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Max Headroom - 08 Jan 2006 22:40 GMT

I was in my local Wal-Mart yesterday and found the Doom collection (Ultimate
Doom / Doom 2 / Final Doom) for 10 bucks. On a nostalgic whim I bought it
and have been having fun blowing away bad guys.

I'm thinking of getting a cheap joystick or game controller of some kind,
was wondering if I'd be better getting a joystick or one of the x-box style
clones for the PC? I'll probably also get Doom3 so I'd like to be able to
use whatever I get with Doom3 as well.

Thanks,

Max

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Dan C - 08 Jan 2006 23:42 GMT

> I'm thinking of getting a cheap joystick or game controller of some kind,
> was wondering if I'd be better getting a joystick or one of the x-box style
> clones for the PC? I'll probably also get Doom3 so I'd like to be able to
> use whatever I get with Doom3 as well.

The best controller combination is a mouse and a keyboard. Nothing else
even comes close in regards to precision and controllability. This
applies to all games of this gender (FPS's), as any serious gamer will
tell you.

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Reggie Hillier - 10 Jan 2006 01:51 GMT

To use a joystick in Doom3 you wil need to use a program called Joystick 2
Mouse.
http://www.tucows.com/preview/292788

>I was in my local Wal-Mart yesterday and found the Doom collection
>(Ultimate Doom / Doom 2 / Final Doom) for 10 bucks. On a nostalgic whim I
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> Max

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