Re: Good, cheap joystick works well with DESCENT

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From: jt... Mithril Mindfire
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 1995 05:30

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In article <3eq7ni$b...@spruce.cic.net>, Frank Walters <y...@mail.fgi.net> wrote:
>In article <3ei1o3$c...@nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca>, vt...@uoguelph.ca (Vincent Tan) says:
>
>HOWEVER.
>
>with descent, i have found my Gravis Phoenix (with all 24 programmable buttons
>the absolute best interface possible (IMHO).
>there are buttons for slide left/right/up/down, cruise, bank/left/right,
>forward/backwards.....  Every control is built in my Joystick like it was designed
>for descent play!!!

So how is this Phoenix? ? I've been looking at them in stores, deciding
whether or not to shell out 100 bucks for it.  Is it worth it for games
like descent and wc3?


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... If it ain't stiff, it ain't worth a fuck.

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