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Old 03-29-21, 07:49 AM   #34
3catcircus
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Originally Posted by 1Patriotofmany View Post
Me too, I simply cannot get consoles. Give me a joystick keyboard and a mouse.
I suppose it stems from a time when the only controls for a console were a joystick with a single red button in the upper left corner and a "paddle" controller consisting of a rheostat and a button...

That you could use the joystick on the C=64 was a bonus...

Once I got the Epyx joystick, though, it was all over for the Epyx "... Games" series...
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