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Whats with all this recent 49-WAY JOYSTICK talk?

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Timoe:
Yeah those threads are long and quite detailed.  Often detailed about stuff I dont understand or I'm not interested in, such as mounting info, encoder specific 'do dads' and 'what nots'.

This thread is perfect for someone who's never heard of a 49way or why they might want one but doesn't want to hear or isn't ready for all the technical jargon spewed by those that already have these things.

Thanks for all yer input tho

armax:
that and the thread you are referring to has a lot of bickering and senseless posts.

Kremmit:

--- Quote from: Lilwolf on May 01, 2005, 08:46:16 am ---With the new keywiz controller for them that makes them work great as an analog, 49way, 8way, 4way, qbert, ect.  IE GREAT all around stick.
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Before then, you had Daves board.  And this was great for 49ways and great for analog... but didn't have all the special modes for 8, 4, 2, ect.

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Have to disagree with the parts regarding Analog usage.  49-ways work OK for some games with an Analog or Hall-Effect stick (Road Runner, for example), but lousy for others (Star Wars, Afterburner, for example).  Dave's board (the SJC) was no better or worse in this particular regard. 

That said, 49-ways with GroovyGameGear's interface DO work well as replacements for 49-way, 8-way, 4-way, 2-way, etc. games.  Add the Rotary Mod somebody's working on in another thread, and you get all the (mechanical) rotary games as well- making these THE sticks to have if you only want one set of joysticks on your panel, and don't want to go the swap-able route.

Kremmit:

--- Quote from: armax on May 01, 2005, 06:47:56 pm ---that and the thread you are referring to has a lot of bickering and senseless posts.


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Hope I'm not starting THAT again...  :o

Jakobud:

--- Quote from: Kremmit on May 01, 2005, 06:50:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: armax on May 01, 2005, 06:47:56 pm ---that and the thread you are referring to has a lot of bickering and senseless posts.


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Hope I'm not starting THAT again...  :o

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Watch what you say or you will.........  :-\

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