Whatever Happened To The Joystick?

Posted by Zonk on Thursday February 14, 2008 @02:53AM from the please-make-us-another-tie-fighter-title dept.

Ant writes "MSN UK has up an article that looks into the 'downfall' of the joystick: 'Sometimes technology disappears completely, but often it just fades into the background — still existing, still being used and sold and, occasionally, desired, but probably looking wistfully back on past glories. Which neatly described the joystick's steady slide away from its role as THE gaming peripheral to a fondly remembered also ran. But the joystick's tale is a long and convoluted one — and it is worth looking back into its often mysterious and ill-studied history before explaining why it will rise from the ashes like the mythical phoenix.' Seen on ClassicGaming."

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Parent is WRONG and a FUCKING IDIOT by Anonymous Coward · 2008-02-14 05:12 · Score: -1, Flamebait

"2D games hinted toward mouselook, but it really didn't appear until one of Carmack's games (Quake?)"

You damn idiot, you're so foolish. The first game to use mouse-look was Walker on the Amigar, however that game was only 2d. The first 3d game to use mouse-look was Robocop 3, again on the Amigar. You walked around using the joystick, and used the mouse to look around and shoot the criminals who would stalk you from the shadows.