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Victory Road - Rotational Joystick Control?

MartynCMartynC
edited July 2010 in Games
I've been playing Ikari Warriors recently, and noted how the home conversions suffered slightly because they couldn't replicate the original's 8-way rotational joysticks.

Then, I was playing Victory Road on the Spec and noticed one of the control options is "Rotational Joystick". Curious, I fired it up on the CPC and the same option is there, listed as "Cheetah Rotational Joystick".

So did Cheetah actually develop such a stick? Can't say I remember seeing one.
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  • mermanmerman
    edited July 2010
    Yep, the Cheetah 125+

    It also had a redefinable fire button that could replace a key, one of the few games to use it was Flying Shark (for the smart bomb)
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited July 2010
    Never liked that rotational stuff, give me the old fashioned left/right/up/down on my Speccy (and MAME games).

    Victory Road is a funny game, Ikari Warriors is a great game, they used the same engine (a lot of the same graphics) so Victory Road should surely be Ikari Warriors II, extra levels and enemies, what could go wrong ?

    Dont know about you but i just couldnt get into it, still play it now from time to time but doesnt have the same magic as Ikari and i quickly get bored of it. Shame that Victory Road was pretty dull
  • fogfog
    edited July 2010
    psj, in the arcade it was great though..

    as well you control the tank AND the directional SNK stick controlled the turret

    it was like the first use of Strafe in a game I guess :D hehe
  • MartynCMartynC
    edited July 2010
    merman wrote: »
    Yep, the Cheetah 125+
    Cheers Andrew. Had a look and it was called the 125 Special. I had a 125+ but had never heard of this one!
    psj3809 wrote: »
    Victory Road is a funny game, Ikari Warriors is a great game, they used the same engine (a lot of the same graphics) so Victory Road should surely be Ikari Warriors II, extra levels and enemies, what could go wrong ?
    I agree. The sequel is pretty dull and samey. I've no idea why they turned it all sci-fi. And they got rid of the tanks you could razz around in!
  • Dwayne DibleyDwayne Dibley
    edited July 2010
    Wouldnt say any game suffered as a result of the lack of rotational stick - had they never heard of Robotron?
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