Well, Gamespot doesn't seem to have any way for us to review and rate hardware, so I guess this has to go in the blog...

Pelican has created an accessory for the Playstation 3 that is supposed to allow the use of PS2 controllers. Since I really wanted to put up my PS2 and clear some space, I thought that this would be a great lil investment that would let me play Guitar Hero on my PS3...

Guitar Hero 1 - works fine. I'm not convinced its perfect, but for us average GH players, I'd give it a solid 95% for use on this game.

Ah, but then theres GH2 and GH- rocks the 80s...

This test did not work nearly so well. Yes, I realize there is a switch for GH2 mode on the adapter. Yes, I tried it with and without the switch toggled to GH2. The results? Crash and burn. Even once you get past the goofy changes made to the menu interface (anytime it says use the green button to continue, you have to press the orange button and strum bar) the controls are so chaotic, so unpredictable its almost unplayable. You cant use star power at all from what I've tried, and I can't tell if the timing is just off enough to make you miss notes, or if it just randomly picks notes to press and release while you are trying to play.

There seems to be an issue with using just buttons for anything - normally pressing a note (without strumming) causes that key to light up on screen. Using the adapter here thats not the case - you cant see what you are pressing on screen till you hit the strum bar. DONT EVEN ATTEMPT HAMMER-ONS or PULL OFFS! Trust me on this one...

I have yet to test this with any of the PS2 steering wheels or dance mats or other controllers, but as far as the GH games go - DONT BUY unless you plan on just playing the first one.