Re: A good low-price joystick?


pjp wrote:
> In function, it works equally as smoothly as my Logitech Rumblepads and my
> three different models of Logitech wheels as well as various MS and Act-Labs
> etc. products I've tried. It acts exactly as if it was designed for the pc
> in the first place. The model I have is for one joystick only, "box" plugs
> into USB, joystick into "box". Standard driver install, shows in CP applet
> etc. just like every other one. In fact, I personally didn't even know PS
> controllers had two buttons on the joysticks themselves when pressed down
> until I saw the CP applet saying 12 and I could only count 10 :) D-Pad
> works, ff effects control etc. I've got it installed on both a 98SE box and
> an XP Pro box and it functions identically under either, recognized just
> like any other etc. etc.
>
> I've used it in Mame a fair amount, in a PS1 and N64 emu a lot more. In fact
> it's my "preferred" joystick device for all "arcade" type games as like I
> said "it'll take punishment like no others I've tried, buttons don't start
> sticking, axis wearing out or drifting etc. etc". I use my Rumblepad(s) for
> flying as I like the sliding throttle control the PS1 controllers don't have
> and that's about all I use them for anymore. Racing of course isn't racing
> without a wheel :).

Interesting post. You got me considering taking one of these, or maybe
a Rumblepad instead of a normal joystick. You know flying is the main
reason why I'm looking for one so I might rather take one with a
throttle control. I never tried flying with one of those anyways, is it
all good? Can you do such things as shooting as precisely from a plane
with one of these as you can with a regular joystick?

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