Video Game Accessories

The Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector is a small device based on technology developed by, and frequently called, a Ralink. It allows users to turn their wired PC internet connection into a wireless one...

"Rock Band" is a music game that allows players to simulate playing guitar, bass, vocal and drum parts in songs. The game uses a special guitar controller for the guitar and bass parts. Players...

When the X-Plorer guitar for the Xbox 360, Guitar Hero fans were ecstatic. The new controller brought the series into the new console generation, and featured a small yet durable casing. However,...

There are several different music games you can play on the Wii gaming system. They include "Rock Band," "Rock Band 2," "Guitar Hero," "Guitar Hero World Tour" and "Guitar Hero III." These games...

Rock Band and Guitar Hero are two different types of music games that you can be play on the Wii gaming system. Both allow you to play music either as a solo guitarist or part of a band. You do...

"Rock Band" is a music simulation game developed by Harmonix, the original developers of "Guitar Hero." The game allows players to simulate playing the guitar, bass, drums, or vocals of songs. A...

Both Rock Band and Guitar Hero offer the player the opportunity to play popular songs with instrument-like controllers. One of these types of controllers is a guitar. Rock Band and Guitar Hero...

Rock Band is an innovative game which features controllers shaped like actual musical instruments which must be played in rhythm with the music in order to score points and successfully complete...

Playing "Guitar Hero World Tour" can be great fun. However, the enjoyment becomes limited if one of the musical components isn't functioning properly. In particular, drum kits for "Guitar Hero"...

"Guitar Hero: World Tour" is a video game released by Activision for a variety of systems, including the PlayStation 3 and XBox. In it, the player uses an electronic guitar, a drum set, and a...

The guitar controllers used in the game Rock Band can malfunction with overuse. One of the most common problems is to have a fingerboard fret button that sticks. This can be very frustrating when...

Gaming chairs can richly enhance your gaming experience. Whether it is for media enhancement, an immersive setting or just comfort, a well-chosen chair can take your gaming events to the next...

Harmonix's rhythm game Rock Band lets us all live out our dreams of becoming rock stars. However, if you have problems with your guitar in the game, you don't have a roadie who can fix it. Check...

The Sony PlayStation 2 burst onto the electronic gaming scene with a mature design and knockout game titles like Madden NFL, SSX, Tekken Tag, Grand Theft Auto and other proven favorites. The PS2...

Guitar Hero World Tour is a video game that uses specially designed instruments to simulate the experience of playing and performing music. Rock Band is a competing video game with its own line of...

The standard input system for a personal computer is the keyboard and mouse. Computer games also take advantage of this setup. Gaming peripherals for certain genres are used less commonly, but...

"Rock Band" is an entertaining video game which allows up to four players to play plastic instrument replicas as a "band," with the goal of scoring as many points as possible. One of the methods...

The game Rock Band uses three special controllers to simulate a variety of musical instruments. The guitar controller is used for playing the role of the bassist or guitarist. The buttons on the...

The XTrap hacker-protection tool has been implemented in a number of online games as a safety precaution against players using third-party cheating programs. Unfortunately, XTrap can also...

Video game consoles, no matter what platform, connect to a television via RCA cables (unless using HDMI HD cables). RCA cables are a series of three cables, with yellow cables transporting the...

An R4 card allows Nintendo DS owners to play homebrew games-ones they created or downloaded-and run emulators on their Nintendo DS. They can even be used to watch downloaded video files. Fairly...

As video game consoles become more reliant on online gaming and social networking, players become more likely to integrate their gaming and home computer setups. A hybrid gaming-PC setup can give...

The Playstation 2 is a console from Sony Computer Entertainment that allows players to play games on their TV. The main interface for this console is the PS2 controllers, officially referred to...

The Xbox 360 joystick is often the best method to play many video games. Since Microsoft is the company behind the Xbox 360, the 360 joystick is compatible with your computer. This gives you...

