mica1 Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 Ive been playing my heart out on Decathlon only to find out that my Joysticks arent quite as good as they should be. Who else out there has had this re-occuring problem? I can only imagine what you would have to go thru or how many you'de have to go thru to gain the World Record on this title. The 400 meter and the 1500 meter "Yeah " those definatly are Joystick killers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 I broke 2 Slik-Stiks on Decathlon, then I stopped playing the game until I acquired a Track & Field controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted July 13, 2003 Share Posted July 13, 2003 Once I get Decathlon, I'm not gonna use joysticks. I'm gonna use the Trak-Ball instead. That way I don't end up with a pile of broken joysticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 my cousin used to break sticks all the time playing track -n- field. Me... I knew better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 I think whoever wrote that game must have had a side business in the joystick market because I had to keep buying new joysticks after playing that game Sure would have been nice if I had a consumers protection plan on a credit card back then because I would have definitely needed to use it when I played that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cropsy Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 My brother and I killed numerous cheap and crap Quickshot joysticks playing decathalon back in the day. With the befit of hindsight I'm not sure why the combination of broken joysticks and physical pain didn't cause us to stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Hey. I just visited your web site with the hangman editor. Pretty cool. Now I need to sit down and put together a list of 510 words and use it with my emulator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 At the first EuroCon, held in Amsterdam in 1999, we had the official European Decathlon Competition. I forgot the exact number, but I think we killed 13 or 14 joysticks (all were the original Atai sticks) in the event Cheers, Marco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 disregard this post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Yeah best to get the track -n- field controller... They can be gotten fairly cheap. Many sticks have died a horrible death due to track -n- field and decathalon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 I don't like any games like that. Even as a kid I knew that the repetitive movements that those games require weren't very good for you. It's a miracle that we all didn't get repetitive stress injuries just from playing normal games, but companies who make "Joystick Jerker" games (as I've always called them) seem to be asking for lawsuits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Killed Quickshot joysticks... my Powerplay Cruisers have survived years of waggling though... they're tough bastards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeV0 Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 I have broken only one 2600 stick, 1st the rubber came off and then the white plastic bent and got all soft in the middle. Try playing this with just the plastic stick, blister central Just got the c64 cart of this, luckily i have plenty of c64 sticks to break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Hi there! Don't you have "Competition Pro" Joysticks? Or were they sold in Germany only? Totally undestructable. I remember the German 64'er mag testing Joysticks with stuff like putting them into a bucket of Coca Cola over night, playing Yoyo with the cable or throwing them out of the window of the 10th floor. Competition Pro were the only ones to survive everything Greetings, Manuel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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