Cool! I'll get one of these (or two) for my A1200 gaming rig.

Tell me, the four fire buttons, do they map to the same button or can they be independent (for multibutton games, eg StreetFighter)

Rude!

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All four buttons trigger the same signal. There was hardly any standard for an extra button on the 9-pin connector. Sega and Atari used different standards.

You'll have to wire the buttons to your own needs, or just play oldschool with a single button.

To be honest, I only know a single game that makes use of a second button, and that's Turrican. However, where's the fun if you don't slam on the space key every now and then ? Never played Street Fighter.

Jens

I liked te joystick but i hope you skip the extra buttons this time unless they actually work as a separate button. I found those extra buttons more annoying than useful.

I don't like the upper buttons myself, because I always hit them when I don't want to. However, removing them was not an option (tooling would have to be changed), so I have made them switchable.

I use what I produce. And I'm a geek just like you. That should make sufficient usability

Jens

a Tac-2 with microswitches for the buttons would be the sh|t :)
I'm not a fan of the Competiton Pro but still nice to see a new run being made.

A new run of Competition Pro CD32 would also be cool :)

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This joystick is great, not necessarily because it's the best, but because it's new and suffers none of the fatigue that comes as they get older. I really like mine for this reason and would recommend it to any classic computer user :O)

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I'm not a fan of the Competiton Pro but still nice to see a new run being made.

I have always used a ZipStik, which has a very similar design to the Competition Pro joystick. It is a shame that the extra buttons aren't wired as separate buttons, as several games can make use of that (notably driving games such as Roadkill, ATR, Nitro to name a few).

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I have always used a ZipStik, which has a very similar design to the Competition Pro joystick. It is a shame that the extra buttons aren't wired as separate buttons, as several games can make use of that (notably driving games such as Roadkill, ATR, Nitro to name a few).

Zipstick is my favorite as well. I still have the one i got when i bought my first a500 back in 90s and it still works great today. I also like the competition pro and bought one of those modern retro versions a couple of years back or so. I like this new competition pro better than the old ones without microswitches. The buttons on the old ones used to get unresponsive after a few years of usage.