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Re: Great, but TOUGH

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From: pau... Paul Whitelock
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 02:44
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Penalty Shot (pen...@primenet.com) wrote:

: 'Course, the problem might be that I'm playing keyboard only, and have gotten 
: actually pretty good at it, but I'd like to take the pulse of this group with 
: players that have gone through quite a bit of Descent, and find out what 
: controllers you guys are using.

I'm using Thrustmaster gear: F16-FLCS joystick, WCS-II throttle, and 
Rudder Pedals. It truly is an incredible experience when you have both 
hands and both feet working -- you feel like you're part of the machine! 
I can't think of another game that I have enjoyed playing this much!

What would be really nice is VR helmet support that allowed you to look 
in a different direction than you are moving (not that I can afford a 
helmet right now :)).
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