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The Tortoise, launched in 1991<ref>''Amiga Power'', (Future Publishing, December 1991), 22.</ref>, was an unusual controller from [[Cheetah]]. The device was kept in place by four suction-cup feet, and you moved the controller by resting your palm on the tortoise shell and shunting it in the direction you wanted to go.
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{{joystick
  | title        = The Tortoise
  | title        = The Tortoise
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  | brand  = [[Cheetah]]
  | brand  = [[Cheetah]]
  | manufacturer      =  
  | manufacturer      =  
  | launch          = 199x
  | launch          = 1991
  | directional = 8 directions
  | directional = 8 directions
  | buttons = 3 Fire buttons
  | buttons = 3 Fire buttons
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  | price = £9.99
  | price = £9.99
}}
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==Manufacturer's Description==
* Three ultra-sensitive fire buttons
* Ergonomically evolved control shell
* Automatic centering
* Heavy-duty body with strong stabilising suction feet
* 8 directional movement
* Cage sold seperately
* Versions include ZX Spectrum, 16K, 48K, 128K (interface sold seperately), +2, +3, C64, Amstrad, Atari, Sega and Nintendo.
==Reviews==
==Reviews==
{{Review|review=This looks and plays
{{Review|review=This looks and plays like a joke ... Movement is
like a joke. Obviously aimed a t
the pre-teen age-group, the
Tortoise consists of two units :
a heavy duty stabilising body
with an "ergonom i cally"
shaped control "shell" . The
hand is supposed to fit
smoothly over the shell at the
top of which are three fire but-
tons to stab at . Movement is
engineered by rocking the
engineered by rocking the
shell from side-to-side and top
shell from side-to-side and top
to bottom. but after a while.
to bottom. but after a while.
even this proves a cumber-
even this proves a cumbersome and ineffective control
some and ineffective control
system which soon becomes
system which soon becomes
tiresome. Also . it ' s doubtful
tiresome.|author=|pub=[[Atari ST Review]]|issue=May 1992|score=1/5}}
that small hands w i ll get the
most out of th is device as they
would probably fall short of
the firebuttons due to the
bulky nature of the shell.|author=|pub=[[Atari ST Review]]|issue=May 1992|score=1/5}}


[[Category:Cheetah International Controllers]]
[[Category:Cheetah International Controllers]]
{{#example:tortoise}}
==Sources==
<references />

Latest revision as of 15:22, 17 March 2022

The Tortoise, launched in 1991[1], was an unusual controller from Cheetah. The device was kept in place by four suction-cup feet, and you moved the controller by resting your palm on the tortoise shell and shunting it in the direction you wanted to go.

Manufacturer's Description

  • Three ultra-sensitive fire buttons
  • Ergonomically evolved control shell
  • Automatic centering
  • Heavy-duty body with strong stabilising suction feet
  • 8 directional movement
  • Cage sold seperately
  • Versions include ZX Spectrum, 16K, 48K, 128K (interface sold seperately), +2, +3, C64, Amstrad, Atari, Sega and Nintendo.

Reviews

"This looks and plays like a joke ... Movement is

engineered by rocking the shell from side-to-side and top to bottom. but after a while. even this proves a cumbersome and ineffective control system which soon becomes tiresome." 1/5

Sources

  1. ↑ Amiga Power, (Future Publishing, December 1991), 22.
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