Totally awesome Apple II joysticks

[olePigeon]

I used to think that the CH Mach 3 and original Apple joysticks were the best of the best for the Apple II. Oh boy. I just stumbled upon a pair of these "Standard" joysticks, and they are unbelievably cool. Textured arcade joystick, 2 arcade buttons, 2 smooth action metal H+V adjustments, and autofire toggles with LEDs! How cool is that?! Thick metal box with suction cups on the bottom.

It's awesome using it playing Conan and LodeRunner. I'm trying to think of which games might benefit from the autofire. Maybe Spyhunter and RescueRaiders?

 

[Byrd]

Those things are really cool - what does the dial and the LEDs do?

 

[olePigeon]

The dials adjust the horizontal and vertical alignment. Many games on the Apple II didn't know how to auto-calibrate the joystick, so you have to do it manually. On my normal joysticks, there're 2 plastic nobs that you rotate. On these, they're really nice metal dials.

The LEDs indicate which button has auto-fire turned on. If you look closely, you'll see that below the LEDs are 2 toggle switches.

 

[protocol7]

Very nice!

 

[macinbot]

Very nice indeed! That's some serious retro-gaming hardware. Nice score!

 

[mcdermd]

Holy moly - where did you find those wicked things?

 

[Scott Baret]

Just to verify--that's for the standard joystick port on the back of the II, right?

I've never seen anything like these!!! I'm not even much of a joystick kind of guy and I'm finding myself floored!!!

 

[olePigeon]

Standard Apple II joystick port. Found them on eBay.

 

[Brooklyn]

Those are sweet! I saw one for sale recently, and it was expensive! Nice find on these two.