Comments on: Joystick joy http://oldskoolblog.com/2006/06/19/joystick-joy/ Reliving the past 8 bits at a time Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:26:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tet http://oldskoolblog.com/2006/06/19/joystick-joy/#comment-88 Tet Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:16:23 +0000 http://oldskoolblog.com/2006/06/19/joystick-joy/#comment-88 Kempston started out making joystick interfaces for the Spectrum, which allowed it to support any Atari compatible joystick. To go with it, they also made their own joystick, and it happened to be utterly awesome. Because it was Atari compatible, it worked fine with Ataris, VIC-20s and C64s etc. http://www.clive.nl/images/23185.jpg Kempston started out making joystick interfaces for the Spectrum, which allowed it to support any Atari compatible joystick. To go with it, they also made their own joystick, and it happened to be utterly awesome. Because it was Atari compatible, it worked fine with Ataris, VIC-20s and C64s etc.

http://www.clive.nl/images/23185.jpg

]]> By: arb http://oldskoolblog.com/2006/06/19/joystick-joy/#comment-87 arb Wed, 21 Jun 2006 03:40:44 +0000 http://oldskoolblog.com/2006/06/19/joystick-joy/#comment-87 I never had the pleasure of using a Kempston. Or seeing one. Or even knowing they existed. I take it this was a Spectrum peripheral? Sinclair was noit an overly popular brand here - Atari and Commodore ruled the roost... I never had the pleasure of using a Kempston. Or seeing one. Or even knowing they existed.

I take it this was a Spectrum peripheral? Sinclair was noit an overly popular brand here - Atari and Commodore ruled the roost…

]]> By: Tet http://oldskoolblog.com/2006/06/19/joystick-joy/#comment-86 Tet Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:40:57 +0000 http://oldskoolblog.com/2006/06/19/joystick-joy/#comment-86 You are, of course, wrong. The Atari joystick is indeed a fine device, and one that brings back many memories of the VCS days. However, the best joystick of the 8-bit era (and indeed, arguably of all time) was the Kempston Competition Pro. The original leaf switch version, mind you, not the newer microswitched ones, or the Euromax clones, neither of which had the feel of the original. You are, of course, wrong. The Atari joystick is indeed a fine device, and one that brings back many memories of the VCS days.

However, the best joystick of the 8-bit era (and indeed, arguably of all time) was the Kempston Competition Pro. The original leaf switch version, mind you, not the newer microswitched ones, or the Euromax clones, neither of which had the feel of the original.

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