@Tomas
I dont have a problem with you hacking into the joystick to enhance it for you own creations. What i would have a problem with is someone hacking into the joystick, adding a flash memory card that holds all the best games ever created on the Amiga and re-selling it for everyone to buy for 30 quid. It ruins the value of some of the best computer games ever created for any computer!
I think we should be more wary about what we are doing with some of these old classics then we are at the moment. Just because they are getting on a bit, does not mean they are any less worthy of being sold at a reasonable price or being put up against any of the latest games coming out today. Kinda brings me onto my oppinions on Amiga abandon-ware in general..
I have mixed feelings about the whole abandon-ware thing. And i think alot of it is just based on people wanting things for free. I mean, if a book becomes old, it doesn't mean it should be sold for free. Games on the amiga were, in my mind, when the great gameplay of the older systems finally met up with graphics that could finally support those ideas on the same level - but not take it too far. Just as a great book or a song never gets old, prime examples of the best games on the amiga are, in my oppinion, about the best games will get on a computer system, no matter how many Mhz you have. After all, we are all human, and theres only a certain amount that our brains can take and still consider something to be fun - Like they say, the simplest games are often the best. If you look at board games for example, monopoly? How old is that game? Yet it is still a great game, and i very much doubt they have plans to start selling off that one for free. Or Mario... Theres so many examples.