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Competition Pro

BiNMaNBiNMaN
edited April 2010 in Chit chat
Just bought this from play after seeing it in this month's RG

?10 - bargain, it feels great worth every penny,and there's a C64 cd but let's not mention that eh?

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http://www.play.com/Gadgets/Gadgets/4-/13496887/SPEEDLINK-Competition-Pro-USB-Joystick-And-99-C64-Games/Product.html
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  • psj3809psj3809
    edited April 2010
    Yeah huge shame theres not a Speccy version, shame.

    Should help get a fair few 'casual gamers' into the retro scene.
  • SpexSpex
    edited April 2010
    What was the postage on it?
  • MrCheeseMrCheese
    edited April 2010
    Free post on anything from play.
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited April 2010
    MrCheese wrote: »
    Free post on anything from play.

    yup as always!!
  • fogfog
    edited April 2010
    BiNMaN wrote: »
    and there's a C64 cd but let's not mention that eh?[/SIZE

    nice.. cd has 99 games.. c'mon thats not to be sniffed at.there some decent games in the list. some said it didn't work?

    the hewson stuff on the disk is deffo nice :) and turrican of course .. which sentinel is it? the firebird one or the one like space raiders 2 by synapes ? if it's the latter it's a really great game that was put out a budget

    also check enforcer by rainbow arts if you like shoot em ups :)

    I was reading a review elsewhere and some tit said they prefered the leaf joysticks to microswitch?!?! wtf is that about..ya know decathlon made quick works of the leaf ones haha


    what emu is on the disc, just curious?


    Game-Collection 99 includes:
    - 500cc Motomanager- Adventureland- Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai- After the War
    - Airwolf- Alleykat- America?s Cup- Ancipital- Attack of the Mutant Camels- Batalyx- Battle Ships
    - Batty- Beyond the Ice Palace- Bomb Jack- Brain Artifice- Buggy Boy- Catastrophes- Championship Sprint
    - Chuckie Egg- Circus Attractions- Cleanup Service- Cleanup Time- Crime Time- Cubulus- Cyberdyne Warrior
    - Cybernoid- Cybernoid 2- Defender of the Crown- Deliverance- Elektra Glide- Eliminator- Enforcer – Fullmetal Megablaster- Exolon- Frank Bruno?s Boxing- Ghosts’n Goblins- GP Tennis Manager- Grand Monster Slam- Gremlins 2- Gribbly’s Day Out- Hercules – Slayer of the Damned- Hover Bovver- Ingrid?s Back- Inherits of the Throne- Iridis Alpha- Italy 90 Soccer- Kobayashi Naru- Last Battle- Leonardo- Live and let die- Lords of Doom
    - Marauder- Meganova- Mighty Bomb Jack- Mindbender- Mission Elevator- Mystery Fun House- Navy Moves
    - Nea Eon- Nebulus- Overlander- Paperboy- Paranoid- Paranoia Complex- Perseus and Andromeda- Pink Panther
    - Powerama- Prospector- Pyramid of Doom- Ranarama- Return of the Mutant Camels- Samurai Trilogy- Satan
    - Schwert und Magie 1- Schwert und Magie 2- Schwert und Magie 3- Sentinel- Shard of Inovar- Shiftrix
    - Sindbad and the Throne of the Falcon- Skramble- Space Harrier- Strom Warrior- Stormlord- Super Hang-On
    - Supertrux- ThunderCats- Time an Magik- Trilogy- Turrican- Turrican 2- TV Sports Football- Uridium
    - Venom- Waxmorks- Wizard of Akyrz- World Championship Soccer- Yuppie’s Revenge- Zynaps- Zzzz
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited April 2010
    fog wrote: »
    nice.. cd has 99 games.. c'mon thats not to be sniffed at.there some decent games in the list. some said it didn't work?

    the hewson stuff on the disk is deffo nice :) and turrican of course .. which sentinel is it? the firebird one or the one like space raiders 2 by synapes ? if it's the latter it's a really great game that was put out a budget

    also check enforcer by rainbow arts if you like shoot em ups :)

    I was reading a review elsewhere and some tit said they prefered the leaf joysticks to microswitch?!?! wtf is that about..ya know decathlon made quick works of the leaf ones haha


    what emu is on the disc, just curious?


