Your favourite/preferred joystick? [Archive]

MethodGit

11 January 2002, 22:46

Back when I first played on my C64 I only had joysticks to use with the games, and remember this old black joystick model with two buttons, one on the top of the stick and the familiar trigger. I think I used to use only one button the first time round (the top one), and then later I discovered the trigger underneath it! :D

Hey, I was only young! :laugh Like, what, 5 or 6 years old or something?

But when the joystick (and possibly a few others we also bought) broke, I was left without a joystick to play around with.

I later noticed that the joypads for my Sega Mega Drive (which was fairly brand new at the time, having bought it from the Future Entertainment Show '92 in Earl's Court :great) had the same port layout and look as traditional C64 and Amiga joystick ports, so one time, when I was playing Wild West Seymour, I plugged the Mega Drive pad in the normal port and, lo and behold, it actually WORKED! :) I felt very happy, I just discovered something by myself! :D No help from anyone, oh joy, joy, joy! etc. :laughing I worked out that "B" was the fire button, as was with Amiga later on.

(A bit of a stark contrast now compared to my Sidewinder joypad, which, when used with WinUAE, now treats "A" as the fire button! ;)

I can't remember if I used a joystick on my Amiga before the Mega Drive incident, but I do remember receiving a yellow-and-black joystick with two buttons on the front (I think) which I didn't use much with my Amiga because by then I had become too used to using a joypad in order to be any good with a joystick any more! For some reason using a joypad feels more comfortable. ;)

Kada

12 January 2002, 10:05

My favourite joystick was BOSS, or THE BOSS. I don't have it anymore so I don't remember who manufactured it. :( The stick itself was black, with a white button on the top. It had a grey bottom, with the text "BOSS" in the center. It was a very nice joystick! A few years later, I switched to a joypad - a Quickshot! It was greyish with two red buttons and had an autofire option.

Andrew

12 January 2002, 14:40

MarzAttakz, that black and yellow joystick is the zipstick. Thats interesting about the megadrive pad. If I can find one for sale, I think i might modify it to run on Hired Guns (there was a tutorial on an Amiga Format coverdisk telling you how to do this)

oldpx

12 January 2002, 14:53

I just remembered that the secondary button of SMS pad worked exactly like RMB/secondary joystick button with amiga. One of the buttons on Mega Drive Pad worked the same but I'm not sure which one.

MethodGit

12 January 2002, 15:15

@Burseg: I'm sure it was "C" that acted as the 2nd joystick button on some games.

bippym

12 January 2002, 15:50

I had different sticks for different games. I used a Python 1M for flight sims etc.. The cheetah Bug for action games and a Competition Pro CD32 Pad for slower games, and games which used the pad!! :D

Shatterhand

12 January 2002, 20:26

I am pretty sure you can use both SMS and Mega-Drive joypads with your Amiga as a 2-button joystick, and with the Mega-Drive pads, you use B as the 1st button and C as the 2nd button.

Electronic Arts claimed you could plug a Mega-Drive pad in the amiga port, and play Desert Strike and Fifa with the same controls as the Mega-Drive versions, but that's bullshit, you use just B and C

I wouldn't be surprised if that's the same case with Hired Guns (I can't remember now if it used 2 buttons or not)

Bloodwych

12 January 2002, 20:42

Looking through my wardrobe of nostalgia I found 2 interesting joysticks.

1) Magnum by Mastertronic

This really is a kick ass design. It's also from the same era as a top-rated P.I show involving a Ferrari, so the name is cool. :cool

It still works today (those old solid builds and metal micro switches again! :) ) and is unbelievable comfortable to use. The stick is really responsive and of good quality.

Wish I had a picture but can't find one anywhere and I don't have any image tools. :(

With an autofire this joystick would rock, as the thumb trigger is a little hard to hammer fast for shoot-em-ups.

The biggest plus about this stick is you don't get cramp from those long gaming sessions - fantastic! :)

2) Original Vic-20 Joystick. The biggest pile of non-micro-switched junk I've every had the misfortune of using - enough said. :kill

You know what guys, I think we need a joystick poll to follow this thread up. Come on, let's have some more entries. :smoking

Andrew

12 January 2002, 21:55

Yeah I agree. Someone who knows all the top joysticks back then should start one up. :)

Djay

26 January 2002, 01:31

ZipStick
-it had enclosed microswitches, other joysticks seemed to break too easy...

also like the ascii pad (for megadrive/genesis 2), very flat design with a strong die-cast feel to it! Althou, i had to ripp out the MODE button, if you pressed it while connected to the Amiga, it kinda killed the pad!

I still have the ZipStick!

fodder

10 February 2002, 17:45

i always preferred pads, but i had some good times with the zipstick.

tended to use my old megadrive pad... but as Shatterhand said above, only two of the buttons (max) would work, in any game.

stainy

11 February 2002, 03:01

This is the best for me :) home made, and the keyboard keyset I like, but in joystick form :)

UPDATED!

http://www.bellewithabite.co.uk/misc/joyboard.jpg

Nian

11 February 2002, 04:29

The best joystick for the amiga was an australian make called the StarCursor, It was a heavy duty joystick designed for the serious arcade game player, it has thick black heavy duty plastic for the stick and base, arcade style buttons one on the top of the stick and 2 at the base. This joystick has the 2 button crontrol and came with a 3 year warranty. If I find a scanner i will scan a picture of one.

// Amigaboy says - No need to scan it. Here it is :
http://www.lemon64.com/museum/adverts/starcursor_joystick_advert.jpg

7-Zark-7

13 February 2002, 16:20

I second that Aussie Joystick submission!!
I still have it today,but my old Amiga/C64 aren't really up to handling gaming anymore:(
But there was any number of times I hurled that joystick in anger & it took every blow & still worked superbly!!:D

zombie_dk

15 March 2002, 16:49

my favourite is definatly 'The Arcade Joystick'
http://home.12move.dk/~zombie/arcade.jpg

i hacked up a crappy USB joypad and added some firebuttoms.

ive had this joystick all the way back from the old Spectrum days and its still works great :)
http://home.12move.dk/~zombie/newjoystick.jpg

CPC464

16 March 2002, 05:02

Without a doubt it has to be the QUICKSHOT QS-130F PYTHON 1 JOYSTICK I mean what more could you ask for :)

http://amigaemulation.tripod.com/joy.gif

Chuckles

16 March 2002, 05:06

My favorite has to be the Advanced Gravis. Nice large base, and sturdy. Lots of others soon busted on me, but these just kept on working.

