Homebrew paint application adds Guitar Hero controller support
by Eric Caoili 
{ Jun 28th 2008 at 4:00PM }
There are already several homebrew and even commercial paint/pixel-art programs in development for the Nintendo DS, but BassAceGold's UAPaint (v1.02) adds something special -- support for Guitar Hero: On Tour's Guitar Grip controller.Artists can use the Grip's buttons as tool shortcuts in UAPaint - blue for the pen, yellow for the paint bucket, red for the color picker, and green for the line tool. Slick!
We saw the potential of homebrew slot-2 accessory tinkering with Mario Kart DS hacked to interface with Taito's paddle controller, but there hasn't been any advancements with that since, possibly due to the paddle's pricing and limited availability. With Guitar Hero's popularity and readily obtainable peripheral, hopefully we'll see more homebrew uses for the Guitar Grip!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
IoNPedro @ Dec 20th 2008 1:27PM
And one more reason to buy The Grip appears.
But the 6.0 @ Gamespot isn't helping...
velocitySTRIKE @ Jun 28th 2008 7:36PM
lol, Gamespot.
Lord Bowser @ Jun 29th 2008 7:21AM
lol, Gamespot.
Cal @ Jun 29th 2008 8:59AM
lol, Gamespot indeed.
Pedroion @ Jul 3rd 2008 2:29PM
Now I saw IGN's rating.
9.0
What can I say?
lol, Gamespot.
shadowchaoscontrol @ Jun 28th 2008 5:34PM
i just hope someone can make frets on fire, or a game similar to that nature using the grip
Pedroion @ Jun 28th 2008 7:11PM
Check out our topic about this:
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=91006
And forget Frets On Fire, Guitar Zero 2 is MUCH better:
http://guitarzero2.proboards78.com/index.cgi?board=20download&action=display&thread=693
They are releasing new versions really quickly.
Capt. Castellanos @ Jun 28th 2008 7:44PM
i'm just waiting for a jam sessions hack for the guitar grip.
green - up
green/red - up right
red - right
red/yellow - right down
yellow - down
yellow/blue - down left
blue - left
blue/green - left up
and different combinations do other things.
iruka @ Jun 29th 2008 2:09AM
That would be so cool! I hope somebody's trying to figure this out already...
LocalToast @ Jun 29th 2008 12:20AM
Gah!
I was looking for a "Submit News" button on this page to let you guys know, but I guess you already found it.
I have an RSS feed of BassAceGold's blog and read his posts a lot :P
Alisha Karabinus @ Jun 29th 2008 10:57AM
For future reference, it's right under "Resources" on the left sidebar, above the "powered by Blogsmith" button.
LocalToast @ Jun 29th 2008 4:21PM
Wow, that's tiny ... I would've never found it.
Thanks for the heads-up.
Richard @ Jun 29th 2008 11:06AM
Anybody know if you can buy the G.Hero peripheral seperately, or do you have to buy the game with it?
Eleniel @ Jun 29th 2008 11:39AM
That's really clever. There's already a library for the grip?