[Coco] I need a joystick or two

[S Klammer]

Glen, I'm in western Mississauga and have been wanting to visit a couple
stores in downtown Toronto... I could possibly loan a single button
joystick.

Your joystick may be repairable, it is just wire, button(s) and two
potentiometers.

Shain
On Jun 21, 2017 12:22 AM, "Mark McDougall" <msmcdoug at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> On 21/06/2017 12:09 PM, Glen Hewlett wrote:
>
> I bought a joystick at the last CoCo fest but it turned out to be
>> defective.  I need a joystick to program and test joystick operation
>> in my Pac Man game.  The game works great with the keyboard but
>> Pacman should definitely have the option to use a joystick.
>>
>
> Yeah I've tended to avoid the 'fest in the past mostly because of the
> dodgy people that frequent it and try to pass off defective hardware to
> other unsuspecting attendees! :P
>
> For a game like Pacman, I would strongly recommend you pick up a Sega
> adapter from Neil to use a digital joystick or gamepad. Aside from giving
> you infinitely more options, you have the possibility of using
> arcade-quality joysticks and/or specifically 4-way joysticks/modes which
> can improve gameplay on a game like Pacman significantly.
>
> Regards,
>
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