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Title: NOw what can I do with this Joystick
Post by: diverdown on June 24, 2007, 06:21:37 am
These looked good at the time and I had som US$ sitting in paypal so I bought 2 of them.

They are NOS from the 80s i think.. The pictures don't look that good but they are in A! brand new condition.


What are they specifically good for?


I thought of mounting both on one CP so I could play some tank games etc. Maybe with a spinner in between for tron etc.


I need advice, jibes, resented remarks to inspire me.

BTW shipping from the states was charged at US$92  (doh).  They weigh a ton each!!
Title: Re: NOw what can I do with this Joystick
Post by: Encryptor on June 24, 2007, 07:18:19 am
Yeah I bought one as well. More just to have on the shelf for a future project than anything else. I guess you could use it for Tron but it's an 8-way stick so the diagonals might give you problems in the light cycles.

They are a nice stick and very well constructed though. I'm sure it would work well for flight games.

Encryptor
Title: Re: NOw what can I do with this Joystick
Post by: u_rebelscum on June 25, 2007, 12:39:04 pm
It may or may not be good for flight games; most of them used analog sticks.  For a good list, look at controls.dat (http://fe.donkeyfly.com/controls/controls.php) for the x-way triggersticks.  To list few games that probably will work well:

Zaxxon
Tron ("4-way")
Xenophobe
Vindicators (dual 2-way vertical)
Assault (dual 4-way)
Total Carnage (dual 8-way)


Also, it looks like happs is selling basically the same sticks (http://www.happcontrols.com/joysticks/50997000.htm), in trigger only, 1 button, and 2 buttons models.  Probably for a little more than you paid, though. ;)
Title: Re: NOw what can I do with this Joystick
Post by: krisbee on June 25, 2007, 01:31:00 pm
BTW, these were for a MACH 3 game (which you can run with the laserdisc background using daphne)

http://www.mameworld.net/maws/img/cpanel/mach3.png
Title: Re: NOw what can I do with this Joystick
Post by: shorthair on June 25, 2007, 03:01:39 pm
Quote from: krisbee on June 25, 2007, 01:31:00 pm
BTW, these were for a MACH 3 game (which you can run with the laserdisc background using daphne)

http://www.mameworld.net/maws/img/cpanel/mach3.png

Yeah, that's obvious given the dual buttons (which are big and round, vs the little kitschy black button on earlier games). That and US vs THEM. (Same manufacturer, I think.) And Cobra Command, though I think it used a one-button version. Another game is Satan's Hollow. OH, and Gorf. And, yes, Happ is selling them for MUCH more, though I only see the one-button version over there.
Title: Re: NOw what can I do with this Joystick
Post by: Kremmit on June 27, 2007, 11:57:55 pm
The big-button flightsticks were also used on Mad Planets, FWIW.