20d • General discussion
The joy of sticks
I’m having joystick issues at the moment, so with joysticks on my mind I wondered:
What is your favourite joystick?
Which was your first joystick or ones you have used in the past?
Do you prefer joysticks or gamepads for the 64?
The first joystick I used on my 64 was an Atari 2600 one as I already had it with having had an Atari. Then I moved on to a Competition Pro which was a big upgrade. After I moved on to the Amiga I bought a Cruiser which is the one I kept using when I got back into the 64 and they are a great joystick. More recently I’ve been using an Arcade R joystick which looks like a competition pro but has a real Santa style arcade stick and buttons inside. These are brilliant joysticks with great feel and my scores on games have improved since using it even though I did replace the restrictor gate and spring as it was a little loose initially but that’s the beauty of it using arcade parts.
In my opinion I’ve never felt that a gamepad would feel right with the 64 as I’m not a big fan of D pads!
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The joy of sticks
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