ElectroBlaster

22 March 2002, 01:02

Well mine has to be these:

Powerplay cruiser, even the sick green, blue, pink n yellow one :D
ive still got four of em, 2 black, 2 sicko colours LOL

my other fave is the Zipstick! i also have the competition pro version that i got back in my speccy days :) rock solid joysticks these...

i also have a fair few cheetah bugs including one that's never been used and is sitting in its original box! never even plugged the thing into an amiga to see if it works!

only downside is now iv'e put bloody XP on my pwee cee i cannot use directpad pro to use these on uae etc :( :(

AEV

22 March 2002, 03:41

The Star Cursor II joystick did rule especially when playing Speedball 2, but another favourite was the Tac 2. It had a ball on the top and 2 fire buttons, it was really good until it broke.:sad

Nian

22 March 2002, 12:47

Ahhh The Tac2!!!!!!!!
Yeah they were a hardy joystick if there ever was one, and was classed the ultimate replacement for the Atari2600 joystick, they were both easily repaired. Mostly it was their fire buttons that just needed taking out and cleaning. Other than that I can honestly say it has to be one of the longest lasting joysticks ever made. That and the other ones I mentioned.

Akira

22 March 2002, 17:46

MAn, yeah, how could you BREAK a TAC2??? I love mine...

Im not sure about how to open it tho... it could use a button cleaning... Do you remember how it was done, Nian?

AEV

23 March 2002, 01:33

Well my TAC 2 actual directional stick stopped working, I guess I could try and find an allen key to open it up and see if it could be fixed. I think it finally died after a session of Shadow Of The Beast 2 and everybody knows how easy and calming that game is right?:cheese

Nian

23 March 2002, 02:38

Erm I havn't seen one for years but I am sure it just had normal screws or allen key screws on the bottom. I do know it wasn't that hard to open.

Mad Mark

23 March 2002, 17:21

ZIPSTICK, worked great even with flight sims:cool

NoX

25 March 2002, 19:26

cool design, fits nicely in the hand, a little bit brittle but so easy to repair... and I loved to play F18 interceptor with it

Dastardly

26 March 2002, 18:35

I think the sound of microswitches clicking would drive me mental now Ive got used to the silence of analogue. But the Quickshot and the Zipstick were faves of mine too. Also the Comp pro was a good un.

Miggy2TheMax

26 March 2002, 23:30

Quickshot is my fave, does mould to the hand nicely, but I don't know about it being industructable, I still use the first one I got, but I bought another one just in case. ;)

fallacy

15 May 2002, 14:54

Without a doubt, the ZipStick was the best - triple fire, sturdy as a rock and (almost) unbreakable.

Especially good for Team 17's Waggle-O-Mania.

7-Zark-7

15 May 2002, 17:23

For all the vaunted improvemnets with analog control, I still prefer the old microswitches & solid joysticks. At least you knew you were pushing/clicking thrashing everything properly!

sarek2k

16 May 2002, 02:05

My Faveourite was the Zip stick too! (still have 2 now but don't use real amiga anymore :( )

i also tried cheetah 125, Comp pro's (the last i had was the crystal blue / chrome shaft/buttons one it shatterd very easily when i chucked it at the wall) My Friend and I were very competative at kick off-Goal/sensi Loosing was a matter to bash/break/snap/throw your joystick.

The Arcade stick pictured in one of the other messages was also very good.

I thought all suncom joysticks sucked big time as did Quickshot lower than II even the qsII+Turbo the Skeleton microswitches where crap at which time i stopped using em! i also tried the Master system/Mega drive controllers but playing goal/sensi was nigh on impossible!

The worst joysticks of the lot where leaf switchers they where pants (ie cheetah 125+) etc some where so bad i don't even want to remeber them :)

Special Mention goes to Konix speedking they where good for certain games but again not for footy games! anyone remeber the endurance test they did with the drill and a waggle game???
it still holds the record i bet :)

Also what was looking good was the Konix gamesystem i dunno the name now but was in Ace Computer magazine (still have some of those :)) it was gonna be a new console that had 3 modes 1: Bike sim mode, 2: Yoke/driving mode 3: shootem up games. Eventually it came out as a controller for PC but looked too cheap to buy!

Maybe one or two rusty memory's here:)

Muzkat

16 May 2002, 14:10

My fav joystick was the Quick Joy Topstar, with auto fire, slow motion, and a funky see through base:D

I can't remember the name of my fav pad, but it was blue and black and resembled a Snes pad.

I also loved the joystick that came with my amiga, the one which you held in one hand, had the two fire buttons on its sides and had a small stick on top. I was mourning when it eventually broke.:(

I have to check out this Zip stick...:cool

th4t1guy

16 May 2002, 17:06

My favorite was the Sigma Ray by Logic 3. It had the best feel and control of any other joystick I've had. However, this thing was cheaply made, as the switches would keep going out on it.

http://www.nesretro.com/hardware/SigmaRay.jpg

Other than that, I really liked the Wico joysticks. Those things seemed to last forever!

blackcornflake

19 May 2002, 18:16

The ultimate test of a controller? For me, Sensi. No need to shorten their life by smashing them up; the sheer amount of use they got (still get) ensured a steady turnover. The quest for the ultimate Sensi controller led me and my buds to try pretty much all of the ones mentioned so far in this thread. That elusive combination of comfort and endurance...

Most impressed by: Cruiser, Competition Pro Extra (diddy little thing), MegaDrive pads/Comp Pro CD32 Pad. Pads seem to last longer than sticks - less mechanical movement, I guess.

@sarek2k: It is possible to play Sensi with pads! Took ages to bring control with my left hand up to the standard of my right, but they are pretty similar these days. Why are pads left-handed, anyhow? :confused

Least impressed by: Tac-2. Maybe I got a duff one, but that sucker fell apart on day one. As did the Konix Speedking.

Andrew

19 May 2002, 18:25

The ZipStick I bought from amigajoysticks.co.uk a couple of months feels totally different from the one I owned 10 years ago.

Comparing it to a mates 1 from 10 years ago, mineit different miscroswitches in it and feels of a lower quality. I took it apart to have a look and it has cheap PCB mounted push button switches. Has anyone else come across this when buying a new one recently?

Bloodwych

19 May 2002, 19:21

Andrew - yes I've noticed this a few years back when my newer cruisers broke but my original kept on going! :)

Below is a post I wrote a few months back on the subject:

There is a reason why the earlier joystick models last longer than the newer ones.

The first ever Cruiser multicoloured joystick I bought (with the batman pack) still works 100% fine even today after hundreds of hours of abuse. As do many of my older joysticks I bought before this.

Several I purchased at a later date (including more cruiser models) seemed to break much more easily.

For example, the newer cruisers would last 6 months before a microswitch would give out luckily still under warranty.

"Why?" I thought, so I opened them up.

To my surprise ALL the "solid" earlier models had METAL microswitches installed.
The later "frail" attempts had cheap plastic microswitches.

