The Videopac Musician,which came out in 1982, was available for the Philips Videopac G7000, the European version of the Odyssey 2. Ironically, the very-first piano add-on for a console had also been made out of cardboard. While Nintendo came up with an ingenious and innovative way to distribute a piano peripheral, it is certainly not the first time that a piano has been available for a videogame console. The Switch, which sits above the keys in full view, would then respond appropriately. ![]() One of the Switch’s Joy-Con controllers has a built-in camera and when this controller is buried within the bowels of the constructed piano, it would use the camera to read which key was being pressed. Once assembled, the Switch console sits in it and acts as its command center. The Labo Toy-Con Piano is a 13-key, 1-octave piano. It’s part of a $70 Variety Kit that features five do-it-yourself cardboard projects. One of the projects that the high-quality pre-cut cardboard can be turned into is the Labo Toy-Con Piano, a keyboard peripheral that turns the Switch into a function piano. ![]() They will breathe new life into the Nintendo Switch, which right now is shining bright, while teaching kids (and adults) the principles of engineering and physics. I think that the Labo, the do-it-yourself kits that released on April 20, 2018, is pure genius on Nintendo’s part. ![]() From Old School Gamer Magazine – May 2018
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