Real-time strategy (RTS) isn’t a gaming genre known for its hardware — fans of Command & Conquer or StarCraft are more likely to care about keyboard shortcuts and pointer precision than the details of physical gamepads. But that’s not to say that a custom controller can’t be built. In response to a challenge from gaming blog Shoryuken , StarCraft II fan Mauricio Romano has designed and constructed a full, 29-button interface for the game, taking inspiration from the homemade “fightsticks” often used to play arcade games such as Street Fighter . It’s certainly an impressive effort. Having modelled the body of the controller using the CAD suite CATIA, Romano sent off to a Swedish company to have it printed, before adding buttons and a…

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‘StarCraft II’ fan builds arcade-style custom controller with 29 buttons