Doomy joystick video

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Forgive me if there is already a topic for this subject but TJLazer just showed me this video. Doomy reviews 25 year old joysticks! What cracks me up is he has two microphones on the table, making it look like some sort of stupid press conference!

http://www.retrogeekcomputers.com/RC_JoystickCollection.mpg

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This is a funny video. I am on my second viewing!

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Hey Quincy was cool! Don't bag on him! But Jim Rockford was an idiot.

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what do u mean 'Military Spec'

Military spec stuff is ruggedized and more durable.

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A1260 wrote:
and he talk of wico joysticks like they are the holy grail or something. but that he dont tell us is that the crappy boss joystick are exactly the same joysick as the wico joysticks but with a different name. if you dont believe me just open one of both and you will find the same {bleep} inside.... hahahaha!

He also mispronounces the name as "Wyco"

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_Steve_ wrote:
Ok, I watched some of it right up to the point where he described a joystick as:

"instead of using microswitches, this one uses the higher quality, more professional leaf-switches"

Is he mad?! Leaf switches are notoriously unreliable because they bend out of shape and lose contact! (aside from that, leaf switches were used in joysticks originally, and later replaced BY microswitches).  The only benefit of leaf switched joysticks was that they were quieter to use.

Hahahah I think I need to watch it again!