Chinese Cake Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 I am sure people are familiar with Tandy's analog joy stick controller: I was wondering what games took advantage of the analog joystick the most? What games took advantage of the controls, the degree of travel, and adjusted movement based on the sticks position the best? Many Tandy games I've seen treat the controller like an 8-way joystick instead of analog, so I was wondering if any games actually took advantage of the controller properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Phillips Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Polaris for the Colour Computer uses it very effectively. It's a missile command clone and maps the joystick position directly to the screen giving the fast movement needed to launch effective counter-missile strikes. It doesn't use the button but has you use 3 adjacent keys on the keyboard to pick which missile base to fire from. Made it very much like the arcade. Unless you're talking about the PC clone side of things and this doesn't count. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlindner Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Doubleback and Le Mans both accentuate the circular/analog nature of the the Black Beauty joystick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 As mentioned, Polaris and Doubleback are good ones. I think Popcorn, Clowns & Balloons, Space Assault, Galactic Attack, and Arkanoid are some of the more playable ones with the free-floating joystick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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