- The QuickShot II joystick is back and available today as ‘TheQuickshot II’
- This recreation retains the original’s iconic design, but introduces some new features
- It costs just £29.99 (around $40) and is compatible with modern PCs
The iconic QuickShot II joystick from the 1980s is back, thanks to British retro hardware brand Retro Games.
Available today as the slightly awkwardly named ‘TheQuickshot II’, it costs just £29.99 (that’s around $40) and is fully compatible with modern PCs. The design is very similar to the original, a hugely popular choice for Commodore 64 owners throughout the 80s and 90s, apart from a few tweaks such as the switch to a modern USB Type-A cable interface.
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The feel has also been carefully recreated with the original shape and similar tactile, clicky internal microswitches that are perfect for fast arcade games. There’s even the old rapid auto-fire switch (used to trigger rapid repeat inputs) which has been carefully reworked to work with modern hardware.
For compatibility, a few new buttons have been added to the base to reflect the inputs available on a standard modern controller. In theory, it should work with practically anything, though of course it would feel most at home paired with any of the top arcade games.
Given the relatively low price, TheQuickshot II seems like the perfect impulse buy for anyone craving some old fashioned gaming goodness, or potentially an affordable gift for the Commodore 64 lover in your life.
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