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A simply way to save money buying Guitar Hero III guitars by taking advantage of bundle promos.

Many games on the PC use a keyboard and mouse interface that may be unfamiliar or unintuitive for players of console game systems. While some games offer built-in gamepad support, it is still...

The Xbox 360 controllers use a USB 2.0 interface that is compatible with most Windows-based computer systems. This allows you to use your Xbox 360 controllers to play games on your PC as well as...

Older joysticks for gaming were designed to connect to a computer or game console with a parallel port connector, which is similar to the cable and plug connecting a printer to a computer. USB...

If you are an avid "Guitar Hero" or "Rock Band" player you may have developed your own individual playing style. However, the controllers offered are rather bland and limited in selection. If you...

Dance pads are an innovative form of video game control, and their invention has spawned an entirely new genre of dance-based games. Like any hardware component, though, dance pads can break,...

The Action Replay DS is a piece of peripheral hardware for the Nintendo DS and DS Lite manufactured by the United Kingdom-based Datel Corporation. The Action Replay DS is used to input cheat codes...

The Nintendo Wii is one of the newest and most innovative gaming consoles on the market. The Wii Remote Control and Nunchuk are typically included with all new console purchases, but these are not...

As much as many prefer to be part of the crowd, it's often very satisfying to stand out. One way Xbox 360 owners try to stand out is with customizing their Xbox and controllers. While a number of...

Considering their popularity, it's no surprise that there is an abundance of dragon games that dragon lovers of all ages can enjoy on video game consoles, the computer and even board games.

It probably isn't surprising that the maker of Rock Band, Harmonix, allows for Guitar Hero guitars to be used with its games. Although they are competing brands, the compatibility makes it easier...

Each time a new version of the Guitar Hero video game appears, a new guitar-shaped controller seems to beckon as well. For fans of the games, these brightly colored, scaled-down, plastic replicas...

The Nintendo DS has many challenging and fun games, but sometimes a game is just too hard to continue. Enter the Action Replay DS, which can be used to create your own cheat codes, or use pre-made...

A Nintendo 64 controller is a hand-held device used to play a Nintendo 64 game. The three pronged design allows you to choose which position you prefer to hold the controller. Before playing a...

The Guitar Hero series is played with accessories that resemble real guitars. Guitar Hero III features the Les Paul wireless guitar, an accessory that comes in two parts, the neck and body. This...

When Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console was released in 2005, reports emerged that a hardware defect caused the system to overheat. The problem was widespread, with scores of gamers seeing the "red...

There are many variations of the Logitech Wingman, including gamepads and joysticks. Some are better suited toward one particular game or another, though, for most, it just comes down to matter of...

A drumhead---or drum pad---is the essential part of a drum, the part that makes the drum a musical instrument. It is that broad, flat, reverberating surface that produces sound when struck by a...

A mod chip, also known as modchip or mod-chip, is a modification chip that is inserted into the hard drive of a system to add new logic that bypasses already functioning logic in the hard drive....

The traditional mouse and keyboard control configuration offers precise control that is suitable for a variety of purposes, including word-processing, film editing and browsing the Internet. Some...

RedOctane is a specialty game developer responsible for the first three Guitar Hero games. These games require the use of special instrument-shaped peripherals that come with the game. If you're...

A joystick is a handheld accessory to a game system or computer that consists of a stick on a base to be used for controlling a subject in a video game. The joystick typically plugs into the...

The joystick is an input device with origins in aircraft control that went on to achieve success as a video game controller when bundled with the popular Atari 2600 console. Successive video game...

The Nintendo Power magazine is regarded by many gamers as the biggest source for Nintendo-related information. Since its inception, the magazine has primarily focused on previews, reviews and...

The PlayStation 2 (PS2) Multitap is a peripheral attachment that allows up to four players to play on a single PS2. The PS2 has just two controller ports installed, and several games, most often...