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From comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports ON PC GAMEPADS:
Subject: Re: Game Pad Reviews?
From: vecna@engin.umich.edu (Jimmy Wan)
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 96 19:56:56 GMT
Message-ID: <52enf5$lp@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>
In article <MPG.cb356627ce084d3989684@news.sover.net>,
sbauman@together.net (steve b.) wrote:
>In article <01bbaa3f$8f62d0a0$75758dcc@frachel.cybernex.net>,
>frachel@cybernex.net says...
>> I am looking for perhaps a game pad for my PC. I want to use it for games
>> such as Football, Baseball, and such, not really flight simulators. Can
>> anyone recommend some good ones (that work with Win 95)?
>
>Wait for the Microsoft Gamepad. It's the best on the market, by far (and
>I've tried 'em all). It has eight buttons, is styled like a combo of the
>PlayStation and Nintendo 64 controller and best of all it has a joystick
>plug built into it. You can chain up to four controllers off of a single
>Joystick (or plug other sticks, like the 3D Pro, in it).
>
>The new joystick driver from Microsoft also eliminates all calibration of
>the Gamepad and the Sidewinder 3D Pro.
>
>I think it's going to be expensive (for a gamepad) - around $40, but it's
>worth it.
On a related note, Gravis is coming out with the Gravis PC Gamepad Pro, which
basically gives you all the things the Sidewinder Game Pad does, plus GRiP
support...
Jimmy Wan University of Michigan-Computer Engineering
Turtle Beach Maui Page www-personal.umich.edu
Device Driver Page www-personal.umich.edu
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