Dennis Robert Gorrie <GORRIEDE@max.cc.uregina.ca> (05/14/91)
Just a few questions here:
1) What is a good joystick to buy? I am looking for something I can use
one-handed, and has good diagonals. The epyx 500 I am using has fast
microswitches, but it is terrible for trying to do diagonals.
The C&L GunShot I have has leaf switches, and does diagonals better,
but it is wearing out, and the dome fire-button switches are slow.
Auto-fire would also be nice.
2) Does anyone know where I can mail-order Turrican II? Noboy here
seems to have even heard of it.
3) I like to play the music modules from european demos. Can anyone
suggest a good module ripper that runs on an NTSC Amiga 1000?
Right now I am trying an old version of multi-rip, but it always
crashes.
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| (patient) Go ahead doc, tell me the worst. |
| (doctor) I'm sorry, but you have MS-DOS... |
| (patient) MS-DOS?? ...Maybe I caught it from a toilet seat or something.|
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| Dennis Gorrie gorriede@max.cc.uregina.ca gorrie@meena.cc.uregina.ca |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+lord_zar@ucrmath.ucr.edu (wayne wallace) (05/14/91)
GORRIEDE@max.cc.uregina.ca (Dennis Robert Gorrie) writes: >Just a few questions here: >1) What is a good joystick to buy? I am looking for something I can use > one-handed, and has good diagonals. The epyx 500 I am using has fast > microswitches, but it is terrible for trying to do diagonals. > The C&L GunShot I have has leaf switches, and does diagonals better, > but it is wearing out, and the dome fire-button switches are slow. > Auto-fire would also be nice. >| Dennis Gorrie gorriede@max.cc.uregina.ca gorrie@meena.cc.uregina.ca | Hey, My Epyx 500XJ works fine on diagonals. Maybe I'd better clear up why everyone seems to think the opposite. The diagonals are JUST slightly off what you are used to from the old atari joysticks that we all started with, etc. etc. Carefully move the stick around in a circle, clockwise, then counter-clockwise, and 'feel' where the stick stops on diagonals. I easily solved Turrican I with my 500XJ, and you KNOW if you can't do diagonals in that game you are screwed. Wayne
sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz (Sleeping Beagle) (05/15/91)
Dennis Robert Gorrie <GORRIEDE@max.cc.uregina.ca> writes: > Just a few questions here: Just one answer though... :-) > 1) What is a good joystick to buy? I am looking for something I can use > one-handed, and has good diagonals. The epyx 500 I am using has fast > microswitches, but it is terrible for trying to do diagonals. > The C&L GunShot I have has leaf switches, and does diagonals better, > but it is wearing out, and the dome fire-button switches are slow. > Auto-fire would also be nice. Well folks, it's time for my annual plug for Konix Navigator joysticks. I'm not sure if the company is still going even, but the Navigator is a really neat stick, ideally suited for flight sims and zappers. (Although my trigger finger has been known to get sore.) You wrap your hand around the base and use your other hand to manipulate a two inch stick on top. The fire button is operated by the hand holding the base in a natural trigger fire position. It has autofire too... Ok, I admit that it could be hard to get over in the States, but in my very biased opinion, it would be worth trying to. -- Sleeping Beagle (aka Thomas Farmer) sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz Ph. +64-4-796306 (voice) "You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog."