So does anyone know of any possible joystick that could be used on a PC to give nice dial control to old games? I fully recognize that what I'm looking for just might not exist but it's something I've been trying to sort out for years and really have never found a good solution to. They're all either jumpy or don't work quite right. none of these controllers seem to properly capture the smooth precision of an old school dial that let you just turn it and see a rather precise movement of your character on the screen. It seems to be very spotty/jumpy (maybe it's just the controller I picked up, in fact if someone has one of these and their dial works well that'd be nice to know).Īnyway. My most recent pick up was a Mad Katz Arcade Gamestick as I figured, since this is a more modern controller designed for both Xbox 360 and PC, its spinner/dial should function well. I had high hopes for the Jogcon PS1 controller but sadly the wheel does not get detected with my PS1 to USB adapter. That one works well with a USB adapter but the wheel always 'snaps back' to center when you let it go, not what I want. I have gotten a few other controllers over the years that kind of work, like the PS1 Performance Ultra Hand Racer but it's not perfect.

I do own some Atari paddle's and a USB adapter for them but the controllers really don't work well (I think the adapter wasn't made to handle the paddles). So I've been on a little bit of a quest to find a good spinner/dial joystick like the old Atari paddle that I could use on a modern PC.

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