Got myself a great joystick

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Empa Kendo
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Got myself a great joystick

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Today this joystick arrived: http://www.vesalia.de/e_compproretro.htm

Great fun on classic shoot 'em ups like Demon Attack and Galaxian!

The joystick takes getting use to though - higher inertia but more precision than the cheaper 80ies sticks - Atari400/Commodore.
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I was tempted to get one but after the slating the USB version got I was kinda put off. So, do you think it was worth the money?

I use one of the old Competition Pro Mini but it's been souped up with microswitches. It has pretty loose movement but is stupidly responsive... :)
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So far it plays better with more precise action on left-to-right shooter games. I do not have the hang of it for all-direction movers like Pac-Man or Shamus...
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I like the Cruiser joysticks with microswitches and 3 step variable tension setting.
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Vic20-Ian wrote:I like the Cruiser joysticks with microswitches and 3 step variable tension setting.
Were those only sold in GB? I never tried one.
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I don't know but there are 3 on Ebay, I am bidding on one.
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Re: Got myself a great joystick

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Empa Kendo wrote:Today this joystick arrived: [...] The joystick takes getting use to though - higher inertia but more precision than the cheaper 80ies sticks - Atari400/Commodore.
I bought such a USB Competition Pro roughly 3 years ago, and experienced a similar behaviour you described here.

It was extremely more stiff to push into any direction compared to what I remembered from former times, and sometimes it even got stuck. When I pulled at the stick - with *much* *less* force than I had exerted while moving it left/right, or up/down - something cracked inside, and the stick peeked out 1 centimeter more, now being completely defunct.

I didn't even have the patience to look inside, and the joystick went into the bin immediately.
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Post by Boray »

I just got one just like it, but transparent and including 99 c64-games:
http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=575027

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