The C64 Joystick Will Not Be Replaced

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rbernardo wrote:What is ShopKo? I've never heard of it.

Truly,
It's a chain of stores in the mid-west... They have it where my parents are from, too (Wisconsin). :-)

ShopKo sells a bit of everything... They have a website at www.shopko.com ...

Oooo... Just checked their website, and it looks like they have ones as far west as Salem and Eugene, Oregon! :-)

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Re: The C64 Joystick Will Not Be Replaced

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The Best Joystick for any Commodore or Atari 8-bit system was the
TACH2

The TACH2 Joystick was the Penultimate Arcade gamming device. Sturdy, indestructable,
used MicroSwitch's If I remember correctly..
Never wore out, you could go through 5 regular Black and Red Buttoned Joysticks to 1 TACH2, or more.

If you can find TACH2's on EBAY, that may be the way to go
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But the TAC-2's did not have 30+ games built into them... :)

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Post by Herny »

It was sold through Radio Shack and they put them on clearance months ago. It's possible albeit unlikely that some stores still have them.
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The TAC-2 Will never be beaten in any case...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAC-2

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Best joystick period for Atari and Commodore 8-bit computers, lasts for years...
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