One of my Fav. joysticks as a kid

[J-Golden]

I couldn't remember the name of it for the longest time but FINALLY tracked it down!  It was a Quick Shot joystick and at the time I thought it was the coolest thing to ever be invented.

It was the Intruder:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:QuickShot_Intruder_lateral.JPG

I think I can safely say it single handedly got me hooked on fighter games.  This thing just made it feel that much more real for F-18, Elite II, and SO many others...

There was another fight yoke also by QuickShoot that had an artificial horizon built into the yoke.  It was just for show but for some reason I thought it was really cool also.

So what cool perifs. did you all really get into?

[mfilos]

Despite being a nice joystick for Flight games...

... the "Chuck Norris" of joysticks for the Amiga/Atari/etc... imho is clearly the Tomahawk!





Anyone that had it back then... still has it and it's 100% operational without any issue not to mention it's solid like Thor's hammer (lol).

Before anyone would say that the buttons are opposite than you're used too, it wasn't for us Greeks (since Tomahawk is proudly a Greek joystick) that we used the fire on left hand and stick on right (all cabinets were made like that anyway here).

[CritAnime]

I had a Competition Pro growing up. Had it right up to the C64 dying then I ditched it. Shame because that was a really good stick.

[magnetic]

I always like the epyx 500xj and the way it fit my hand.. I have a Tac2 here and man is it well made! I just got the Sliktik too, which is cool though small.

[CritAnime]

I know it's not an amiga stick but I always like this one:


My current joystick is a zipstick. It's alright but it needs some new switches inside.

[stevenlcroucher]

No no!  The best all-round joystick for gaming was the Powerplay Cruiser.

[gertsy]

I used a plain ole Wico Red Ball Stick.  $50 in 1984 which was a lot then, and it still works fine today, with some replaced micro switches and rubber bush.  I've been looking after my stick...

[tone007]

I've got one of these, I think it's a good competitor for that Tomahawk above.



Weighs probably 5lbs, real arcade buttons and all.

However, my favorite from back in the 80s was probably the red and black Wico with the interchangeable bat/ball/flight grip.

[mfilos]

I've got one of these, I think it's a good competitor for that Tomahawk above.

It's definitely a manly Joystick there mate

Not to mention that along with Tomahawk you can use it as a weapon to smack someone's butt in case he leaves you dying in "Warzone" LOL

[beakster2]

Call me a pervert, but I liked the rather different Cheetah Bug :



I also had a few Cheetah 125+ over the years, and a Cruiser which was also good.

[tone007]

I can't believe they sold that to children.

[prabmire]

I can't remember the name of my first joystick but it was a texturerd rubber with red button on top of the joystick itself, that eventually broke and i've had a zipstick that works perfectly ever since, that said i do sometimes use my Megadrive pads

[Tripitaka]

The most annoying thing with the cheetah bug is that I destroyed them in less than 2 weeks every time. My girlfriend at the time loved them however. I preferred something a little more durable as I played a lot of shoot-em-ups. I just wish I could remember the name of my favourite one, it had a square base with round bits on each corner and suction pads to hold it down. It was made of grey plastic with red buttons and had an auto-fire lock feature. If I remember the name of it I'll post it up.

Ah ha, found it via google, this is the one: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cip/joystick/item/quickjoy_sv-126/en

[the_leander]

I always loved the Hornby Turbo 360 touchpad. One of the very few controlers I owned that didn't die horribly within days of me getting it.

Hmm, you can still find them on Amazon! Amazing

[Tripitaka]

One of the very few controlers I owned that didn't die horribly within days of me getting it.

You too huh. Chaos Engine killed a few for me, my local computer shop took them back every couple of weeks but never complained, they still made a couple of quid on every one they sold, returned or not.