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Here's a Dance-Dance-Revolution style USB mat you can get from Kraft (the macaroni and cheese folks) for only $10. This is a pretty good deal and you could likely turn this into all sorts of controllers and as parts for projects. I bet it will even work with the open source version of DDR. So, grab one while you can and they're available. [via via] Link.
DDR-style game pad for $10...
Here's a Dance-Dance-Revolution style USB mat you can get from Kraft (the macaroni and cheese folks) for only $10. This is a pretty good deal and you could likely turn this into all sorts of controllers and as parts for projects. I bet it will even work with the open source version of DDR. So, grab one while you can and they're available. [via via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 18, 2006 06:42 PM
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Funny - I can't find any links from pages on kraft.com to kraftbrands.com, the site in the post. A search on their site doesn't come up with anything about a game pad promotion either. I'd be suspicious about submitting my contact or payment info.
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I found the link. Kraft.com links to kraftfoods.com, which links to kraftbrands.com. Kraftfoods.com makes mention of the game pad giveaway on their promotions page, so it looks like this is legit.
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A check at register.com shows both sites are registered to Kraft.
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I've taken the risk and will keep you updated as of what happens. (I used a cap-one card that has fraud protection it also has a very low limit so they can't do as much damage in case this turns out to be bunk). I only use this card for things like this that might have bad consequences.
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Ordered one when this story hit, and we received it yesterday. It's legit. The dance game that they've got on the pad site is a good one for the young kids -- not too hard, but still gets you sweatin'. The kids are having a blast with it.
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Got mine this morning, (That's pretty quick for a food product premium)
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The Kraft pad came in on Friday, and works as advertised. Under OS X, the buttons all work.
My sisters played StepMania over the weekend, though, and reported that "double-steps always miss!" I'm not a big DDR player, but apparently there are points when you have to depress two buttons simultaneously. These simultaneous keypresses weren't registering.
Turns out that the Up, Down, Left & Right buttons are mapped to a hatswitch, and so it's not registering Up+Down. For now, I just turned the gamepad diagonally -- the diagonal buttons map to USB buttons, not a hatswitch.
Anyone taken this apart yet to see if there's a way to modify the hatswitch button presses? There are unused buttons reported (5, 6, 7, 8).
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Funny... looks remarkably similar to the one geeks.com is selling for $4!
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=DMATT-FF-NB
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