The new Arduino Esplora has been designed to emulate traditional input devices like a mouse or keyboard, and Arduino has developed to not only be a games controller.

New Arduino Esplora Provides A Ready-For-Gaming, Customizable, Open Source Video Game Controller Darrell Etherington 5:59 AM PST · December 10, 2012 ...

With the new Arduino Leonardo board able to emulate USB keyboards and mice right out of the box, it seems the perfect time for Arduino designers to come up with a proper video game controller.

[Tobie Nortje] sure remembers them and has built an Arduino controller to play virtual versions of the games. He started off by finding a website that is digitizing the old games.

The RoboTouch uses an old NES controller together with a Arduino board that is used to control micro servos connected to custom conductive arms. As you press the controls on the NES control pad ...