Remembering the OG joysticks.

[Neo_Morpheus]

Hey!

Per the mods suggestions, lets make a shrine to the OG joysticks that allowed us to start exploring the wonderful world of gaming. Feel free to also post some of the crazy joysticks ads from back then.

Will start with my first:

The venerable Atari joystick:

Then with the legenday Gravis joystick:

 

[Sarajiel]

The famous one...

And the weirdest one...

I had both back in the day. The NES one was so much fun, the mouse-on-a-stick thingy was probably the worst one, I ever owned.

 

[Neo_Morpheus]

Oh yes!

I remember i had a similar joystick for the SNES, during the craze of Street Fighter II.

I think it was this one:

 

[azrael]

My first joystick. Back in the very early 80s. BTW, OG means original gangster.

Edit: Not sure it shows.

 

[Fokker]

My history of joysticks.

Wico Bat Joystick (Commodore 64)

Wico The Boss joystick (Commodore 64)

CH Products Flightstick (PC)

CH Products Flightstick Pro (PC)

Saitek X-36 HOTAS (PC)

Saitek X-56 Rhino HOTAS (PC)

 

[Neo_Morpheus]

My history of joysticks.

Wico Bat Joystick (Commodore 64)
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Wico The Boss joystick (Commodore 64)
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CH Products Flightstick (PC)
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CH Products Flightstick Pro (PC)
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Saitek X-36 HOTAS (PC)
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Saitek X-56 Rhino HOTAS (PC)
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Wow, nice collection!.

You reminded me of this beauty from the C64 days:

 

[Arcsaber]

I got one of these badboys for Christmas - can't remember which year exactly, but it was mid-90's

 

[Neo_Morpheus]

I got one of these badboys for Christmas - can't remember which year exactly, but it was mid-90's
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I think it was released for the Genesis/Mega Drive and like the one i posted, made for SF II, so, somewhere around 1993-4.

Was an awesome device.

My first joystick. Back in the very early 80s. BTW, OG means original gangster.

Edit: Not sure it shows.

Sorry but the image is not showing.

 

[Kapone33]

I surprised no one has posted the Logitech flight stick from back in the day when Freespace 2 was a thing. No throttle on that one. T Thrustmaster HOTAS should also get a mention. That has throttle.

My history of joysticks.

Wico Bat Joystick (Commodore 64)
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Wico The Boss joystick (Commodore 64)
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CH Products Flightstick (PC)
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CH Products Flightstick Pro (PC)
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Saitek X-36 HOTAS (PC)
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Saitek X-56 Rhino HOTAS (PC)
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You have earned your moniker. Those are some crazy controllers.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Not as old and not as gold but I still have my Logitech Extreme 3D Pro somewhere. I still remember where i bought it and when i bought it.

I bought it to play Battlefield 2. I bought the Saitek Cyborg Evo before the Logi, but the Saitek wouldnt work with BF2 correctly so I took it back for a refund and got the logi instead.

I dont think Ive touched it again since BF2 died. I tried to get it to work with BC2 and BF3 but the input system for joysticks were always out of whack for those games.

 

[Kapone33]

Not as old and not as gold but I still have my Logitech Extreme 3D Pro somewhere. I still remember where i bought it and when i bought it.

I bought it to play Battlefield 2. I bought the Saitek Cyborg Evo before the Logi, but the Saitek wouldnt work with BF2 correctly so I took it back for a refund and got the logi instead.

I dont think Ive touched it again since BF2 died. I tried to get it to work with BC2 and BF3 but the input system for joysticks were always out of whack for those games.

Funnily enough Darkstar One was about the best Joystick Game

 

[damric]

I used to play Wing Commander: Privateer

 

[Kapone33]

I used to play Wing Commander: Privateer

The Game that influenced Freekancer

 

[Fokker]

I used to play Wing Commander: Privateer

Same. I played Wing Commander 1-4/Prophecy and Privateer 1 and 2. I miss those games.

