Yeah I just edited to add that in case people started getting in a mood

 

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The microswitch click was cool at least you knew you'd moved it.

Having said that I always used my old VCS joysticks 'cos even then I was into the old skool vibe.

 

Worlds most superior joystick with ultra rare instructions

 

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to use the VCS joystick and actually win took a gameplayer of exceptional quality- thats why I used them. Choose style over substance every time!

 

Surely the Quickshot II was the worst joystick ever! It had about 4 metres of travel. I remember everyone bought it because it was one of the first to have a trigger, but it was cack

All opinions are that of me only.

 

I used the keyboard on the Spectrum!

I used a trust Atari VCS joystick to destroy everyone on KickOff for the Amiga.

Question to Amiga Owners...

NAME THE GAME:
Platform game on the Amiga, set inside a castle which had vampires and stuff in it. Your weapon was a whip?

-DV

 

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Leander?

 

Castlevania.

 

best opening sequence........


another world ????

or Flashback ????

BB

 

Don't forget Your Sinclair magazine!
Remember Input Magazine?
They had code for games and applications for BBC/Acorns, Spectrums, C64's, Dragon 32's, and Tandys (I think they were called).
Have every issue at home, real nostalgia feast reading about 2 pages of code to draw a simple cube on a screen

[Edited by PiNkEyE69 - 4/8/2003 5:01:31 PM]

 

If you want to sell that Interface 1, 2, cartridges and Microdrives let me know


[Edited by stevencotton - 4/9/2003 11:32:14 AM]

 

ahh xcopy and two floppy drives- combined with the "contacts" section of Micro Mart it saved me many a trip to the local software shop.

edited to add: only interested in console stuff. If you have any game and watch Nintendo stuff then the deal would be on.

[Edited by basal_lobe - 4/9/2003 12:52:11 PM]

 

Hmm, I've still got a load kicking around in the loft at my parents' house (I think).

I had:
Spectrum + (plastic key model)
Saga 1 'Emperor' keyboard
Interface 1, Microdrive (and carts for same)
Romantic Robot Multiface 1
Cheetah Sweet Talker
Quickshot 1 joystick
A couple of Kempston joysticks from Argos (the arcade-type ones -- were they Pro 5000s?)

Thinking about it the Interface 1 had a big chip in the middle of it (I guess it was a ULA) that they'd obviously screwed up on the design of, as it had a tranny which sat on top and was soldered to two of the pins. There was a nice smooth spot on the casing over the top of the tranny where it had got hot and melted the plastic slightly

[Edited by carl - 4/10/2003 10:37:58 AM]

 

Oh, microswitches aren't mechanical then? You could change the sensitivity of the leaf switches to suit your taste. If anything goes wrong you just stick another piece of metal in (although it never did, I have two originals both working perfectly), I hated the clicky microswitch sound and I also couldn't modify it to suit. Leaf switches were best

Just my opinion of course!


[Edited by stevencotton - 4/10/2003 11:15:22 AM]

 

soory boys, to add weight to one opinion, or the other, but i though micoswitched joysticks were the mutts nuts.

the positive click,
the endless hammering you could give it...

i used a quickshot II, i think it waas called.

the atari 2600 joysticks were cack, you never know how far to pull, push the thing, often wrenching it, the fire button was the most vaguely moving plasticky thing going!!!

i vote for Microswitches each and every time...

my 2p worth over

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edited to say, nah it wasnt a quickshot II, it was quite like that kempston Joystick, but with Pinky type buttons!!!
any idea???

BB

[Edited by beemerboy - 4/10/2003 12:56:32 PM]