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- From: 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Venerable ST's and "correct" joysticks
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.235246.12300@bsu-ucs>
- Date: 24 Nov 92 04:52:46 GMT
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- Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's
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- > Oh, yeah? How old is the Atari ST?
- >
- > It is getting up there as well.
- >
- > Its just my opinion, but I DO FEEL like I'm playing with a 2600 (ST)
- > when I see what other systems are doing...
-
- Granted it is old, but like the man who replied before, I have an old Mega ST4
- and it _STILL_ does _MORE_ than everything I could ever want it to do. PC
- compatibles and their software I've been exposed to (at school and friends--not
- including games) make me wanna barf. The Mac and it's software is nice and
- slick, but most of it's users I've met make me wanna barf. (The Mac systems
- seem pretty pricey too.) I guess my point is that the whole bigger-is-better
- philosophy that IBM has managed to plague the whole computer worl with hasn't
- seemed to make my word processor any worse or made me want one that's any
- better. It ain't broke so I'm probably not gonnaa fix it. (Unless I can find a
- REALLY good price on a FALCON -- I'm not sure how long the Mega will last --
- phisically. It's been AROUND the block a few times.)
-
- > YUCK? How many Nintendos, Super NES, and Genesis systems have been sold
- > with joypads?
-
- Probably about the same number whose user have said, "This controller sucks!"
- *8-)
-
- Although I do agree that Atari's marketing a 12-button keypad thing is a
- mistake--if it's anything like the one they used for ColecoVision it'll be WAY
- too clumsy to use. They REALLY should've gone leading edge and produced
- something that could be really functionl for games and produced a copy of the
- Joystick set-up for StreetFighter II in the arcade -- full arcade-quality
- joystick and buttons.
-
- -Matt
-