undergraduate student from Falmouth University, I’m looking for participants to help with a study on accessibility in gaming. The study focuses on how effective automatically adjusting “Game Speed” and “Aim Assist” is in creating a personalized accessible experience. A participant would need: A reliance on Game Speed and/or assistive aiming options to access games, A Windows PC capable of running simple 3D games, up to thirty minutes of time. If you’re interested, please email ob276765@falmouth.ac.uk or message oliver with an o on discord. Thank You.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Use a wide array of accessible joysticks and gamepads with the HID Remapper v7 on a Sony Access Controller or Xbox Adaptive Controller. The latest firmware update allows for all sorts of sticks to work now without having to reprogramme the unit: www.oneswitch.org.uk/art.php?id=369

An array of black and white joysticks and Sony Access Controllers all hooked up together through a black hexagonal HID Remapper v7 from OneSwitch.org.uk

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Great memory. Would love to see the broadcast again. You'll have seen this no doubt.

The Hairy Cornflake (right) with young women in tight clothing and knee high boots (left) bracing a Space Invaders II upright arcade game.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

switchgaming.blogspot.com/2024/12/22nd... One button / one-switch odds and ends. Including the remarkable ABA games.

Short animation of a Konami Scramble tribute game with pink glowing scenery, and space ship hopping and dropping bombs and firing lasers at rockets and fuel depots.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Two gamepads, 1x XAC, keyboard and foot switches to play Steam in Brazil: switchgaming.blogspot.com/2024/12/16th...

Point of View from Rodrigo, looking at a XAC interface on his lap, a gamepad in his left and gamepad in his right hand. Adaptive firmware buttons for his feet.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Using two gamepads, one XAC and foot switches to play Steam games in Brazil... switchgaming.blogspot.com/2024/12/16th...

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

One-button accessible gaming in 1981 on the ZX81: switchgaming.blogspot.com/search?q=zx81

You have 9 pence. Press N/L to play (new line). Slot reels read 4.5.3. Lucky 7 Jackpot, with winning tray at the bottom, and playing arm to the right. All in chunky black and white graphics.

Close up on a CRT TV of J.K. Greye's Asteroids from 1981 for the ZX81

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

The Colin McDonnell Technology Room at William Merritt. Unveiled December 2024: switchgaming.blogspot.com/2024/12/8th-...

The Colin McDonnell Technology Room plaque.

Image of people gathered around the edges of the Colin McDonnell Technology Room. Full of accessible gaming and leisure technology.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Wrestle Jump 2 with keyboard update to make easier for switch users to play: switchgaming.blogspot.com/2024/12/3rd-...

Two cartoon Mexican wrestlers in mid air about to do battle on a windy sandy hillock. Text reads, Wrestle!. Five empty stars on either side of the screen at the top. Big round UP arrow in a blue button bottom left of screen.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

This was great on the Atari VCS for a few years until people stopped bothering making games that reponded to it.

Atari VCS close up of some of the console switches, including TV type, where the toggle switch can be in colour or black and white mode.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

This is a mock-up. The Piranahs moved very fast left and right. On a CRT B/W TV (which is what we had at the time for gaming) you could barely see them, and you'd be entirely mystified as to why you kept dying. Very frustrating.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Very nice. Bit of a step up from the sort of thing I had as a child. Williams were the best.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Ever seen one of these, Neil? Toni keyboard emulator for Disabled users, so they can access the keyboard using sip-puff or accessibility switches/joysticks.

Amstrad with Toni (keyboard) Emulator. Allows for accessibility switches / sip-puff etc. to access the Amstrad CPC keyboard.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Inside an Xbox Adaptive Controller (at least some of them) is a bear silhouette. Anyone know what it signifies? @brycej.bsky.social @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social @ianhamilton.bsky.social

Black shiny slab of plastic with a bear walking along. Microsoft CAV 1 M1065266.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I wonder if there's any mention of Inclusive Technology in there? An off shoot success story of Ocean:

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Tricky. Maybe start by asking her what her difficulties are with three SAC joystick tops that come in the box. Or if she just needs something similar that she can plug in for the right-stick?

Sony Access Controller black round ball top, with two flatter alternatives next to it on the floor.

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OneSwitch @one-switch.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Posted on Twitter too, but... one SAC takes up to two 3.5mm analogue joysticks. Some here: oneswitch.org.uk/page/sacbits + links to others, also see Makers Making Change OAK joystick etc. Chunkier USB joysticks are possible using a HID Remapper adapter: oneswitch.org.uk/art.php?id=369.