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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Invisix on December 20, 2005, 10:51:15 PM
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What joystick do you use to play games on your classic Amiga? (http://stuff.amigastyle.com/joystick.gif)
This is what I use.
(http://stuff.amigastyle.com/slick_stick.jpg)
By the way, can an admin add this emoticon to the smilies list: (http://stuff.amigastyle.com/joystick.gif) ??
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I've started using my Bug joystick after ignoring it for years. Normally I use a Sega Megadrive pad or Quickshot stick.
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I use a QJ SV121.
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It would have to be the QUICKSHOT QS-138F AMIGA JOYSTICK (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=52&products_id=331). Very durable controller.
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@amigakit
I have one of those for my SuperNES. :-D
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I used to use one of those Slik Stiks for arcade style games. It took a beating and still worked. I can't remember why I don't have it anymore. I mainly used a Kraft, that I still use, and have picked up a second Kraft years ago as a backup.
Pete
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D'uh! I still have my Slik Stik. Just pulled it out... of the closet, all covered in dust.
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ZIPSTIK (http://www.amigautils.co.uk/partnumber.asp?Code=zipstick&Page=type1)
they last for ever.
Adonay :-D
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CompetetionPRO ..transparent..whit red buttons ...yeah the best..
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The zipstick is my favorite.. I got one for both my c64 and my a500 and they both work fine today!
I also had a few competition pro joysticks, but i didnt like them as much as the buttons tended to wear out and get stuck.
(http://www.ntrautanen.fi/computers/other/images/zipstick_super_pro.jpg)
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I still have my two WICO Comand control joysticks they have the interchangable sticks with the fire button located on the top of the stick and on the base. Great for playing games on my 4000D :quickdraw:
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Tomas wrote:
The zipstick is my favorite.. I got one for both my c64 and my a500 and they both work fine today!
I also had a few competition pro joysticks, but i didnt like them as much as the buttons tended to wear out and get stuck.
(http://www.ntrautanen.fi/computers/other/images/zipstick_super_pro.jpg)
i agree The ZIPSTIK was something. the compendium pro was a lookalike but did not last as long nor did it have the same feel.
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Quickshot II Turbo (http://cyclurba.free.fr/pbi/image/joystick-quickshot_M.jpg). Much better than all those sticks with the misplaced button on the base of the stick instead of on the trigger where it belongs.
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I still use my Quick Joy sv125
http://home.wanadoo.nl/cip/Pagina/JYMS-QuickjoySV-125.htm (random page with a picture)
14 years old and still going strong. Had to change a couple of microswitches(springs). Other than that I like it.
It would be nice to get a competition pro, though.
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@dawiper
Look at all the buttons on that! :-o
Is that a "game timer" on that joystick? LOL! :lol: :idea:
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Anything WICO rocked. I had them all, tracakball, bat handle, arcade ball, etc. You could smash them in anger, gnaw on them in frustration, and beat the tar out of the things and they just kept on working. :)
The only one that wasn't great was the one they bought from Epyx -- those broke all the time for me, I was an abusive lad to my joystick... :furious:
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Chalk another one up for the Zipstik!
I have two of them - both the yellow-buttoned variety. They also made a red-buttoned one, but it wasn't as good - just didn't "feel" the same as the classic yellow-buttoned one we all know and love!
- Ali
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Filthy unwashed heathens.
I got two of these in May of 1985. Best damn joystick. Ever. Althought the carbon-impregnated design does wear out after a while.
(http://www.amiga.org/gallery/images/660/1_1845.jpg)
IIRC, the packaging had "Hi-Toro" on them. Made before CBM bought them up.
Because of the small size, you could switch from one direction to another so fast that you could actually find small bugs in programs that assumed you couldn't switch from "up" to "right" (for example) in less that 2 clock cycles of a 1MHz 6502. I'd love to see the assembly code for that in Archon.
