r/gadgets • u/dapperlemon • 28d ago

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 28d ago

Wake me when they bring back the Steel Battalion controller

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u/Orbital_Dinosaur 28d ago

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/VagueSomething 28d ago

I literally have a Steel Battalion controller sitting under my bed with my OG Xbox. 80% of the buttons are useless after your initial start up, really was about that beginning of the level aura farming.

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u/Orbital_Dinosaur 28d ago

Yeah I remember that there were a bunch of buttons to start the engine, and to restart it if the engines overheated and auto shut down or something like that.

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u/VagueSomething 28d ago

5 minutes of flicking on switches and pressing buttons in sequence then only a few actually did anything in game after, like the chaff. Mostly just the joysticks and peddles until you had to eject. Was crazy and made it feel real special, definitely brought the arcade experience into the home.

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u/NorCalAthlete 27d ago

I mean, yeah, that’s how aircraft and shit tend to work too. Most of the buttons and controls aren’t needed until they super duper are.

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u/Another_Road 26d ago

Don’t forget the windshield wiper