The plastic microswitches may have been cheaper, but with the amount of returns and high failure rate they can't of been a sound choice. Yet still they used them. Oh well.

It was part of this thread (http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2957&highlight=joystick)

THEY DON'T MAKE EM LIKE THEY USE TO is most definitely a true saying. :(

Overdoc

19 May 2002, 21:28

My favourite joystick is the Quickshot-II and it's microswitch models.
I had about 3 of them in use, I think ( now have about 10 of them which came with all the computers I collect ;) )
They lasted for about half a year, and after that the small metal plates inside broke. But that didn't stop me, and since I didn't have enough money to buy a new joystick every half of a year I replaced the metals by ones I took off from old batteries ! Oh, yes, that were the times :)
When I got my Amiga in about '90 ( had a C64 since '84 ) I also got a Quickshot-II-Turbo and a Quickshot-II-Plus. ( these are the microswitch models ) These were also great joysticks - even better than the normal Quickshot-II, but I couldn't repair them as easily.

Besides, also the Quickshot-Professional was very good.

On the PC I use a Logitech Thunderpad for playing PC games, and I use a Quickshot Python V whenever I test some games in an emulator ( for regular playing I use my real Amiga & Quickshot anyway )
The Quickshot Python V is a great thing because it looks exactly like the Quickshot Professional, but is in white and has a PC connector :) It is the only digital joystick I have for the PC ( the pad is no stick ), and it is GREAT for every emulator game, because I hate that PCish analogue sticks where you have to push kilometers in each direction ;)

Andrew

19 May 2002, 21:34

I had a good look around and found 2 of the old Zipstick microswitches from my old Zipstick from years ago. Top quality, robust switches compared to todays cheapo ones you can buy for less than 20p from Maplins

Your right - They dont make em like they used to :)

BaldyJoe

21 May 2002, 04:20

my fav joysstick was quickshot3(red and black)
with auto fire and i have still got them as i went
and bought 2 :D i could never get the hang of
the arcade stick(to big) but was great for the
holyfield boxing:D

Andrew

25 May 2002, 18:23

Is there any differences between the Zipstick and Cometition Pro joysticks? cause they look pretty much the same to me???

Thanks

Jadriel

27 May 2002, 12:19

I had an old relic from my C64 called 'The Boss' ... it was grey with a black stick, chunky, and survived my abuse till it finally gave out a couple of years into the Amiga (it decided to stop going down and right, possibly due to years of Exploding Fist). I then bought a Cruiser, ripped apart an old Speedking for it's two button wiring and modified the Cruiser to have an alternate fire button. And that thing lasted me, and still works today :)

Nyarlathotep

28 May 2002, 23:40

Albatros was my first choice in joysticks, but i don't have a scan...

Ziaxx

09 June 2002, 14:30

My favorite is definitely the Wico Bathandle (not the one with a red ball but just a plain red stick), it's awesome! I got them in 86 for my C128 and they're still as good as new, they seem to last forever even when handled rough in "wiggle games"! Too bad they don't work with the PC I have now or I'd use it for playing the PC games too! :)

StarGold

11 July 2002, 10:30

TAC2!!
I still use it for my PC... The best joystick ever..

pobolycwm

11 July 2002, 20:06

the atari 2600 joystick was cool and almost unbreakable too

spooner

11 July 2002, 23:26

Atari 2600 joysticks were the best at gauntlet on the c64......

i had a clear see through competition pro on the amiga, and a zipstick also, but prefered the pro.

back in 94 when i got a pc, i got a thrustmaster fcs, that was excellent.

my fav joystick ever has to be my current stick, sidewinder force feedback 2. its the dogs, and so precise.

alkis21

31 July 2002, 11:54

The CMS joystick. CMS is a Greek company, and it still produces them for both Amiga & PC. Anco recently bought 500 pieces from them. You can see it here:
http://www.cmsco.gr/pages/european.htm

Mr Creosote

31 July 2002, 21:03

Competition Pro was the most reliable one, but I always preferred the joystick buttons to be on top of the stick, so I always bought other models. The coolest one had a clock (!) included :D Don't remember the name though - and it broke only two weeks after I had bought it :(

jrom

31 July 2002, 21:27

I've been using "Arcade" joysticks since my msx days... my 2 button version ("The Arcade Turbo" if i'm not mistaken) is now a rough 15 years old and still works like a charm :D But why shouldn't it with the fine "MADE IN HOLLAND" on the bottom... this confirms a old and wise saying... "It ain't much if it ain't dutch" ;)

KombatSanta

31 July 2002, 22:26

the tac-2 ofcourse, but as mentioned before they broke! I think I had about 5 or 6 tac-2's.

When playing games like "winter games" or "decathlon", you had to jank the joystick from side to side and eventually the ball that was attached to a pin inside the joystick broke!

Akira

31 July 2002, 23:10

Fuck man, you lot are BEASTS. How can you break that contact in the TAC-2? That's as solid as.... something very very very solid! :P

Summer Games needed fast movement, not HARD. Are you lot from thet "school" who always thought that jamming the controllers harder would make faster/stronger moves in the games? They were digital joysticks :D

I see kids on the arcades bashing the sticks with such fierce strength that I feel to hit them in the head with a baseball bat to show them what they are doing!

That's why you always find flaky/nonworking controllers in the arcades.

KombatSanta

31 July 2002, 23:21

nope I wasn't one "of those...", they just broke down after hours and hours of stress to the material, it was nothing unusal about it... the material wasn't really that stron because it was, can't find the english word, uhm, poröst in swedish, lots of airbubbles in the steel...uhm Ahg I give up... hope you know what I mean:banghead

LUKas007

01 August 2002, 00:33

QuickShot's Apache is good...

Pete

01 August 2002, 00:57

500XJ Eypx by Konix :p Certainly not because it's the best... just that a pair came with my 2000 :D

On joystick destruction: I remember playing some C64 game (I think it was called Kung Fu) with friends. The very combative nature of the game, along with mind altering substances, made for at least four dead joysticks (that I remember that is) :laughing :laughing :laughing

Bernd

05 August 2002, 19:24

My favorite joystick is still a classic "Competition Pro". I connect it to the PC by using the PC Competitor device.

Incomparabile

05 August 2002, 21:41

Originally posted by Kada
My favourite joystick was BOSS, or THE BOSS. I don't have it anymore so I don't remember who manufactured it. :( The stick itself was black, with a white button on the top. It had a grey bottom, with the text "BOSS" in the center. It was a very nice joystick!

YES! I had it too! I was not able to play with another joystick! All my friends had stick arcade style! I use it for years, and I have been able to repair it a time! Unforgettable!

