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DS Misc > StyleAgain

#141538 - HackModford - Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:18 pm

I came up with this idea for a hack while playing Metroid on the DS...

Have you ever played an intense game using the stylus and your stylus hand starts hurting. Well I did. I have a pen called the Pen Again
google it for images of the pen. I found mine in a dollar store and got the highlighter version. I pulled the top off with pliers and stuck a stylus in it with a ton of hot glue and....

No more Stylers Cramps!

Tell me what you think!
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#141541 - NeX - Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:27 pm

Neat... that... actually looks like a pen-style implement designed for a human hand! Nice find!
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#141558 - spinal_cord - Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:31 pm

I think most people end up doing something like this. I used a bic ball point pen for mine.

http://spinal.dizidesigns.co.uk/hardware/stylus.htm
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#141580 - OSW - Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:06 am

this pen again sounds alright if i might say. i always get cramps when writing for school. are they as good as they claim?

#141604 - pas - Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:52 pm

I made myself a extendable stylus that fits my hands well (and even fits in the DS !)

#141679 - Dood77 - Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:06 am

Extendable, metal DS Phat stylus, $3, Ebay. ;)
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#142762 - SimonB - Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:55 pm

HackModford wrote:
I pulled the top off with pliers and stuck a stylus in it with a ton of hot glue and....

[snip]

No more Stylers Cramps!

Tell me what you think!


The idea is very good. Which is probably why the standard PenAgain pens come bundled with a stylus "add-on"... :)

Simon