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From: jimb@faatcrl.UUCP (Jim Burwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga joysticks
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Date: 9 May 90 02:51:52 GMT
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mrush@csuchico.edu (Losing Peer on the Net of Life) writes:


>	Here, here!  I too am appalled at how developers write all their games
>for Single-Button Digital JoySticks.  C'mon you game developers, The hardware
>DOES SUPPORT *TWO* FIRE BUTTONS.  And there are ANALOG JOYSTICKS OUT HERE.

>	What's REALLY agravating are games like Battle Squadron (which I think
>is the best game to come out on the Amiga since F-18) where in MOUSE mode it
>WILL check button TWO (for Nova Missle launching), but in JOYSTICK mode it
>DOESN'T.  Aaaaargh!  Did they go out of their way to do this???

The only game I know of which uses an analog joystick is "Air Warrior",
an excelent multi-player on-line combat flight simulator on GEnie.
Dunno if they use the second joystick button though.  (I never bought
a joystick and hooked it to the Amiga)  Although I suspect they probably
have it wired to release bombs. 

C'ya,
Jim

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