KombatSanta

06 August 2002, 10:57

maby it's time to buy a new joystick...nice little piece of equipment (http://www.hanaho.com/products/HotRodJoystick/)

oldpx

06 September 2002, 23:34

I just got three brand new competition pro's today.:D They are black with red button and the stick. It's the first time I'm using one, they feel better than quickshot ones that I've used for years. I was just looking for arcade style joysticks but the ones available were competition pro imitations and were not comfortable enough.

And guess what the guy who sold me these offered. He said he could sell quickshot pythons twice the price, thinking that they were any better than comp. pros :laughing but I had greater pleasure helping him get rid of these useless and cheap competiton pros ;)

He has seven more of them so I won't miss this opportunity to have enough joystick supplies that'll last for my lifetime :D

thinlega

30 December 2002, 19:43

just wondering if anyone has an Old style zipstick.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=2085246802

they look super retro cool
;)

Dastardly

31 December 2002, 01:12

Just got me a brand new boxed mini comp pro 5000 from ebay for £5 :D

AmiGer

02 January 2003, 09:34

Originally posted by RetroMan
Competition Pro with Autofire and Slowmotion :D

That's also my favourite stick... :)

Bitmap Brother

26 September 2005, 21:29

This is my favourite joystick:

http://media.teamxbox.com/dailyposts/xarcade_dual_1.jpg

As it's compatable wit Win UAE :great It is compatable with PC/MAC, GameCube, Playstation 2, Dreamcast. :D

I also like the Hotrod SE from HanaHo.

sarek2k

27 September 2005, 00:56

@thinlega i have a few zipsticks! if they had a usb one for pc i'd have 4 ;)
btw your the ebay link u posted has been removed cause it's more than 90 days old

andyr

27 September 2005, 01:51

My first choice of joystick has to go to the Quickshot II Turbo. I loved this stick although most reviews slated it. It lasted ages as well.

http://www.zen77435.zen.co.uk/qshot.jpg

I didn't like the zipstick for anything except driving games.

Hated the bug. It really felt wrong in the hand (to me anyways!)

My favourite controller of all time was a gamepad from the Amstrad GX4000 console. It was basically a rounded and flatter version of the NES joypad and I rewired the second button to duplicate the 'up' on the dpad - this made it absolutely perfect for platformers that use 'up' to jump - like Superfrog!

http://www.zen77435.zen.co.uk/jpad.jpg

The 2 buttons were perfect placed for firing and jumping at the same time using just the right thumb. It looks naff but feels just right to me!

JohnnyWalker

27 September 2005, 02:59

The Cruiser!!!

http://www.retro-electro.co.uk/joysticks/cruserbig.jpg

The Zip Stick's buttons stuck, the Cheetah Champion Pro just plain sucked and The Bug could never do up diagonals (maybe mine was faulty?).

For me it was The Cruiser... and I still have it to this day!

JohnnyWalker

27 September 2005, 03:01

Incidentally, isn't that HOTROD identical to the X-Arcade stick?

Bamiga2002

27 September 2005, 07:44

Battlestation II Arcade is now my fav, Prof Competition 9000 for one-player.

CHook/OTT

27 September 2005, 11:51

Quickshot Pro 2 for me, Went through a few though cause it wasn't the strongest of joysticks (Couldn't take a good beating like a PS1/2 pad)

Out of interest does anybody own one of these, Thought about getting one for WinUAE & MAME
http://www.lik-sang.com/image.php?category=22&products_id=5079&img=hori-real-arcade-pro

sarek2k

27 September 2005, 13:13

[QUOTE= Out of interest does anybody own one of these, Thought about getting one for WinUAE & MAME
http://www.lik-sang.com/image.php?category=22&products_id=5079&img=hori-real-arcade-pro[/QUOTE]

As pick one of these u may as well go with the hotrod/x-arcade above probs a lot more expensive but it is a PROPER arcade stick eh!

Rochabian

27 September 2005, 13:47

Yes it's MY Joystick
Made of heavy wood and a sega control stick
He's really good for Shoot'em up and fighting/platform games!!!!

http://rochabian.no-ip.org/Mon_Joystick.jpg

It cost 3.5 € lol

BarrySWE

27 September 2005, 18:47

BOSS , is the best Joystick, but BEST is joypad.. Sega Megadrive... :)

macce2

27 September 2005, 20:21

I think there's only one answer, Suncom's TAC-2 ;-)

Sune Salminen

27 September 2005, 21:33

This is my favourite joystick. It's called "The Arcade" and was made in the 80's by dutch company STC Rotterdam, who recently merged with Happ Controls. www.clive.nl/images/24225.jpg
Mine has microswitches in the stick and a sturdy leafswitch under the button. There's a rarer one with microswitch in the button too.
My second favourite is the Competition Pro.
I had Quickshot II and Quickshot II Turbos as well but they always broke sooner or later.

At present I have two Sony Dualshock pads connected via an USB adaptor from play.com and The Arcade via a gameport converter I bought in an electronics shop here in Copenhagen.

Eny-

27 September 2005, 21:42

Quickshot Maverick all the way

http://www.laretrotienda.com/fotos/consolas/Joy_Maverik1.JPG

Mr Kipling

27 September 2005, 23:01

The Cruiser Turbo and quickshot pro 2 were the ones for me. Years of playing SWOS finished them both off though unfortunatley, but they were great sticks, especially the cruiser

X-ray

28 September 2005, 00:16

Atari 2600

But I also got two no-name brands at a computer fair in 1996. They are now so extensively used that the screws on the handle are rusted and the silver word 'joystick' has been worn away. But they work just fine despite all the IK+ abuse.

Jope

28 September 2005, 07:04

Microswitched competition pros all the way, baby.

Especially the Star Extra variety with autofire + slomo.

Used to hate and still hate the TAC-2. There's an overrated joystick, if there ever was one. :-)

DamienD

28 September 2005, 15:10

I have a HotRodSE, which I bought years ago and it's still very responsive. This rocks for MAME32. The XArcade is also good (plus has the added ability over the HotRodSE that it can be used on consoles as well as PCs) but I've heard that it's not as reponsive as the HotRodSE...

For WinUAE and SNES emulators I used an XBox USB 4 x JoyPad adapter. This rocks...

;)

stuntman

03 October 2005, 00:43

On my C64, then Amiga, I used a Delta 2000...

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2551/delta20006tj.th.jpg (http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=delta20006tj.jpg)

I remember hating it at first, then loving it....after getting used to it everything else felt crap! I don't think many of the old style joysticks sat naturally in the hand (at least not mine). You had to persevere and get used to them.

_ThEcRoW

03 October 2005, 03:44

I have a Comp. pro for my 500 that performs well, but the only thing i think it faults is in not having suctioncups for fixing in the table, but through all the systems i had, the best controller i had used was the n64 controller. Also i had one in my computer via usb, it's superb, a very well stacked position of buttons.