    Game-Collection 99 includes:
    - 500cc Motomanager- Adventureland- Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai- After the War
    - Airwolf- Alleykat- America?s Cup- Ancipital- Attack of the Mutant Camels- Batalyx- Battle Ships
    - Batty- Beyond the Ice Palace- Bomb Jack- Brain Artifice- Buggy Boy- Catastrophes- Championship Sprint
    - Chuckie Egg- Circus Attractions- Cleanup Service- Cleanup Time- Crime Time- Cubulus- Cyberdyne Warrior
    - Cybernoid- Cybernoid 2- Defender of the Crown- Deliverance- Elektra Glide- Eliminator- Enforcer ? Fullmetal Megablaster- Exolon- Frank Bruno?s Boxing- Ghosts?n Goblins- GP Tennis Manager- Grand Monster Slam- Gremlins 2- Gribbly?s Day Out- Hercules ? Slayer of the Damned- Hover Bovver- Ingrid?s Back- Inherits of the Throne- Iridis Alpha- Italy 90 Soccer- Kobayashi Naru- Last Battle- Leonardo- Live and let die- Lords of Doom
    - Marauder- Meganova- Mighty Bomb Jack- Mindbender- Mission Elevator- Mystery Fun House- Navy Moves
    - Nea Eon- Nebulus- Overlander- Paperboy- Paranoid- Paranoia Complex- Perseus and Andromeda- Pink Panther
    - Powerama- Prospector- Pyramid of Doom- Ranarama- Return of the Mutant Camels- Samurai Trilogy- Satan
    - Schwert und Magie 1- Schwert und Magie 2- Schwert und Magie 3- Sentinel- Shard of Inovar- Shiftrix
    - Sindbad and the Throne of the Falcon- Skramble- Space Harrier- Strom Warrior- Stormlord- Super Hang-On
    - Supertrux- ThunderCats- Time an Magik- Trilogy- Turrican- Turrican 2- TV Sports Football- Uridium
    - Venom- Waxmorks- Wizard of Akyrz- World Championship Soccer- Yuppie?s Revenge- Zynaps- Zzzz

    was only joking :razz:

    I use to have a 64 and 1541 drives with an action reply, plus I did work on a couple of 64 games. I've got a lotta love for the ol' bread bin, just not as much as I do for the speccy. Haven't tried the emu's yet but reports say it's a bit poo I thought it was worth it for the joystick.
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited April 2010
    Vice plus a load of snapshots, nothing you couldn't get from C64.com or Planet Emulation

    still nice stick though
  • joefishjoefish
    edited April 2010
    fog wrote: »
    I was reading a review elsewhere and some tit said they prefered the leaf joysticks to microswitch?!?! wtf is that about..ya know decathlon made quick works of the leaf ones haha
    Clickety-clackety-click-click-clicky-click-clickety-click. Ka-clack. Clickety-clickety click-click ka-clack-ka-clack-ka-clack.
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited April 2010
    joefish wrote: »
    Clickety-clackety-click-click-clicky-click-clickety-click. Ka-clack. Clickety-clickety click-click ka-clack-ka-clack-ka-clack.

    have you been hiding in my house today?

    ;-)
  • mermanmerman
    edited April 2010
    "So, we've got this joystick, and we're going to give away a CD full of games. What do we put on it?"

    "Well, there's this text adventure based on The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai..."


    It's a very odd list, almost like someone went through an A-Z list and picked a few at random.
  • ZupZup
    edited April 2010
    I bought one of those made by Speedlink, with an Amiga CD. The games in the CD are mostly freeware or PD (see the complete list here), and I've found that it is not the most ergonomic joystick to play with (but I've bought an Atari version for my speccys).

