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AxisPad (cheap Wal-Mart Joystick)

This is the Axispad I bought mine from Wal-mart a few months ago.  It is the only computer joystick that Wal-mart has.  It connects to your computers USB port and then windows will automatically load up a driver for it.  The included cd also has a driver but it worked the same as the one windows loads up. 

The stick is pretty much like a playstation 2 stick.  It has 12 buttons and two analog joysticks.  It feels pretty good in your hand and I found the buttons to work well.  I bought it to play emulated games on my PC, NEO GEO, and found that it worked fine for that purpose.  I had no problem programming the keys with any of my  emulation software.  I've also used it to fly aircraft in Flight Simulator 2002 and found it pretty adequate for that.  Best of all the stick was cheap, a big 18 bucks.

Problems:  The stick supposedly has a vibration function to provide some force feedback.  I have never been able to get it to work and I've tried all kinds of drivers.  The analog sticks are getting  rough and this after only mild use. I've read others reviews and found that these have a tendency to get really rough and break completely.  Lastly there is no way to calibrate the analog sticks which mean if they loose there center position you are screwed. 

In closing I wouldn't buy this controller again.  It's junk. 

Update 8-29-04
I bought this Joystick about 8 months ago, I used it for a few weeks heavily, then used it infrequently, I just started using it again and the analog sticks are completely useless, besides the fact that they have so much friction that they are hard to move they are not registering any movement at all, in fact neither one works. The Directional pad has become to touchy too use as well. This thing is a huge piece of junk. DON'T BUY IT.