T_hairy_bootson

03 October 2005, 05:22

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2551/delta20006tj.th.jpg (http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=delta20006tj.jpg)

Man that thing looks like the only joystick with stealth technology. Some sharp angles on it though.

com

03 October 2005, 19:26

The one and only original Atari 2600 Joystick...

source

17 October 2005, 06:52

For me it is the Boss joystick. It was first used on the C64, then when I got the 2000 i just moved it over.

Chain

17 October 2005, 21:27

Quikshot Maverick 1

Paul_s

16 December 2006, 12:53

keropi

16 December 2006, 13:13

I don't like joysticks... I also have one of these lol...
my fav for amiga use is the honeybee cd32 joypad and even better for normal games is the logic3 Action Pad AM

http://cd32.amiga32.com/hardware/cd32-honeybee.jpg

http://www.ntrautanen.fi/computers/other/images/logic3_action_pad_am.jpg

Zetr0

16 December 2006, 13:36

Behold the power of the

ONE TRUE GOD

http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/06/Atari_CX_40_Standard_Joystick_Controller.jpg

understand.... and behold the infinite power.....

fc.studio

16 December 2006, 13:41

No pics unfortunately, but I own and use 2 old and excellent ALBATROS joysticks!

Muzkat

16 December 2006, 13:47

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1723/quickjoytopstarsv127xl8.jpg

Quickjoy Topstar

Dastardly

16 December 2006, 13:57

http://www.ntrautanen.fi/computers/other/images/zipstick_super_pro.jpg

Although Im actually using a Comp Pro Mini with my A500 atm

thor

16 December 2006, 14:08

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8206/spectravideoquickshotprba5.th.jpg (http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spectravideoquickshotprba5.jpg)
Quick Shot Professional QS-130F was my first joystick. Still prefer something in a similiar style, never felt comfortable with smaller joysticks like the Competition Pro. In WinUAE I'm using a Logitech WingMan Interceptor.

k2uphill

16 December 2006, 14:11

my favorites Classic joystick are from the Commodore C64 Era:
Quickshot 2 (black) , Quickshot II Turbo (red) spring contacts , Competition Pro 500 (black)
and the Competition Pro (yellow buttons) above but normal size

fc.studio

16 December 2006, 14:22

look here for nostalgia moments http://www.kickoffworld.net/wiki/index.php?title=Joystick

Marcuz

16 December 2006, 14:23

TAC2:spin

fc.studio

16 December 2006, 14:26

I can assure Albatros joystick is sharp and indestructible.

Photon

16 December 2006, 15:12

Just wondering which stick you like to play the majority of your games on?

Pics of collections would be nice :D

Erm here's my favourite;

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/images/qs-128f.jpg

that is all :)
My fave is Paul_s's fave. I have one just like it, played to bits :)

Also have a Quickjoy Topstar and a Tac-II.

Just bought these two for 8€ on tradera:

http://eab.abime.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=12803&stc=1&d=1166278524

Good button placement and very moddable :) Reminiscent of the SNES controller.

Graham Humphrey

16 December 2006, 15:34

I've got a couple of Zipstiks, very good and durable joysticks. I used to have one of those Quickshot ones as well, but it broke. It was OK but a bit sensitive at times. My favourite though was the Bug! A real shame they usually only lasted a few months...

Avanze

16 December 2006, 15:57

I use a PS2 Dualshock2 through a usb adapter and before that was a Gravis.

Mick_AKA

16 December 2006, 17:59

Comes down between the Comp Pro and the Zipstick for me.

StarEye

16 December 2006, 19:51

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/4014/compzip002zv7.jpg

These two are my favourites JOYSTICKS. I just bought the Competition Pro one, but I'm still looking for the one that feels and looks the same as my original did, back when I had a C64.

Supposedly it was a Competition Pro 5000, and it looked like it as well. But the button presses and joystick clicked like the Zipstick does. I don't like how the Comp Pro I have doesn't give any feedback on the buttons, it's just a soft press, almost like you're pressing a touch screen. I also seem to remember the transparent plastic not having that sandpaper feel, but be rather transparent like a bottle of coca cola. I remember buying it in Germany, cirka 1990, while I was on a vacation. It also felt slightly cheaper, like the zipstick, compared to the Competition Pro I have now. It could be an imitation, a fake copy, but if that was the case, it was a fake that was as good as the original.

I miss this joystick! Still looking for it.

EDIT: oops, didn't realize it was that big. Fixxxxxxxxxx'd.

Dastardly

16 December 2006, 19:54

Is that officially the largest image EVER posted on EAB!?!?

No Neeeeeeeeeeeeeed:crazy

EDIT: It wasnt just big it was GARGANTUAN ;) Good taste in sticks though.

Paul

18 December 2006, 11:52

I've merged your thread Paul_s with another older thread I found. :D

Zetr0

18 December 2006, 14:32

@Paul

Excelent I had completely missed the previous thread cheers :D)

Hungry Horace

18 December 2006, 14:38

are we allowed pads? or should i expect backlash for such things?

CD32 Competiton Pro, as shown by keropi above.

on winuae, Playstation 2 pad.... analogue stick is great on SWOS. i still want to build that thing on Aminet for using a PS2 pad on an amiga / zx spectrum / c64 / dead-dog.

nils

23 December 2006, 02:35

Sega Genesis Arcade power stick I remember I had to swap a wire so it wouldn't burn out the cia chip, but it had autofire for each button that you could select the speed of auto fire for it and all 3 buttons works a few games supported it(3rd button) on the amiga.

before that any of the BOSS joysticks worked fine

http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&sa=N&resnum=0&q=sega%20genesis%20arcade%20power%20stick&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=wi

now I have an X-arcade tank stick.

HOL2001

23 December 2006, 10:00

Comes down between the Competition Pro and the Quickshot II for me.

NOB

23 December 2006, 11:42

The Competition Pro ;)

http://purzelhorst.pu.funpic.de/competition.jpg

haynor

24 December 2006, 10:51

Quickshot Python 1m, maybe it's not the best but I like it.

bippym

24 December 2006, 15:27

Quickshot Python 1m, maybe it's not the best but I like it.

Me too :D

Christian

06 January 2007, 21:47

Zipstick with the PROPER microswitches in... no contest :)

Wasn't it called a Euromax something originally??

Retro-Nerd

06 March 2007, 22:54

I bought a new Competition Pro Retro from Vesalia, some weeks ago. This remake is muuuch better than the PC USB version. I can highly recommend it. :great

http://www.vesalia.de/?V02b0f145251431375595e505208514e01101f095441475205014053125e6f4a463a232271677f2b3f4d53296e6e3f2233231100743665236a082e2a78233f303e79455b46540a734419777b6

Coagulus

06 March 2007, 22:59

I had a quickshot maverick which I used for a while! I rewired it so "player 2" allowed me to reverse the stick and play with the stick to the right of the buttons!

