Fly Guy

Fly Guy is a lovely on-line game of freedom that uses the cursor keys alone in game play. As such, it's a great candidate for use with William Pilgrim's 4Noah utility and a single switch.

You can set a switch up to alternate in function between UP > STOP > DOWN > STOP (and repeat). Equally, you can use a few methods to access up, down, left and right using one-switch.

Circus (one-switch or head-tracker game)

The prolific William Pilgrim has added to the switch accessible arcade classics with a remake of a 1977 game called Circus. Highly colourful with a catchy Vince Clarke-ish sound track this is a happy little game, even if you do quickly end up with a dead circus performer. Playable with a single-switch (you'll need fast reactions) or any mouse compatible controller (easier). I will ask William if he'll consider releasing a slowed down version when he gets time. UPDATE: That was fast! A slower version is now available. UPDATED UPDATE (29.01.10): A new improved version is now available with speed control for both mouse and switch input.

As well as working on Circus, William has released the latest revision of his 4Noah utility, labelled 4Noah 2010 Beta. It's a tidier utility and more versatile to boot. I've been using this and other 4Noah utilities to play emulated Playstation One games in a one-switch manner. Basically this means, lots more 3D one-switch games. Destruction Derby and Everybody's Golf 2 (with Easy Shot on) have been working out lovely. More soon...

A One Switch First: Puz

William Pilgrim has been hard at work on a range of new one-switch bits and bobs. First up is 'Puz' a match the colours game with no time pressure element. Very interesting is the teaser video of a one-switch accessible level designer which I think is a first. Brilliant!

You can see more of William Pilgrim's experiments and work at his YouTube channel and at the 4Noah Laboratory.