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andy · 27 January 2015, 07:34

I was writing a few hours ago about analogue and the adapter I bought back in the '90s, Steve! I still have the adapter from then and a box of sticks too. It's been an impossibility for a long time but I yearn for a USB stick to get the same sort of game input on the PC today! Xbox 360 pads are good but they're not always ideal...

Getting to your questions, Formula One Grand Prix (F1GP) and Gunship 2000 were the big games with it for me and as with steering wheels that would later follow on the PC and consoles, that fine control transformed the experience of them both. As well implemented as other options are, there's no substitute for being able to gradually make a turn or maintain a speed or angle as you're able to with an analogue stick in these two games.

Oh, no problems on my 500+ after years of use either - just that brilliant analogue input compared to digital sticks or keyboard!

27 January 2015, 07:34	#6
andy Back. Join Date: May 2002 Location: UK Posts: 121	I was writing a few hours ago about analogue and the adapter I bought back in the '90s, Steve! I still have the adapter from then and a box of sticks too. It's been an impossibility for a long time but I yearn for a USB stick to get the same sort of game input on the PC today! Xbox 360 pads are good but they're not always ideal... Getting to your questions, Formula One Grand Prix (F1GP) and Gunship 2000 were the big games with it for me and as with steering wheels that would later follow on the PC and consoles, that fine control transformed the experience of them both. As well implemented as other options are, there's no substitute for being able to gradually make a turn or maintain a speed or angle as you're able to with an analogue stick in these two games. Oh, no problems on my 500+ after years of use either - just that brilliant analogue input compared to digital sticks or keyboard!