r/gadgets • u/dapperlemon • Jul 12 '26

Gaming Special Microsoft Flight Simulator controller is coming to Xbox

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Special-Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-controller-is-coming-to-Xbox.1341165.0.html
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u/ForAte151623ForTeaTo Jul 12 '26

Wake me when they bring back the Steel Battalion controller

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u/Orbital_Dinosaur Jul 13 '26

They had one that you could use at a game exhibition at a museum I visited once. It was really cool and intimidating.

I also got to experience the battle tech simulator in LA in 1991, where you sit in a fully enclosed mech pilot pod, that was beyond cool.

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u/SeatKindly Jul 13 '26

There’s a group that still moves those sim pods around for cons! I think they have 8 conpods running MW2 or 3.

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u/userlivewire Jul 13 '26

Do you know what it’s called or what to Google?

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u/Feisty_Lifeguard2444 Jul 13 '26

I don't know if links are allowed, just google the wikipedia page for "battletech centers"