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Title: Since 1990
Post by: johnney351 on January 10, 2018, 08:48:44 am

I've been playing space sim shooters since age 12 back in the day, I remember in 1990 Wing Commander, I felt so good and we tried playing with the keyboard, wanting a joystick to make it feel 'real ' cannot remember wich joystick I had, white with red trigger and rear button, later after 1993 I bought a Logitech Attact 3 connected to my Creative Sound Blaster sound card.

I was thinking many of you guys must be in there late 30s' to mid/late 40's since you play Freespace / mods etc.

 I'm 40 now and I still feel the urge playing a space sim/shooter, I've enjoyed the Wing commander series of games and I've played most of the titles more than once.

thanks for you guys making new MODS and keeping things alive !

best for 2018

cheers
Johnny

Title: Re: Since 1990
Post by: deathspeed on January 10, 2018, 08:46:52 pm

Yeah, i'm 49, and I am not the oldest one here. 

I've always enjoyed the immersion of using a joystick rather than mouse + keyboard, even if the precision is not the same.  The first accessory I bought when I got my first PC in 1999 was a Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro.  I still have it in a box around here somewhere.  The second thing I bought was a Soundblaster card because the built-in gameport on my motherboard would not recognize the stick. 

My first computer was an Atari 800 around 1982, then a 1200XL.  I played the snot out of Star Raiders and F-15 Strike Eagle on those using the old Atari 8 direction, 1 button joystick.  For F-15, you could use a second joystick as a throttle so you didn't have to go to the keyboard as much.  I built a holder out of Plexiglass that rigidly joined the two sticks together, sort of like a giant twin-stick gamepad. 

Be sure to check out Diaspora (https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?board=175.0) f you have not yet done so.  If you ever wanted to pilot a Viper, here's your chance.

Title: Re: Since 1990
Post by: johnney351 on January 11, 2018, 08:44:40 am

I remember the Joystick I had, quickshot and I felt the immersion in Strike Commander (Origin ) back in the day. wow, what a game !

I tested Diaspora, looks really good, thanks deathspeed

Title: Re: Since 1990
Post by: HLD_Prophecy on January 11, 2018, 03:12:54 pm

I managed to get my hands on a Gravis Firebird a little while back. Looks to be in good condition so I'd like to use it for Freespace, but unfortunately I need a special cable to connect it to my modern computer.