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Re: MechWarior and Wingman Extreme

#5416
From: rk...
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 00:00
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morp...@calweb.com wrote:

>In <430ei4$f7k$1...@mhafm.production.compuserve.com>, Ken MacLeod <10276...@CompuServe.COM> writes:

>>The best advice I can give you is to return the joystick and buy 
>>something better.

>    There is nothing better.


>>I own a Wingman Extreme myself, and I've never
>>been able to get the "highhat" to work properly with ANY game that 
>>supports it.

>    MMMMaybe you need a better game card?  There is more to it than just the
>joystick.

>>occassions, and all they keep telling me is to return the joystick 
>>and get another one.

>    Got mine.  Works with MechWarrior 2, Flight Unlimited, Decent, just to
>name a few.  I personally think it is better than the Thrustmaster because it
>is cheaper, you can't drop pennies into the base (friend of mine actually did
>that), doesn't get destroyed as easily, has a better feel and isn't
>springloaded for Arnold.  :)

	Just in case, to the poster of the original problem, you ought to make
sure you have a good game port and not a cheapy one that only supports
one joystick.  The Extreme and Thrustmaster joysticks use the buttons
of both joystick 1 and 2 to get all their controls...if you game port
is missing support for a second joystick, your hat and buttons 3 and 4
won't work.
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From: rk...@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
Subject: Re: MechWarior and Wingman Extreme
Date: 1995/09/12
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