 

[Kapone33]

Same. I played Wing Commander 1-4/Prophecy and Privateer 1 and 2. I miss those games.

Wing Commander 2 was my fave. I played the hell out of Starlancer though.

 

[Neo_Morpheus]

Freekancer

Same. I played Wing Commander 1-4/Prophecy and Privateer 1 and 2. I miss those games.

Wing Commander 2 was my fave. I played the hell out of Starlancer though.

I played Tie Fighter pretty much non stop for a while with that Gravis joystick.

Hated the fact that you needed to calibrate it every single time that you started the game.

 

[Fokker]

I played Tie Fighter pretty much non stop for a while with that Gravis joystick.

Hated the fact that you needed to calibrate it every single time that you started the game.

That's what I used the Flightstick for. I played all the LucasArts flight sim-like games. I played so much XvT online.

 

[Kapone33]

That's what I used the Flightstick for. I played all the LucasArts flight sim-like games. I played so much XvT online.

A modern Game that was better than the narrative was Squadrons. The sound of the lasers on the Tie Fighter and Interceptor are straight Star Wars.

 

[skizzo]

does anyone else remember these things? LJN's Video Art console? My sister and I spent many hours messing around with this. I know it's considered hot garbage, but it brought a lot of joy to us as youngsters. We got one of these before our first real console, that being a Sega Genesis. And we def didn't have a PC until Windows 98 released. So, I'm fairly certain this was the first time I did anything with a "joystick" outside of visiting an Arcade during a family mall trip kinda outing

 

[Kapone33]

does anyone else remember these things? LJN's Video Art console? My sister and I spent many hours messing around with this. I know it's considered hot garbage, but it brought a lot of joy to us as youngsters. We got one of these before our first real console, that being a Sega Genesis. And we def didn't have a PC until Windows 98 released. So, I'm fairly certain this was the first time I did anything with a "joystick" outside of visiting an Arcade during a family mall trip kinda outing

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I had something like that but it was Tanks and had 2 controllers.

 

[Fokker]

does anyone else remember these things? LJN's Video Art console? My sister and I spent many hours messing around with this. I know it's considered hot garbage, but it brought a lot of joy to us as youngsters. We got one of these before our first real console, that being a Sega Genesis. And we def didn't have a PC until Windows 98 released. So, I'm fairly certain this was the first time I did anything with a "joystick" outside of visiting an Arcade during a family mall trip kinda outing

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Not that specifically, but I had one of these for the Commodore 64:

My first taste of PC art and graphics.

 

[eidairaman1]

Oh yes!

I remember i had a similar joystick for the SNES, during the craze of Street Fighter II.

I think it was this one:

Consoles I had Gamepads.

I had Microsoft Sidewinder Standard Joystick and a Freestyle Pro Motion Controller for PC. They were awesome

 

[Neo_Morpheus]

does anyone else remember these things? LJN's Video Art console? My sister and I spent many hours messing around with this. I know it's considered hot garbage, but it brought a lot of joy to us as youngsters. We got one of these before our first real console, that being a Sega Genesis. And we def didn't have a PC until Windows 98 released. So, I'm fairly certain this was the first time I did anything with a "joystick" outside of visiting an Arcade during a family mall trip kinda outing

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Never saw that one before, but looks cool.

This thread is bringing back so many memories, like the Tron joystick.

my friend had one but it was broken

 

[Kapone33]

Consoles I had Gamepads.

I had Microsoft Sidewinder Standard Joystick and a Freestyle Pro Motion Controller for PC. They were awesome

Sidewinder. A joystick that had to be properly calibrated before you could enjoy it fully.

 

[AsRock]

Hey!

Per the mods suggestions, lets make a shrine to the OG joysticks that allowed us to start exploring the wonderful world of gaming. Feel free to also post some of the crazy joysticks ads from back then.

Will start with my first:

The venerable Atari joystick:
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Then with the legenday Gravis joystick:

OMG i used to get blisters of the atari one haha.