Favourite Joystick from good old days.

[Ilwrath]

I may have a simplistic view, but I love the
Epyx 500XJ joystick.

Yep... Me too.  I liked it better than the "gummy" Wico Ergo-Stick thing.  Something about those durable click-switches, the short throws for movement in any direction, and the quick snap back of it.  The beige/black Wico had problems with sticking in directions.  

For conventional joysticks, I liked the big Wico arcade Red/Black sticks.  Commanders, I think they were called?  

The gravis analogs were awesome for all 3 games that supported analog...  I also have an Epyx joystick that looks like a 500XJ that was cut up...  It has two buttons, and an ANALOG stick.  Strange thing, but works pretty well.  Used to love it for FighterDuel.  ;-)

[Ilwrath]

@amigamad-
Wow... Looks like the Epyx500XJ was marketed outside North America as the Konix Speedking.  I never knew.  But the US Epyx500XJ is identical down to the decal stripes.  It just has an Epyx logo on the back slanted face.

@n-ary-
YES!  The Wico Command Control 3-way!   That was the joystick I was meaning.  :-)

The TAC-2 wasn't too bad, but I, too, broke a couple.  And the TAC-3 was so awful I never bought another joystick by them.  Easily the worst stick I've ever owned.  Lasted about 2 days.