Re: Red Baron Joystick question

I've been playing Red Baron recently and I think that without the analog
joystick it would be much harder to play.

Just my personal opinion.

         - Matt

At 08:01 AM 7/6/00 +1000, you wrote:

>Gang,
>
>Found a Red Baron boardset on the weekend. I haven't tested it yet. I'll
>make a harness for my Asteroids and try it later this week.
>
>I was thinking of putting it in a cab as I have some spare XY monitors.
>
>I believe it used an analogue joystick. Now it's been a while since I
>played it (20 years) but I don't actually remember the joystick being
>analogue adding much value to the game.
>
>I don't remember it being like Road Runner where the Hall Effect stick
>makes all the difference, or Sinistar with the 49 way. You can hack either
>of these to an 8 position joystick - but it wouldn't paly the same.
>
>What do you think about the Red Baron joystick? Spend the bucks on an
>analogue? (Keep in mind it will be in a generic cab... I know of no Red
>Baron cabs left in Australia).
>
>Thanks for your thoughts.
>
>Paul

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Received on Thu Jul 6 12:11:06 2000