Interact SV244 Cyclone 3D Joystick

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Summary: "Cyclone Speaks with Forked Tongue"
Review: First of all, this is a solid, non-wavering joystick that is great for use with basic fire buttons. But take what the instruction manual says with a spoonful of salt. I have tried to program the joystick to work with a basic DOS computer AND with a 98 Windows computer. Neither recognizes the joystick except in the DEFAULT mode. That's an instruction manual program that allows you to use two basic fire buttons only (forget the other 15 or whatever). When you try to program, using several buttons to perform various functions from the keyboard equivalents, either of two things happen. Either none of your games will recognize the joystick at all, or they will only recognize the DEFAULT mode. The problem may be that while the manual instructions are fine to a point, they fail or overlook the most important instruction...how to correlate each program setting with a corresponding game. One game I have... Battle Hawks of the Lucas Arts Air Combat Classics will not recognize the joystick under any condition. IF you want ONLY to use the joystick for basic two fire button use, the joystick will perform admirably. Otherwise, look elsewhere for a joystick and save yourself utter frustration. (Don't expect help online from the manufacturer...Either they have gone out of business or are lying (pun) low.)

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Summary: I think this is a great joystick for those great sims.
Review: This joystick is one of the best ones I have ever seen. It is really great for flight simulations. The extra buttons on the bottom are really great. It is much easier than using a keyboard.

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Summary: "Cyclone Speaks with Forked Tongue"
Review: To get a 3-axis (twisting) joystick at the $20 range is a great find. Especially when other e-comerce sites are selling the same stick at around $40. If that was all there was to it, then nothing more needs to be said. However, if you are looking for something that is comfortable, easy to use, and 100% compatible, then it might pay to spend some more money on a different joystick. This is especially true for a serious flight simmer. I have Windows 98 and even after I downloaded the latest Cyclone driver off of the network, I was not able to make Windows 98 recognize the joystick as anything more than just generic. As far as comfort is concerned, the stick has really rigid movement. With that and the fact that it has a narrow base, I found I had to really press down hard on my desk to keep it from moving around. You can make it work this way, but it does not seem to be as precise as some smoother joysticks.

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Summary: Great price, but not for everyone.
Review: To get a 3-axis (twisting) joystick at the $20 range is a great find. Especially when other e-comerce sites are selling the same stick at around $40. If that was all there was to it, then nothing more needs to be said. However, if you are looking for something that is comfortable, easy to use, and 100% compatible, then it might pay to spend some more money on a different joystick. This is especially true for a serious flight simmer. I have Windows 98 and even after I downloaded the latest Cyclone driver off of the network, I was not able to make Windows 98 recognize the joystick as anything more than just generic. As far as comfort is concerned, the stick has really rigid movement. With that and the fact that it has a narrow base, I found I had to really press down hard on my desk to keep it from moving around. You can make it work this way, but it does not seem to be as precise as some smoother joysticks.