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LGR: SideWinder Force Feedback Pro – 26 Years Later (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago by DrGiltspur@kbin.social to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Revisiting the 1997 Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro joystick for PC! This started off as simple FFB stick nostalgia, showing off a few Windows 95 games, annnd ended up going down rabbit holes on gameport adapters, DirectX, patent trolls, and the quiet demise/resurrection of force feedback flight sticks.

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[–] r00ty@kbin.life 4 points 1 year ago

I had, I think the FFB2, and it was something else. I remember on flight simulator when you engaged autopilot it would move the stick in the way it was commanding the aircraft. I've always been so surprised this isn't really a thing any more.