if anyone’s curious: that’s a ps4 controller with a gold buttons mod from eXtremeRate and a usb-c mod from Casual Coders on Tindie, along with some ps4 controller cell phone mount from amazon.
I use a 6-inch usb-c cable to connect the controller to my phone, and it registers with Retroarch Android, which is running a simulation of VirtualBoy Bowling. In the emulator settings you can enable red/blue anaglyph mode, which works with these paper 3D glasses.
Is it better or worse than an actual VirtualBoy (it’s incredibly common for someone to just have one lying around, of course)
I couldn’t say. From what I’ve heard, slightly worse; I think people prefer not having the red-blue-fighting thing in their eyes. The best way to play virtualboy right now is on a hacked 3DS with its glasses-less 3D display.
If you have one you should try it out; its suprisingly easy to hack, or rather, the hack process is surprisingly well-documented!
I didn’t even know you could get a USB C mod for the PS4 controller. I just bought a dualsense controller for the games on PC I needed motion controls in (can’t use an Xbox gamepad in those) since it uses USB C and I didn’t want to buy a controller I couldn’t charge with my other cables.
I have both, and I prefer the Dualsense for its larger touchpad and less intrusive light bar, but the Dualshock is lighter which is nice for this setup.
The usb-c mod is easy to install, in theory; you just disconnect a single ribbon cable and swap out the entire pcb with the port on it. The harder part of the mod is carving a hole in the plastic, since usb-c ports are wider than micro ports.
I think eXtremeRate now sells a back shell with the usb-c hole already cut!
