[Coco] I need a joystick or two

[Glen Hewlett]

Hi Mark,

> On Jun 21, 2017, at 12:21 AM, Mark McDougall <msmcdoug at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> 
> On 21/06/2017 12:09 PM, Glen Hewlett wrote:
> 
>> I bought a joystick at the last CoCo fest but it turned out to be
>> defective.  I need a joystick to program and test joystick operation
>> in my Pac Man game.  The game works great with the keyboard but
>> Pacman should definitely have the option to use a joystick.
> 
> Yeah I've tended to avoid the 'fest in the past mostly because of the dodgy people that frequent it and try to pass off defective hardware to other unsuspecting attendees! :P

Ha!

> 
> For a game like Pacman, I would strongly recommend you pick up a Sega adapter from Neil to use a digital joystick or gamepad. Aside from giving you infinitely more options, you have the possibility of using arcade-quality joysticks and/or specifically 4-way joysticks/modes which can improve gameplay on a game like Pacman significantly.
> 

You have some good points there.  I am going to take Neil up on his generous offer to help me out so I might as well get the Sega adapter.

Cheers,
Glen

> Regards,
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