First post, by ruthan
- Rank
- Oldbie
Hello,
i finally got some joystick (Saitek Cyborg 2000 - gameport version), i never used joystick with PC, i know that they were essential for Amiga games, but i never was too much interested in simulators.. and only place where i used joystick was old Atari. I used gamepads for emulators and some games like Nhl back in time, but no joystick.
So i need some push towards it. I have some questions about it:
- Are there any recommendation for setup joystick for game, i mean best default port address in soundcard setting etc?
- Are there some testing utilities? Or button remapping tools for DOS / Win98? Can i map keyboard keys to joystick buttons?
- Im right handed, but joystick arrived for prepared for left hand - i can probably change it. But how joysticks are usually used for games only alone, or together with keyboard as mouse and keyboard combo for some more advanced games where is not enough buttons?
- Is gameport general midi + joystick combo supported in DOS / Win98 on soundcard driver level, or it need some support for particular games? Are there some issues with it?
- Some recommended games for start to play with joystick in Dos? Something good and arcade, where is joystick better than keyboard? I mean, i will not play Dungeon Master with joystick i tried it with some Atari emulators and it sucks.. but for games like Golden Axe, Mortal combat, Dos NHLs, Raptor i can be nice is joystick is supported. I even saw some joystick option in Quake III, it would be probably awkward but maybe funny to try. Im not sure if good start to try to play advanced game like Wing Commander etc?
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