    Currently, I'm looking for one Atari to USB adapter... at a reasonable prize. It seems that buying a cheap USB gamepad and "hack it" is far cheaper.
    I was there, too
    An' you know what they said?
    Well, some of it was true!
  • fogfog
    edited April 2010
    joefish wrote: »
    Clickety-clackety-click-click-clicky-click-clickety-click. Ka-clack. Clickety-clickety click-click ka-clack-ka-clack-ka-clack.

    so ya prefer the leaf ones joe?

    was more a fan of the zipstick.. black / yellow one over the comp pro :)
  • MrCheeseMrCheese
    edited April 2010
    Zup wrote: »
    I bought one of those made by Speedlink, with an Amiga CD. The games in the CD are mostly freeware or PD (see the complete list here), and I've found that it is not the most ergonomic joystick to play with (but I've bought an Atari version for my speccys).

    Currently, I'm looking for one Atari to USB adapter... at a reasonable prize. It seems that buying a cheap USB gamepad and "hack it" is far cheaper.

    You can get Atari to USB adaptors here: http://www.retrousb.com/
  • joefishjoefish
    edited April 2010
    fog wrote: »
    so ya prefer the leaf ones joe?

    was more a fan of the zipstick.. black / yellow one over the comp pro :)
    My brother had that multicoloured microswitched joystick for his ST, and the constant clicking drove me nuts.

    This is my personal favourite. The SEGA Master System Control Stick. It uses the conducting rubber cap type contacts you get in most game pads and remote controls. Very responsive and very quiet:
    http://www.thosewerethedays.de/items/joysticks/sega_master/sega_control_stick.jpg
    I did like my Spectravideo Quickshot 1 back in the day, but then I didn't have anything else. The base button on that was loud and clunky too. I never played the Hypersports games though - couldn't really see the point.

    With a stick fixed to a solid base, like an arcade machine, I prefer the buttons on the right. But for holding a stick controller and still pressing the buttons with a thumb, this is better. With a spare cable Spex has found for me, I'll be able to wire up the second button to fire on a second joystick port.

    I have the big ASCIIWare Playstation desktop joystick, but I usually use the original large analogue PS1 gamepad with my PC.
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • -Micky-Micky
    edited April 2010
    BiNMaN wrote: »
    http://www.play.com/Gadgets/Gadgets/4-/13496887/SPEEDLINK-Competition-Pro-USB-Joystick-And-99-C64-Games/Product.html
    Does not fit on the ZX 48K or is there an adaptor?


    Micky
  • joefishjoefish
    edited April 2010
    -Micky wrote: »
    Does not fit on the ZX 48K or is there an adaptor?
    It's a joystick with a USB plug, to plug straight into a PC. If you want want to plug it into a real 8-bit computer, you need to track down an old original one with the Atari-style 9-pin plug.

    And of course on the Spccy 48K, you need a plug-in joystick interface. On the +2/+3, you'll need an adaptor for the weird wiring in the joystick sockets.
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • -Micky-Micky
    edited April 2010
    joefish wrote: »
    It's a joystick with a USB plug, to plug straight into a PC. If you want want to plug it into a real 8-bit computer, you need to track down an old original one with the Atari-style 9-pin plug.

    And of course on the Spccy 48K, you need a plug-in joystick interface. On the +2/+3, you'll need an adaptor for the weird wiring in the joystick sockets.
    I know. But some weeks ago I have read that it is possible to plug a PC joystick with an adaptor to a real ZX 48K. But I can't find the text...


    Micky
  • ZupZup
    edited April 2010
    I guess older joysticks (15 pin connector) may work easily, but they're a little temperamental (calibration issues). Some resistors and transistors and you may design a circuit to convert resistance levels into digital output.

    USB joysticks will need more work... a microcontroller with a program that emulates the drivers and those things. I think the software would be a nightmare.
    I was there, too
    An' you know what they said?
    Well, some of it was true!
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