[games_access] Xbox One "Co-Pilot"

[Barrie Ellis]

:) Reminds me of Spy Hunter on the Commodore 64 which used both joysticks
to give the player enough controls to replicate the arcade game. That was
horrible though squeezing one stick between your knees whilst holding the
other. Not too comfortable I recall.

On 24 Jan 2017 18:38, "Chad Philip Johnson" <chad at anacronist.com> wrote:

> Yep! Before that, Rare implemented a number of controller schemes using
> two gamepads in Goldeneye on the N64. For a little while this was the only
> way to get dual analog stick controls for a console FPS.
> --
> Chad Philip Johnson
> Anacronist Software
>
> On January 24, 2017 9:56:27 AM PST, Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I like the broad applications of co-pilot, e.g. addressing the gap for
>> content that crosses the sibling age/ability divide. I loved Double Dash
>> for that, with its player 1 steering and player 2 shooting co-op -
>> https://www.mariowiki.com/File:CoopPlayControls-MKDD.png.
>>
>>
>> Ian
>>
>>
>>
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>> *From:* games_access <games_access-bounces at igda.org> on behalf of Bryce
>> Johnson via games_access <games_access at igda.org>
>> *Sent:* 24 January 2017 00:59
>> *To:* IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>> *Cc:* Bryce Johnson
>> *Subject:* Re: [games_access] Xbox One "Co-Pilot"
>>
>>
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/5prg8c/preview_update_for_xbox_
>> insiders/
>>
>>
>> The Reddit thread on CoPilot is pretty good.
>>
>>
>> Bryce
>>
>> Sent from Outlook <http://aka.ms/weboutlook>
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>> *From:* Bryce Johnson
>> *Sent:* Monday, January 23, 2017 4:58:54 PM
>> *To:* IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>> *Subject:* Re: [games_access] Xbox One "Co-Pilot"
>>
>>
>> CoPilot is a good start, we hope to make it better.
>>
>>
>> We'll need your feedback. We want it to benefit the most possible people.
>>
>>
>> Bryce
>>
>>
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>> *From:* games_access <games_access-bounces at igda.org> on behalf of Barrie
>> Ellis <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>
>> *Sent:* Monday, January 23, 2017 1:42:47 PM
>> *To:* IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>> *Subject:* [games_access] Xbox One "Co-Pilot"
>>
>> Fantastic news from Xbox.....
>>
>> Enabling Xbox One to be accessible for everyone: One important area for
>> us with this release is to enable Xbox One to be able to be used and played
>> by everyone. Take for instance our new Copilot feature which allows two
>> controllers to act as if they were one. This will help make Xbox One more
>> inviting to new gamers needing assistance, more fun by adding cooperative
>> controls for any game and easier for players who need unique configurations
>> to play — whether that is with hands apart, hand and chin, hand and foot,
>> etc.. We are also adding new enhancements to Magnifier and Narrator, as
>> well as giving more options over audio output and custom rumble settings on
>> a controller, which was previously reserved for the Xbox Elite Controller.
>> You can find these accessibility options, and more, in Settings > Ease of
>> Access.
>>
>> Read more at http://news.xbox.com/2017/01/23/xbox-creators-update-
>> preview/#AsMjGLjvffvbTHWu.99
>> <http://news.xbox.com/2017/01/23/xbox-creators-update-preview/#AsMjGLjvffvbTHWu.99>
>>
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