Good brand of 2 button joysticks?

[scuzzb494]

Whats a brand to look for, for actual 2 button joysticks ?
 
By this I mean a joystick where the buttons will do different things in games that support it, like Alien Breed 2 and Turrican 2, rather than having multiple buttons that do the same thing, atari style.
 
EDIT: Looking for sticks rather than pads.

Having destroyed more joysticks than I would like to admit too through playing Sensible Soccer the only one that worked wonderfully and responded to the intricate Sensi moves was the Python

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/car_1006/car_20Oct06_74.jpg

I have to say I gave up on joysticks because they broke so often. The earlier joysticks were just not suited to the gaming on the Amiga. A real pain.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[scuzzb494]

Can't tell from the picture, but does that have buttons on the base as well?  The Epyx XJ500 does have button on the side.  I can't stand buttons just on the stick itself-- it just makes things difficult for some games especially on Atari Donkey Kong where you have to move the stick and jump independently and with good timing.

The Python doesn`t have the base buttons.

When 'Game' stopped doing Amiga they had shelves of these Pythons and I must have bought two dozen. All but about three are now busted cus of Sensi World of Soccer.

To be honest most games I like are mouse based except Sensi. For arcade stuff I use a gamepad. Joysticks were pretty unresponsive and broke far too easily. I also didn`t like stick control. Here are a selection of joysticks that I have... I have a whole load more in an old TV box which must be easily 3ft sqr. I just don`t use them.

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/amiga_scuzz41.htm

scuzz

[scuzzb494]

Yeah because having a robust joystick verses some wizz bang thing like the Python that'll last you all of two minutes in a frenzied game is totally worthless. :rolleyes:

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I wouldn`t say it was worthless given that it was probably the most responsive but it did indeed last a very little time... Say a month or two before one of the thin metal tangs bust off inside. There were two versions of the stick and it was important to get the better of the two. They made a cheaper version which seemed to self destruct as you say.

Still, I gotta say most joysticks were truly crap if you wanted something to do the intricate stuff. SWOS really was the test and thats why I went over to the game pad. I may be retro but gaming is important and the gamepad is superior really. Wouldn`t use anything else now.

I don`t suppose anyone has an update SWOS team for the 2010 World Cup. Need my not so Sensible fix. In terms of game team management [ I'm talking about buying, training, transferring players ] SWOS still knocks spots off FIFA. And you don`t get offered the England job when you get good in FIFA.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com