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Geek Culture / Joysticks anyone?

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SH4773R
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Posted: 10th Apr 2011 00:49
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How many joystick owners do we have in the forums?

Post if you have one or not


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Destrugter 1
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If you consider the XBox 360 controller a joystick (most games do) then I own one. I can't play some games without one...but some games are way better without one.
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Posted: 10th Apr 2011 01:11 Edited at: 10th Apr 2011 01:12
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um... I really wouldn't consider a controller a joystick
a joystick is dominated by the stick


Its on my priority list at the moment, I need it for FSX

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Destrugter 1
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You wouldn't, however a lot of the games I play call joysticks gamepads along with XBox 360 controllers. And older games will register my XBox 360 controller as a joystick. So I consider it one because of that.
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TheComet
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I own:

-1 very old joystick (plugs in with an 8-bit parallel port), only has 2 buttons and 1 axis.
-1 very not so old joystick (usb), 1 hat, 8 buttons, 2 axes.
-4 logitech joypads (pretty much a PS2 controller)

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Interplanetary Funk
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Posted: 10th Apr 2011 02:23
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I think they're also commonly called flight sticks, which imo is a more accurate representation of what they are and do.

I have a VERY old one (around the 1997-8) I used to use it to play the original rogue squadron game, I have a parallel to USB adapter though so I've never needed to get a new one.

I think it's also a logitech btw.

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Kevin Picone
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Posted: 10th Apr 2011 07:21
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got a logitech one.. does the job


Hmm, I wonder what's coming in 2011?
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Isocadia
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I've got a microsoft USB joystick I mostly used for Rogue squadron 3D and Star Wars episode 1: Podracers
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Benjamin
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Posted: 10th Apr 2011 10:51 Edited at: 10th Apr 2011 10:52
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I have a Saitek gamepad (I haven't got a joystick since I don't really play games that require them) and it's not so good. Like most PC gamepads the directional pad is poor. I generally prefer to use a keyboard since it sometimes decides I haven't pressed a button or direction when I clearly have, leading to my death in certain games.

Does anyone have a PC gamepad that compares with a PS3/360 controller?



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bitJericho
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The saitek controllers are the best I've been able to find. Of course, these days I just get xbox 360 controllers, they work perfectly on the pc

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Ocho Geek
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Posted: 10th Apr 2011 14:05
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Quote: "I have a VERY old one (around the 1997-8)"


People on this forum have socks older than that

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I've got loads in the attic. I have an old ThrustMaster. Wing Commander, I think, with about 8 squillion buttons and the seperate throttle controller. I think the back stick failed on that, so I couldn't pull back anymore. Have a couple of force feedback ones which are also broken. The one I use now is a Logitech Extreme3D pro, which is fairly basic but does the job.

If you've got a joystick configured for games like battlefield etc. you have the edge!

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Agent Dink
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I have a Saitek Cyborg Evo and a Saitek Rumble Force gamepad. Both excellent devices for their price.

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Posted: 10th Apr 2011 22:40
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I have a Logitech gamepad. I only use it for platformers and Beat Hazard though.

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bruce3371
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I have a Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro and a Saitek X26 Flight Control combo with seperate throttle, the downside is that the Saitek is an older device and isn't compatible with XP.

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Darth Kiwi
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I had one ages ago but I have no idea what happened to it.

So I had to play Freespace 2 with a mouse and keyboard. It was still BRILLIANT. My little finger just ached after a few days XD

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Van B
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Posted: 11th Apr 2011 10:46
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I have a Saitek Cyborg Evo, very nice stick and not too expensive. It's comfortable, and has all the vital flight sim stuff (throttle lever, hat switch, twist, and about 12 buttons IIRC).



For non-flight games though, nothing beats a wired 360 controller - that should be the standard for PC, in fact it mostly is, considering the amount of games that provide specific support for it.

My best joystick is this one though...



Real microswitches, really comfortable arcade joystick - the best 9-pin joystick ever made. I wired it up to an old USB control pad, so I can use it on the PC. Anyway, that was the first joystick we bought, and it still works, it must be... 27 years old!

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Posted: 11th Apr 2011 12:06
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Quote: "Anyway, that was the first joystick we bought, and it still works, it must be... 27 years old!"


Awesome old skool tech. Looks like build quality went down as my joysticks prove!

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TheComet
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Posted: 11th Apr 2011 15:27
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Ah yes, I have a joystick, quite a sizable... wait...

never mind.

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Posted: 11th Apr 2011 16:00
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Nah Fallout, not really - I went through dozens of joysticks over the years, it's just that 'The Arcade' was remarkable. I guess it's the old equivalent of those X-Arcade joysticks, as it was made by a company that makes arcade joysticks (still does!). I have a home built arcade stick set, waiting on the rest of my mame cabinet, but the Sanwa sticks on that are outstanding, no better way to play retro beat-em-up games.

Anyway, I wanted to ask, seeing as this is a joystick thread... Whats the best combat flight sim?, maybe there's a cheapo jet fighter game on Steam - all this talk has made me want to polish off my joystick (No sniggering comet!).

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bitJericho
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Posted: 11th Apr 2011 16:10 Edited at: 11th Apr 2011 16:34
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Yeah, I'd like to know too I wouldn't mind playing a good flight sim, haven't flew in ages, so to speak.

I used to play F-22 lightning by novalogic way back in the day

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Posted: 15th Apr 2011 01:41
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2 360 controllers and a panasonic pos that has buttons that stick... lol. For game pads the 360 controllers work very well on pc.

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Posted: 15th Apr 2011 04:44
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Quote: "Whats the best combat flight sim?"


Falcon 4, although an older sim, is still considered by some to be the yard stick by which others are compared. Might be a bit hardcore though, as it tends to be a bit 'anal' about the flight physics.

Then of course there's the IL-2 Sturmovik series.

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crispex
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I own a very basic one I use for Flight Simulator X, but beyond that I barely use it.

I just now realized I've had a typo in my signature for the past 3 years.
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Yeah, I have Falcon4, but never got into it, I prefer the old Falcon on the AtariST . I was looking at the Sturmovik games on steam - kinda grudge paying 30 bucks for a game I might only play once or twice. I might see if there's anything going cheap on Amazon. It's a shame though - I remember when flight combat games were as popular as any other genre - they'd top the charts back in the 16-bit days. Even the helicopter sims seemed to do much better back then. Just seems that there's no middle ground any more - a flight game is either anal, like FSX, or it's an arcade game, like HAWX.

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bruce3371
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'B17 Flying Fortress - The Mighty 8th' was highly rated when it was released a few years back, maybe you could find that cheap somewhere?

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Posted: 16th Apr 2011 02:27
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I have a SNES-looking controller that has a little peg I can screw into the top of the d-pad, so I guess that's a joystick.

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i used to have one of those!! Thats cool... totally forgot about those.

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