My favorite was "Pirates!" - I always picked "Skill at Fencing" ... and over the time I knew the world so well, that I only needed one part of those map fragments you could get in a tavern to find the treasure or my long lost sister ...
we had something called 'the arcade joystick' for the C64. It was basically indestructible and worked great on those action games. It looked a bit like your epyx one. It was made in europe, don't know if it was sold overseas. It was quite expensive, but really 10/10 quality , we all had one in my group of friends and brought them to each other's homes to play multiplayer stuff because they were too expensive to buy a second one for most households. But for flightsims you needed something else.
In other markets the 500XJ was sold as the "Konix Speed King." Maybe that's the one you remember? The other more popular joystick is the Competition Pro, but I actually don't remember seeing them much here in the States. I don't recall any of our 500XJs breaking or having issues, but as far as repairability goes they're just microswitches. If they did break, they were easy to fix.
@@Blackadder75 Ah, I follow you now. Looked it up, definitely didn't get that one in the states. I bet I would have enjoyed it though! Looks like a solid design.
I didn't mention it, but Castle Wolfenstein has one of the first examples of digitized speech on a home computer. Which is even more impressive on its original platform, the Apple II. While the C64 version looks (and sounds) better, it still can't quite escape those Apple II roots. It's also one of the first stealth action games too. It's hard to revisit and play legitimately (the controls are tough) but I still have a lot of memories of my brothers and I spending late nights trying to escape the castle.
Quickshot - Purveyors of shite Joysticks. They were the ultimate false economy. Cheap but breakable in a month. The Competition Pro, however, was a black & yellow Beast.
I'm impressed with this video... Very nicely done, and even better since I'm a huge Commodore fan! 😂
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it and hopefully there'll be more Commodore content in the future.
My favorite was "Pirates!" - I always picked "Skill at Fencing" ... and over the time I knew the world so well, that I only needed one part of those map fragments you could get in a tavern to find the treasure or my long lost sister ...
we had something called 'the arcade joystick' for the C64. It was basically indestructible and worked great on those action games. It looked a bit like your epyx one. It was made in europe, don't know if it was sold overseas. It was quite expensive, but really 10/10 quality , we all had one in my group of friends and brought them to each other's homes to play multiplayer stuff because they were too expensive to buy a second one for most households. But for flightsims you needed something else.
In other markets the 500XJ was sold as the "Konix Speed King." Maybe that's the one you remember? The other more popular joystick is the Competition Pro, but I actually don't remember seeing them much here in the States. I don't recall any of our 500XJs breaking or having issues, but as far as repairability goes they're just microswitches. If they did break, they were easy to fix.
@@userlandia no it was branded as 'the arcade joystick' it has it's own wikipedia page under that name.
@@Blackadder75 Ah, I follow you now. Looked it up, definitely didn't get that one in the states. I bet I would have enjoyed it though! Looks like a solid design.
best joystick for the C64 was the Atari 2600 joystick! using quickshots would just die after 10 mins of track and field or decathlon lol
Wasteland for the C64. This was my go to game.
Never knew there was a Wolfenstein game for C64. It doesnt look impressive, even for an early 8-bit era.
I didn't mention it, but Castle Wolfenstein has one of the first examples of digitized speech on a home computer. Which is even more impressive on its original platform, the Apple II. While the C64 version looks (and sounds) better, it still can't quite escape those Apple II roots. It's also one of the first stealth action games too. It's hard to revisit and play legitimately (the controls are tough) but I still have a lot of memories of my brothers and I spending late nights trying to escape the castle.
engagement fodder comment: Never knew you were a wolfenstein fan. remind me to pick your brain about the series reboot in recent years.
Quickshot - Purveyors of shite Joysticks. They were the ultimate false economy. Cheap but breakable in a month. The Competition Pro, however, was a black & yellow Beast.