Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!utopia.rutgers.edu!wilmott From: wilmott@utopia.rutgers.edu (Ray Wilmott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Mouse ("I hates mieces to pieces") Keywords: joysticks? Message-ID: Date: 17 Mar 91 02:08:19 GMT Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 26 --- I've been using a Mac at work for the past 4 years. Back in the days of the Mac Plus, I would never have wanted one at home. Why? Any computer I'm going to have at home I'm going to want to have fun with (games, graphics, sound) besides doing some real work on. That little black & white screen was out. Then came along the Mac II series. Great! Nice color graphics. But Forget about one for home because the price Apple was asking was outrageous. Now, with the LC (and even si), I'm thinking about getting a Mac for at home...to do a small amount of real work on, but 75% to have *fun* with. The question is, *CAN* you have fun with a Mac??? From the very limited amount of "fun" software I've seen at work, it seems that ALL games stick to the "standard" Mac format (ie - you *HAVE* to use the mouse to do anything). Now don't get me wrong...I use PageMaker, Excel and MacWrite at work all day, and I LOVE the mouse and the Mac interface for these things. But, come on, can anyone really *comfortably* play the likes of Space Invaders or ANY action/arcade game with a mouse? I personally find it ludicrous. So my question boils down to this...are there any type of joystick attachments for the Mac to be used with game software in place of the mouse? (and if not, why the hell not?) -Ray