When that died, on the amiga I tended to use my Zipstick and Competition Pro Mini which still works!

Fingerlickin_B

08 March 2007, 05:40

When I was a kid one of my little brothers' friends broke our Tac-2, inside, where the little contact ball is...I was shattered :sad

Went to go buy a new one and was told they'd been discontinued...doubly shattered :crying

Then my mum just asked in a nearby shop when buying something else one day, they had one boxed and sitting out the back...I still have it to this day :great

PZ.

Mad-Matt

08 March 2007, 11:58

The quickshot iV saw me through my c64 days. took lots of punishment and im sure i pretty much had to replace every microswitch spring over time ;)

On my amiga, the quickshot joypad is possably the easiest to handle joypad ever. pissed off more then a few mates with how easy i pulled off those horrible round the stick moves in beat em ups :)

clarencebeaks

10 March 2007, 12:03

:p Mine would have to be the SPEED KING by Konix, Excellent feel, good
control, fits right in your hand, perfect!!Great for playing KICKoff 2, when you
need a Joystick that's just the right size and performs great aftertouch:great

Anubis

13 March 2007, 10:20

macce2

17 March 2007, 20:34

Tac-2, usa version.

Rebel-CD32

18 August 2007, 16:24

The main control pads I use for my Amigas these days are Competition Pro CD32 pads, although I still have a couple of original Commodore CD32 pads plugged into some of the A1200s and CD32s we have set up around the place. Back in the A500 days, I had plenty of joysticks, including half of the ones posted so far. I really loved the big flight stick style digital ones for games like Stunt Car Racer, because combined with my swivelling, rotating, rocking chair, I'd be moving around like I was in one of those hydrolic arcade machines.

Before the Competition Pro CD32 pads, I had a few Sega Master System and Mega Drive pads, and they were alright too, especially if the games supported the second fire button.

My next project is going to be an arcade cabinet with dual Playstation arcade joysticks wired up inside it. With this, I can hook up a PS1 or PS2, or using those Playstation-to-CD32 adapters, any Amiga. I can't wait to play some good Amiga games that support the CD32's extra buttons with an arcade stick instead of a pad for once. Running Fightin' Spirit in it would feel like a real arcade machine.

If I do get those adapters (either bought from someone on eBay if he relists them, or maybe making one myself if I learn how) I'll get a few more Nubitech Street Fighter Playstation control pads too, since these have the best D-pad and button layout of any Playstation pad I've ever used.

cybermat

20 January 2008, 23:56

https://www.cliffracer.com/store/images/gen-officialsegapad1.jpg

I bought an adapter ATARI to USB pc, so i can use megadrive pad on pc. It was the pad i used on my A1200. The most confortable pad i ever had.

Also the SMS pad was fine, example with Swos, it was very precise for the famous diagonal moves.

Memories..damned memories! :crying

MazinKaesar

31 January 2008, 18:30

I had many joysticks... my prefeared was Speedking,

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8483/sppedkingms9.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sppedkingms9.jpg)

(please note the prize is not in English pounds, but in Italian Lire. A normal joystick usually had a prize of 12.000 - 15.000 lire...it was so expensive, but really good!!!), but I loved also TAC2 and Cruiser (I had a black one):

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/8538/478pxjoystickcruiserjj8.th.jpg (http://img112.imageshack.us/my.php?image=478pxjoystickcruiserjj8.jpg)

I resisted to our days... It cannot be destroyed, but ... it's so loud (clang clang clang!!!! :guru)

DrF

31 January 2008, 18:51

Cruiser (I had a black one):

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/8538/478pxjoystickcruiserjj8.th.jpg (http://img112.imageshack.us/my.php?image=478pxjoystickcruiserjj8.jpg)

I resisted to our days... It cannot be destroyed, but ... it's so loud (clang clang clang!!!! :guru)

I had those and another version with a lift up thingy to adjust how sensitive it was, on the hardest setting it was like punching a wall, I had quite a few fail, always the micro switches gave in on me.

Competition Pro was ok :

http://www.ko-gathering.com/wiki/images/a/a6/Compusb.jpg

Or the Zipstick ,these were great as they were only £5 in our stores :

http://www.ko-gathering.com/wiki/images/7/72/Zipstick_super_pro.jpg

Interesting page with a few pics here :

http://www.ko-gathering.com/wiki/index.php?title=Joysticks

Even has that stick thats posted around here, that wooden thingy with 6 buttons.

ppill

31 January 2008, 19:44

Arrived this morning :cool

http://images24.fotosik.pl/151/8ba2c2bf59dbf4a7.png

It's BIG (almost 50cm across), got an arcade feeling to it and the knob in the right place (on the left!). Loved my Mavericks back in the day but this is so much better. Originally created for Sega's Megadrive but works great with both my miggies :spin

Retro-Nerd

31 January 2008, 20:03

Nice stick ppill, but sadly the Amiga fighting games doesn't support six buttons.

ppill

31 January 2008, 20:06

Oh well... two of the six work, never needed more :)

Retro-Nerd

31 January 2008, 20:10

You never played Arcade/Neo Geo fighters? ;)

ppill

31 January 2008, 20:14

Not on the Amiga... and yes, would love to have one of those HotRod thingies :agree

DamienD

31 January 2008, 21:03

That's a nice arcade stick for the Mega Drive (and consequently Amiga) you have there ppill :great

and yes, would love to have one of those HotRod thingies
:nervous

MazinKaesar

01 February 2008, 08:51

Interesting page with a few pics here :

http://www.ko-gathering.com/wiki/index.php?title=Joysticks

Even has that stick thats posted around here, that wooden thingy with 6 buttons.

Nice website :D
I found here a pic of Quickshoot2 (http://www.ko-gathering.com/wiki/index.php?title=Image:Quickshot_ii.jpg)... I ever hated it :guru

Graham Humphrey

01 February 2008, 11:57

I've used one of those in the past, too... not for long though, it was rubbish.

DrF

01 February 2008, 14:33

Errr... the Quickshot for some reason when ever I pick up a ST, Speccy or C64 from a car boot or market or skip you can just about GURANTEE one of those horrid things is with it.

Upon testing said joystick you found in bin/skip/dog kennal you can then gurantee the auto fire thingy at least thats what I presume it was at the back of the stick don't work, and the stick feels very unresponsive. I also dislike those sticks for what I would say is crap build quaility.

