Microsoft Flight Stick work with Mame?

[gmunny]

Hi folks,
Newbie here and just started on planning out my control panel and am debating on using a flight stick/trigger stick for games like Tron or flying games like After Burner, etc.   

I have an old Microsoft Flight Stick for the PC.  It connected to the game port on older sound cards.  Can I use this for my Mame machine either plug in or Hack?   

Also, I'd like to hear from folks that have a flight stick and what games do they play and what type of stick they use and if its worth the extra work to buy and install. 

Many thanks,
Gmunny

[Mr Ironpants]

My personal experience with flight sticks is that they are horrible for games like tron but I don't mind them for After Burner type games. 

This is just one of the many threads that talks about converting the flight stick to an 8 way for games like Tron.  Of course the original tron sticks had a somewhat unique actuator (mechanism for activating the microswitches -- said you were a noob so I thought I would qualify that)
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=49738.0

Do a search for Tron Sticks or Tron Hacks and you will get a ton of info on them.

I played mostly Tron and Discs of Tron with my Tron style stick before I had to abandon my cab in a move so I can't really give you more detail.  By the way my hack was made from a Microsoft Stick but I've seen Fozzy the Bear (Board member) talking about molding the actual handles.  That would be better IMHO.

[Kremmit]

Tron often gets confused with games that should be played with a flight stick.  The reason is that the Tron handle looks like one you find on a flight stick, but the similarity ends with that handle shape.  Tron uses a digital stick, Afterburner uses an analog stick.  The mechanics and electronics are totally different, which is why your Microsoft flight stick will play badly with Tron, but well with Afterburner.