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Re: Joysticks! Joysticks Joysticks! My first! Which one please??

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From: zo...
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 00:00
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>Please can anyone suggest best(?) joystick for me to buy?
>Thanks,
>Dermot

I've held out on buying a joystick of any sort for a long time now, content to 
stick with crappy cheapo ones which do the job of the few joystick games I 
have.  (I'm a bit of a Doom head, so a mouse is usually all I need.)

However I've just lately begun playing Descent and Mechwarrior 2 in earnest so 
I went and bought the Quickshot Skymaster.  It's main attraction for me was 
it's supposed Thrustmaster compatibility and the witch hat.  Although not as 
comfrtable as a Thrustmaster or a CH Flightstick Pro it is nearly half the 
price of the aforementioned.  It's a good, solid responsive stick.

For once, the old adage "You get what you pay for" seems to largely hold true 
for PC joysticks.  (I said largely, so no flames please.)  I work in a 
computer games store and have tried them all and the QS Skymaster seems to 
represent best value for money.

Jeremy
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Date: 1995/08/31
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