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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, 48L, 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. Obviously aimed a t | ||
like a joke. Obviously aimed a t | the pre-teen age-group, the Tortoise consists of two units : | ||
the pre-teen age-group, the | a heavy duty stabilising body with an "ergonomically" shaped control "shell" . The | ||
Tortoise consists of two units : | hand is supposed to fit smoothly over the shell at the | ||
a heavy duty stabilising body | top of which are three fire buttons to stab at . Movement is | ||
with an " | |||
shaped control "shell" . The | |||
hand is supposed to fit | |||
smoothly over the shell at the | |||
top of which are three fire | |||
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 | even this proves a cumbersome and ineffective control | ||
system which soon becomes | system which soon becomes | ||
tiresome. Also . it ' s doubtful | tiresome. Also . it's doubtful | ||
that small hands | that small hands will get the | ||
most out of | most out of this device as they | ||
would probably fall short of | would probably fall short of | ||
the firebuttons due to the | the firebuttons due to the | ||
Revision as of 12:51, 7 March 2022
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, 48L, 128K (interface sold seperately), +2, +3, C64, Amstrad, Atari, Sega and Nintendo.
Reviews
"This looks and plays 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 "ergonomically" shaped control "shell" . The hand is supposed to fit smoothly over the shell at the top of which are three fire buttons to stab at . 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. Also . it's doubtful that small hands will get the most out of this device as they would probably fall short of the firebuttons due to the bulky nature of the shell." 1/5
- Atari ST Review
- May 1992
