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| ESSENTIAL BUY
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| SWITCH JOYSTICK
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| GRAVIS £39.99
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| IN BRIEF A l1ttle too b1g to hold
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| 1n the hand, th1s table-top joy-
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| stick certainly offers a
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| multitude of features The f.rst
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| thing to notice is the foam-
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| padded pistol gnp with
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| built-in firebutton. As well as
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| feeling incredibly comfortable,
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| it also offers a firm grip and
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| moulds itself to your hand.
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| The stick comes with e very
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| sophisticated tension adjust-
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| ment system. This a l lows the
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| user to set the amount of ten-
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| sion or resistance provided by
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| the joystick handle. Ten set-
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| t ings, which range from loose
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| to stiff, ensure that there will
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| be at least one settmg which
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| su1ts your playing style In
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| addition. the tension adjuster
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| also reduces the travel dis-
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| tance or throw of the stick,
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| making it ideal for flight sims
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| and arcade games alike.
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| Restricted movement allows
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| for faster reactions such as
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| those needed 1n arcade-orien-
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| tated games. while the softer
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| settings provide smoother
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| movements suitable for flight
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| simulators and driving games.
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| Trigger points are automati-
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| cally set dependmg on the
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| tension adjustment. When the
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| stick IS set at a loose setting,
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| a greater amount of handle
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| deflection is needed befo r e a
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| response is triggered 1n the
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| game. lt's also possible to
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| manually adjust these trigger
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| points f or even more contro l-
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| labili ty . There are also three
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| fire buttons. two located on
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| the base of the unit and one
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| perched on top of the handle.
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| S ting Ray: n popular joystick
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| witlt an IIIIUSIIal desigtt.
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| Button selectors at the side of
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| the machine allow the user to
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| independently select each fire
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| button's function. ranging
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| from normal fire and auto f.re
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| capabilities to forward end
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| backward movements
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| All these features add up to
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| one hell of a joystick A six-
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| foot lead, solid construCtiOn,
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| and a pleasing design help add
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| further to the stick's appeal.
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| Although quite costly , this 1s
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| worth the investment .
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| »If the Zip Stick is
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| the Rolls then Sw i tch
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| Stick is at the very
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| l e ast a Bentley - a
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| superlative stick."
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| 00000
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| ESSENTIAL BUY
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| SUPERPRO ZIP ST IK
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| SONMAX £13.99
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| IN BRIEF : Two firebuttons
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| placed at either side of the unit
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| mean that both right and left-
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| handed players can use this,
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| and the solid construction
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| means the stick can put up
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| with as much wiggling as you
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| can possible throw at it . Even
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| Ocean's aging Daley
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| Thompson's Decathlon would
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| prove no problem to a stick of
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| this stature.
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| The stick's long shaft and
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| knobbly top prove invaluable
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| in overall control and he l ps
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| afford a nice. comfortable grip.
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| Micro-switched throughout,
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| every tug trans l ates in a nice,
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| tight response and an auto-fire
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| feature provides rapid bursts
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| or a continuous stream of bul-
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| lets. From Speedbell to
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| R- Type, from Project X to the Addams Family , the Z1p St1k
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| handled all-corners
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| About the only criticism that
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| can be lev1ed at the stick IS its
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| rethre less than adequate lead
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| of just over f1ve foot. But that
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| could be seen as JUSt nit-pick-
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| mg - play and enjoy |author=|pub=[[Atari ST Review]]|issue=May 1992|score=5/5}}
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