Hobbies And Interests
The Wireless
The wireless adapter for your guitar controller is designed to communicate with a single controller, and plugs into the controller port like a regular wired controller. The adapter uses the 2.4GHz wireless band used by several wireless devices, including cordless phones, baby monitors and Bluetooth devices. The effective range of use for your controller is between 20 and 30 feet, with reliability depending on how much interference there is between you and the console.
The Guitar Controller
The shredder guitar works like any other guitar controller; once connected with your console, there's no difference between using it and a wired guitar controller. It features five color-coded buttons that correspond to commands in your guitar-based rhythm game of choice. The colored buttons also correspond with basic PS2 controller buttons; the green button is considered the affirmative button, and the red button is the back or cancel button.
Compatible PS2 Games
The wireless guitar controller will work with any game for the PS2 that uses the same basic guitar layout that has been popularized since the major rhythm game releases of 2006. For the PlayStation 2, the most well-known games intended for use by this kind of controller include several Guitar Hero games, as well as the original Rockband game.
Compared to Modern Wireless Controllers
Instead of every controller using an individual adapter as was required on the PS2, the wireless controllers that come standard with the PlayStation 3 use Bluetooth, which is built-in to the console. If you're getting ready to buy a wireless guitar controller, make sure that it is for the PS2 and not the PS3. The PS2 does not have built-in Bluetooth, and controllers are not backwards compatible.