Archon on the C64 was one such program. You could move the characters to inappropriate spots on the checkerboard (and off of it) because the incredible speed of the joystick allowed you to change directions before the joy-register checking routines could be exited.
Try it and be amused.
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TAC-2!
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Zipstick is definitely my favourite. It really feels sturdy, like no matter what you do to it, it won't break. And the buttons and stick make a satisfying but not annoying "click".
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moto
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Competiotion PRO CD32 (HoneyBee) joypad... everything else is not good enough IMHO... never got used to joysticks anyway...
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Invisix wrote:
@dawiper
Look at all the buttons on that! :-o
Is that a "game timer" on that joystick? LOL! :lol: :idea:
Yeah, but I only need the upper-left. The other buttons I konsider spare parts.
I never figured out what the point was with that count down timer. "Time to stop playing go outside" alarm?
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I am shocked that nobody so far has mentioned the greatest joystick ever:
(http://computermuseum.50megs.com/images/Suzo%20Arcade%20Joystick.JPG)
Suzo The Arcade, as mentioned before with other joysticks this device also can take immense amounts of angry young boy induced abuse.
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amigakit wrote:
It would have to be the QUICKSHOT QS-138F AMIGA JOYSTICK (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=52&products_id=331). Very durable controller.
I have been drooling for that a long time now.. It is just so pricey and I can't even imagine how much shipping to Finland would cost. :I
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I use my trusty old Commodore VG-260 that I originally had with my C64 in the 80's. I didn't sell it with the C64 back then, so I still got it.
I do also have a Switch Joy, Competition Pro 5000 and 9000, TAC 2, 2 x VG-200 and a FantaStick.
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I am using a Competion Pro (classical red/black) since 1990.
It's still the first one!
I also had two Quickshots, but they already broke after 3 months (Wintergames & Decathlon = no good for Quickshot) ;-)
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TAC 2
(http://www.ntrautanen.fi/computers/other/images/suncom_tac2_special.jpg)
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Almost forgot, I also have a "Quickshot 1"
http://www.retrogames.co.uk/stock/assets/images/1Mach_-_Quickshot_1_Bxd.jpg
Got it bundled with my c64. It still works, but I'm thinking of upgrading it with a microswitch under the firebutton.
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Tac-II, Zipstick, and Competition Pro 5000 were my favorites.
I've never used the Arcade Joystick by Suzo mentioned by Odin, however I would assume that it is a great joystick as it looks nice and I've heard a lot of praise about it.
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Competition pro 5000 and Telemach, the last one a real arcade feel joystick and very durable.
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for ik+ I prefer the Suncom Totally Accurate Controller 2 (TAC-2), for everything else I rather use the Competition 2 joypad or SEGA joypad...
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Gravis Gamepad. Both for PC & Amiga
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Wow, I am surprised very few mentioned SEGA Master system pads or SEGA Genesis pads!
All Amiga Joypads are irrelevant once you use these. They have the 2 buttons that not a Single Amiga joystick has. That is Buttons A and B or rather B and C on a SEGA pad. Many Amiga games use this feature, Such as Turrican 1,2 and 3, Project X and a few other games I cant think of right now.
I can never use a Joystick again after using these.
I suspect the HoneyBee CD32 pad is even better.
but credit indeed must go to joysticks Like the WICO and Zipstick and Cheetah bug.
On a Related topic......Check this out:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/clarke-santin/consolecade/main.html
its got an Amiga monitor in it, and notice the C=64 to the left.
I built one of these once using an Amiga, and it accepted Quarters too!
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My favorite and I was thinking it would have been mentioned already was the Gravis Amiga Joystick. It had a brass center post and around the post was a spongee material similar to irragation sweat hose. The joystick was very durable and the best for playing wing commander, but not sure people who played shooters or arcade games would be as happy with this one. Sorry no link or picture at this time but I still have two of them at home.
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Found a picture of my WICO Joystic. IMOP the best ever made.
(http://home.wanadoo.nl/cip/Foto/JYMS-Wico.jpg)