Classic Joystick Evokes Hardware Nostalgia (May 19, 2018)

ChrisReid

Super Soaker Collector / Administrator
Dennis Mull came across a hardware setup from the mid '90s that's a pretty neat time capsule of the era. The Quickshot "Squadron Commander" QS-202 is a very early example of a Hands-On Throttle And Stick (HOTAS). Lots of joysticks at the time were sold as "compatible with Wing Commander," and this one includes pre-programmed controls for Wing Commander, Wing Commander 3 and Strike Commander. Given the rapid pace of PC advancement during that time, it's pretty cool that you could regularly find equipment that worked with all of these games. The box even advertises Windows 95 compatibility. And there's lots of other titles besides the WC series listed on the box, which gives you an idea of how popular the flight sim genre was at the time. TheSynrgy also put together a cool unboxing of the unit if you'd like to see more!









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Original update published on May 19, 2018
 
I used to have similar, seperate quickshot throttle(that connected you had to daisy-chain with a joystick), appeared more modern(purchased it in 1996), similar size.. reconfiguring the buttons and axis was sheer horror.
It works using key remapping, so I pretty much sticked to one configuration and remapped the controls of each game to that setup..
 
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