All in all it just feels poor :(

I have some other QuickShot sticks for the SNES & MD, although the extra buttons just add to the crapness, I do have a stick I think from QuickShot for the SNES and it has little analogue style wheel adjusters.

http://www.busydizzys.com/temp/PYTHON3.jpg
http://www.busydizzys.com/temp/SNESPYTHON.jpg

I loved these sticks I used to sell them for the Saturn, the cost was SUPER only £0.50p per stick :D shame they weighed a ton :/

http://www.busydizzys.com/temp/sateclipsestick.jpg

I must have crap loads of pics of sticks and pads, so I won't spam up the thread :D

Retro-Nerd

01 February 2008, 14:37

I had Quick Shot 2 sticks for the C64 in the 80s. One of the best and cheapest Summer Games & Co. sticks ever, useless for all non-joggling games.

MazinKaesar

02 February 2008, 22:28

I had Quick Shot 2 sticks for the C64 in the 80s. One of the best and cheapest Summer Games & Co. sticks ever, useless for all non-joggling games.

Here in Italy were released some joysticks with Quick Shot 2 look and a switch for a "Decathlon" function. Instead of move stick left-right you had only to push fire.

NLS

02 February 2008, 23:44

I don't remember their names, but I loved some Greek made metal joysticks using real arcade stick and buttons (which after all were VERY common as spares back then, unlike today). They looked almost hand-made (maybe they were). Even if I could still use them (I need to buy some adapter to make them compatible with PC) they would probably outlive me.

They were not "almost unbreakable" they were UNBREAKABLE.

I hated most quickshots (it was the "made in China" quality of the 80ies).

I also hate my 2600 joysticks and in fact they were notorious for NOT lasting long (both mine are dead for many years now) and for the mushy feeling that gave no real feeling of control and precision.

But undeniably they are of the Big Names of Nostalgia.

Monsterland

03 February 2008, 00:29

http://lsp.hjem.wanadoo.dk/images/Pictures/Thearcade.jpg

MazinKaesar

04 February 2008, 10:35

http://lsp.hjem.wanadoo.dk/images/Pictures/Thearcade.jpg

:bowdown

Another good and unbreakable gaming tool!!!!

OddbOd

04 February 2008, 21:17

The mechanisms from these two sticks are still sold today as arcade controls by Suzo/Happ (http://www.suzo.co.uk/) which explains why they were so reliable.

Favourite: Suzo Arcade (aka "The Arcade")

Favourite but never owned personally: Star Cursor

Jope

05 February 2008, 15:49

http://jope.fi/comppro/comppro.jpg

I need more. There's still plenty of variants I don't own yet. :-D

MazinKaesar

19 February 2008, 18:12

http://jope.fi/comppro/comppro.jpg

I need more. There's still plenty of variants I don't own yet. :-D

:bowdown

JonSick

25 February 2008, 10:37

No question, mine was the Megadrive pad! Everything just right for me as I have attrocious hand-eye coordination :D

Its amazing I can actually type!

Zapp_Brannigan

12 March 2008, 15:02

Hmm... I´ll say it like this:

As a kid my favourite joystick was a Competition Pro Mini.
Now its the Competition Pro.

:D

Controllers are another story, only talking about joystick´s now.

Marcuz

12 March 2008, 20:51

my current fav is the Xbox360 controller, i've bought one to play current games on pc but i most use it for amiga games; that and an amiga megastar through that crappy catweasel.

fc.studio

12 March 2008, 20:51

This is Albatros, my favourite joystick. I own 2 of them and they work perfectly since 1990. Great.

amigakit.com

12 March 2008, 22:32

We have a small quantity of QuickJoy SG Fighters (New Old Stock):

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=788

Paul_s

13 March 2008, 02:02

We have a small quantity of QuickJoy SG Fighters (New Old Stock):

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=788

Thanks for posting that :p Only gone and ordered one :banghead:lol:cheese

blade002

13 March 2008, 12:20

My favourite, its nice and simple and its the same kind i used right through the 90's and still to this day :)

Hewitson

13 March 2008, 13:41

I personally think all computer joysticks are crap.. You can't beat buying some wood, a proper arcade joystick and some buttons and making a quality arcade controller.

blade002

13 March 2008, 14:13

I personally think all computer joysticks are crap.. You can't beat buying some wood, a proper arcade joystick and some buttons and making a quality arcade controller.

Well since most Amiga games don't support more than 1 button, its kind of useless anyway to have an arcade stick, but yes i love arcade sticks much more than Joysticks, but i wouldn't go as far as to say that they are crap!?. I had 10 times more enjoyment from playing games on my Amiga & C64 than going to the arcades in the 80's and 90's ( although i did go to them a lot, but after about 1993, arcades started to become shit, and now they are pathetic!! ), so i don't entirely agree, but each to their own.

Graham Humphrey

13 March 2008, 16:52

I used to have that joystick too, Blade. It was okay, pretty comfortable to use but I found it a touch sensitive at times.

Hungry Horace

13 March 2008, 21:45

personally i dont like arcade sticks. too big, clunky and damn ugly to boot..

give me something smaller and nimble like a PSX pad for my delicate artist's hands anyday ;)

@ Blade - whilst i understand what you are saying about the 1 button thing, it is my dream that one day every keyboard-using game will have a WHDload slave to add CD32 button support!! there's nothing i hate more than having to use a keyboard to play a joystick/pad game.

blade002

14 March 2008, 09:38

@ Blade - whilst i understand what you are saying about the 1 button thing, it is my dream that one day every keyboard-using game will have a WHDload slave to add CD32 button support!! there's nothing i hate more than having to use a keyboard to play a joystick/pad game.

I can't really argue with that one... i used to use my toes years ago to change/choose weapons on the space bar and there was nothing more annoying than dropping the joystick in my lap for a second and find other keys i needed to press in a hurry!.. GRrrrrrr!!...

blade002

14 March 2008, 09:39

I used to have that joystick too, Blade. It was okay, pretty comfortable to use but I found it a touch sensitive at times.

Yeah it can be a tad bit sensitive, but after years and years of usage, i have found it to be a gem! :)

Hewitson

14 March 2008, 11:47

arcades started to become shit, and now they are pathetic!!
Maybe where you live..

Horace: Pads aren't bad for some games, they are completely useless for others. For example fighters & shoot em ups generally aren't great on a pad.

blade002

14 March 2008, 13:47

Maybe where you live..

Well i live in Melbourne and i have been to plenty of Arcades in Melbourne up until present day and they are all still shit!.. Not unless you live in a parallel universe here Australia where the space time continuum has shifted you?

I'm curious.. if you can name me a decent arcade without a bunch of technically impressive but shit games, then i will be there!! :)

YoJoe!

21 June 2008, 09:53

Ergostick

amigakit.com

21 June 2008, 13:00

QuickJoy SV-401 SG Fighter Joystick (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=26&products_id=788)

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/images/sg-fighter.jpg

Akira

21 June 2008, 13:22

Suncom TAC-2

vk4akp

12 August 2008, 19:03

My Favourite was the `SlikStick' it was a mini smaller version of the Tac-2. The Tac-2 was also a good stick, but I liked the smaller size of the SlikStick.
.-.-.

