Gustavo wrote on 2022-10-08, 00:21:
Jo22 wrote on 2022-10-07, 18:05:
Flight simulators? Simulation games were much more playable with analogue joysticks.
And corporate dudes totally loved simulations.
Flight sims, golf sims, ..
Yes, I know, but it really ruined the gaming experience for every other genre. [..]
Understandable. But in ~1981-1985, the IBM PC totally was a manager's toy.
It was foremost used by business people.
Stiff people in suits, with neckties and shiny shoes.
They only played "serious" games. Or so it seemed.
Flight simulator, golf, power plant simulator, slot machine, strip poker..
There was no time for playing Galaga, Asteroids or Pac-Man.
Personally, I kind of have a soft spot for the analogue gameport - but not for its, um, playful side.
I too had issues with calibration in games, albeit not so often as the others.
What I like is that the IBM Gameport was a cheap Analog/Digital Converter (ADC).
Not much unlike the microphone input of a soundcard.
It could read natural information of our real world,
like a reading from a temperatur sensitive resistor (NTC/PTC) or a light sensitive resistor (LDR). Yay!
In other words, the IBM PC could be used as a slow oscilloscope or oscillograph.
Nearly out of box!
And the best of it - BASIC had the commands built-in (STICK&STRIG)! Double yay! 😁
Gustavo wrote on 2022-10-08, 00:21:
I had one joystick very similar to these in the pictures. Flying with a flight simulator was really fantastic!
Cool! Me, too! I had the CH Mach 3, I believe.
I used to play this game with it:
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/mig-29-fulcrum_
I know, it's perhaps not best/right time to admit this, due to the geopolitical situation. 😅
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