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| Brand: | Speedlink |
| Series: | SL-6603-TWT |
Technical Details
- Digital USB joystick featuring micro switches with no driver needed
- Autofire mode on the back of the base
- Extremely robust sprung metal stick
- Four buttons featuring that original 80s sound
- Extensive games collection with 99 C64 classics
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An icon of the ’80s, the ‘Competition Pro’ is an absolute classic of a joystick for fans of the C-64, Amiga & co which for many was their first love. It could be found in millions of homes across the world - and still brings joy to users to this day. 99 C64 Classix games on one CD for the PC make this bundle a real retro blast from the past.
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An icon of the '80s, the 'Competition Pro' is an absolute classic of a joystick for fans of the C-64, Amiga & co which for many was their first love. It could be found in millions of homes across the world - and still brings joy to users to this day. 99 C64 Classix games on one CD for the PC make this bundle a real retro blast from the past.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Might not be what you expected,
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This review is from: Speedlink Competition Pro USB Joystick with 99 Best of C64 Classix Game Collection (Electronics)
This looked a lot my old Kemptson Competition Pro I had in the 1980s and so I bought it to play some old games on the various emulators that are available on the pc. The main difference between this one and my old one is that the Speedlink has very tactile clicking micro-switches when you press the buttons and move the stick. The stick requires some getting used to because it needs noticeable effort to move in each direction. My old one had the leaf switches which were virtually indestructible in normal use and required less effort to move (and no clicking). The speedlink has a robust build, but micro-switches are not infallible. It also has 2 extra small triangle buttons situated between the stick and the main buttons, plus an autofire switch on the back.
I understand that later Competition Pro models were made with this micro-switch type, however, in the days of the Spectrum, Amstrad, Atari St and the early Commodore64 it was the leaf-switch type and the one I prefer. Lastly, the games come on cd with a nice c64 emulator that has all the games listed and you just select the one you want. I couldn't get the Speedlink to work with a lot of the games, even though you can see the directional buttons light up on the display as you move them. I was never familiar with the original C64 so it may require in-game configuration, so its not exactly plug and play. I tried playing Sensible Soccer on an Atari emulator and noticed that the down-right diagonal wasnt working every time. This is why I dislike the micro-switch type.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funtime!,
This review is from: Speedlink Competition Pro USB Joystick with 99 Best of C64 Classix Game Collection (Electronics)
Only wanted old style joystick, so games disk came as additional bonus. No trouble installing games, although dialogue box froze on screen while installation took place, so wondered if any reviewers reporting disk problems mistook this for being a faulty disk. Available games are shown on a menu interface which loads the games using Vice Emulator. For those unfamiliar with Vice, there are pull-down menus allowing joystick settings, screen sizes etc., to be easily altered. I had 99% of the original games on the disk about twenty years ago, so it has bought back great memories. Well worth the money.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
ok but fire button is not perfect,
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This review is from: Speedlink Competition Pro USB Joystick with 99 Best of C64 Classix Game Collection (Electronics)
The fire button sometimes fails. I have use it for sensible soccer and if you dont push really in the midle it fails sometimes. Apart from that its ok.
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