Games that broke joysticks

I was never one to spend huge amounts of money on joysticks, I'd always go for the budget model in the local computer store which was my main mistake.

The game made me break the most joysticks to the point that I was banned from playing them were ski or die with the ski jump mode and Graham Gooch cricket. Both games involved shaking the joystick violently from left to right as fast as you can. This action would generally mean the leaver section of the joystick becoming separated from the base.

Thankfully with the progression from joystick to joypad I no longer have this issue.

The thing that used to kill my Joysticks, was when id spend money on some crazy joystick thta had a million buttons and looked totally awesome. the things would last about 3 weeks of SWOS before theyd die.

Zipsticks for the win!

I never got on well with any joystick to be honest. They all seemed to break on me pretty quickly (mostly by breaking the directional switches out of their mountings) so I always preferred keys until..... I got my Megadrive. I noticed that the ports were the same so just plugged in a joypad and tried it with my Amiga. Worked a treat! :)samsengir

what? really? omg
I totally didnt know that :D

Yeah, I remember using my Sega Genesis controllers. Only the B button would work but they made good backups in case one of our joysticks broke. My Dad used to break his special left handed controllers playing World Circuit and F-18: Interceptor.

I don't think I ever broke a joystick... At least I can't remember breaking one.

The thing that used to kill my Joysticks, was when id spend money on some crazy joystick thta had a million buttons and looked totally awesome. the things would last about 3 weeks of SWOS before theyd die.

Zipsticks for the win!

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