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Title: Question about Joystick with a Fire button on top
Post by: GGKoul on February 08, 2004, 11:15:54 pm

Question:

I'm re-designing my control panel and I see a lot of panels have a single 8 or 4 way joystick with a fire button on top of it.  

Just wondering, why would I want this joystick on my panel?

What game would I play with this setup?  Also, is this usually a 4 way or 8 way type joystick.

Thanks
-GGKoul

Title: Re:Question about Joystick with a Fire button on top
Post by: MinerAl on February 08, 2004, 11:23:25 pm

Tron needs the ability to joystick, spinner and button all at the same time.  For those of us with just the two hands, a button top or trigger stick works out great.

Tron's not the only game that benefits from being able to manuver and fire with one hand, but I bet it's the #1 reason most people have this kind of stick.

Title: Re:Question about Joystick with a Fire button on top
Post by: Brad Lee on February 08, 2004, 11:24:43 pm

Assault & Battlezone are 2 more good reasons

Title: Re:Question about Joystick with a Fire button on top
Post by: GroovyTuesdaY on February 08, 2004, 11:26:17 pm

i thought ikari warriors works great too, until you need to throw a nade. lol.

Title: Re:Question about Joystick with a Fire button on top
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on February 08, 2004, 11:28:22 pm

When you see just one joystick, it IS probably for tron.
When you see a setup with two sticks per player, the number of games goes up.

Most of the "tank" type games, require a fire button in addition to the two joysticks.

Title: Re:Question about Joystick with a Fire button on top
Post by: CCM on February 09, 2004, 02:41:00 pm

Ninja Gaiden uses them too...