Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!apple!lemke
From: lemke@Apple.COM (Steve Lemke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac games [Was: Crystal Quest]
Message-ID: <15185@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 5 Aug 88 01:17:22 GMT
References: <61979@sun.uucp> <431@dbase.UUCP> <15053@santra.UUCP> <5547@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: lemke@apple.apple.com.UUCP (Steve Lemke)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <5547@ihlpf.ATT.COM> rtb@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Todd) writes:
>I'm suprised that no one else has brought this up before, but the Mac
>will always be somewhat limited in this respect for one reason: there 
>is no provision for a joystick. Trackballs are good for some
>games, and Crystal Quest is a good example of what can be done with a
>mouse. I personally regret buying Beyond Dark Castle because I can't
>stand the keyboard interface. There could be a joystick card for the
>Mac II, but it would probably be cost prohibitive. I haven't purchased
>a flight simulator for my Mac because I can't even imagine using it 
>with a keyboard/mouse.
>
>R.T. Bradstrum

Would it really be that big of a deal to make a joystick that hooks up to
the Desktop Bus?  I don't know that much about the hardware problems of doing
so, but it seems to me that that kind of stuff is what ADB is for...

Steve Lemke (apple!lemke, lemke@apple.com)