DDNI

12 August 2008, 19:18

I have one of these suckers... havent used it in years though...

http://i7.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/db/a5/4ce3_1.JPG?set_id=7

Anubis

12 August 2008, 22:28

Just wondering which stick you like to play the majority of your games on?

Pics of collections would be nice :D

Erm here's my favourite;

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/images/qs-128f.jpg

that is all :)

I used to own this one.

It was really nice joystick. :great

At the moment I have Competition Pro and Sega MD Gamepad for amiga.

For PS2 and PC I have arcade stick witch works great with USB converter. :great

On PC I also use couple of Logitech game pads and XBox game pad that I just created recently.

gimbal

13 August 2008, 02:29

well my two favorite sticks are the atari 2600 ones and the one button arcade stick, but my favorite of all is the logitech wireless playstation 2 controller. Gaming from anywhere in the room, it was a dream come true. The thing has all the features of a dualshock controller, but a slightly lighter weight and lasts ages on the batteries. I replace them once a year.

DDNI

09 October 2008, 11:42

I bought this Analog / Analogue joystick last month.
I had one back in the day. It helped me win the championship in F1GP!!

marcfrick2112

09 October 2008, 13:24

Great Thread... Well, I liked the original Atari 2600 controllers, but they were VERY unreliable, for me anyway.... So, my 2600's and C-64's and C128's , all have Epyx 500XJ 's (Anyone remember the 5-year / 5,000,000 shot warranty ?? Pretty sure Epyx itself folded before the 5 years was up :p

My 'main' Amiga has a Honey Bee Comp. Pro CD32 pad, made in China, but I do like 'em... For certain games, I still think a joystick offers more control... I remember some of the funky jumps in Turrican to get 1Ups, etc. were a lot easier with a joystick versus a joypad.

I have had a TAC-2, a SlikStick, a Python, but all either broke, or were lost after a move :sad

NewDeli

09 October 2008, 13:33

I remember using joysticks from the Quickshot series (http://svi.s31.pl/quickshot.html), and I must have had the famous Epyx model, but the memories are blurred.

Brands were not that important in the early 90s, what I mean by that is the manufacturers did not carry a strong corporate image. Admittedly, joysticks were not made to be kept over the years.

Good joysticks usually had micro-switches but there were exceptions.

vk4akp

09 October 2008, 13:41

Wow, You've just reminded me I still have one of those Epyx joysticks here packed away some where. Barely used it.
.-.-.

I remember using joysticks from the Quickshot series (http://svi.s31.pl/quickshot.html), and I must have had the famous Epyx model, but the memories are blurred.

Brands were not that important in the early 90s, what I mean by that is the manufacturers did not carry a strong corporate image. Admittedly, joysticks were not made to be kept over the years.

Good joysticks usually had micro-switches but there were exceptions.

Rabbit80

09 October 2008, 14:55

Mine was the Powerplay Cruiser - Green with yellow buttons and a pink stick...

It was virtually indestructible having all microswitches and it also had an adjustable torque/stiffness which was perfect for many different games - for example on the loose setting it was perfct for joystick waggling games and on medium it was perfect for SWOS...

Wish I could use it on my PeeCee with WinUAE :(

s2325

09 October 2008, 15:06

it's possible with this interface http://www.matt.com.pl/show.php?kod_show=AAB&poz_kl=3&mklasid=2&keep=1&show=1&aktklasid=4 but I don't know how to buy something there :/
you need free account but I can not login

Anemos

09 October 2008, 15:32

I love all mine.. :D

http://pspemulation.condor.serverpro3.com/forums3/download/screenshots/@atari-joy-adapter1.jpg

tonyyeb

09 October 2008, 16:06

Competition Pro Zip Stick ftw!

TCD

09 October 2008, 16:45

Competition Pro Zip Stick ftw!

Second that :great and the MegaDrive Pads are also nice ;)

Harrison

09 October 2008, 21:08

For Amiga sticks the Zip Stik was my favourite, followed by the CD32 Competition Pro pad.

Joysticks overall it has to be the X-Arcade range, and my Slik-Stik Classic board.

MazinKaesar

09 October 2008, 22:35

@Deleauvive
I use speedking too, with an USB adapter. It's my favorite retrocontroller ^__^

@Anemos
Wow!!! And adapter to use Playstation pad on Amiga! Does it support rumble?

DamienD

10 October 2008, 12:27

Joysticks overall it has to be the X-Arcade range, and my Slik-Stik Classic board.
Agree :agree

...though I'd have to add my HotRodSE (http://www.hanaho.com/Products/HotRodJoystick.php) to that list :p

s4m

11 October 2008, 12:55

no doubt : my best friend, Mr ZIPSTICK
more than 15 years of brutality without any problem

MazinKaesar

14 December 2008, 15:38

Found in the attic, I forget to have it,

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/5356/s5000886sc8.th.jpg (http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s5000886sc8.jpg)

I used it to play some C64 and Amiga games this morning.

Titler

19 December 2008, 01:48

Fear it's curiously anti-sinister design logic;

http://info.sonicretro.org/images/2/2e/Sms_stick.jpg

Looking back, I sometimes wonder why the gaming industry settled on a left-handed stick (with buttons on the right) as the standard, because the majority of the populace are right-handed... but anyway, I loved this stick because it worked on every Amiga game that I played that could use two buttons, it was quiet and soft but yet completely unfazed by even a serious beating in games like Speedball 2, and it seemed to have bullet-proof reliability; I've mentioned else where it lasted from around 1990 to 2002 in use for hours almost every single day on either the Sega Master System or my Amiga and as far as I know, still works today, being finally retired only when I moved to a PC for my gaming.

Nowadays I've got a USB competition pro, and a Saitek P990 analog pad, but for true gaming I have to admit I've stayed with the cheap but cheerful;

http://images.ciao.com/iuk/images/products/normal/976/product-6513976.jpg

It's the Logic3 Tri-format Arcade Stick. I picked it up off eBay brand new for about £5... When I opened it, the stick rattled as if there was a broken component inside, which I eventually traced to a plastic leg and screw that had snapped off another stick and ended up in my case somehow. It has all the virtues of the old Sega classic though; it's soft without being inaccurate or brittle, it's relatively ergonomic despite looking like a cubist's wet dream, and it even works across 3 different gaming systems at least. Good stuff, and highly recommended (assuming I'm not just lucky in my build of stick, and the same feel is enjoyed by others... a fair few seemed to love the old SMS pads here though too, so I'm suspect I'm not totally biased without reason)