Microsoft Dual Strike
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I picked this little oddity up the other day from eBay. Another strange chimera to add to my collection of bizarre game peripherals. The gimmick with this game pad is a split design with a ball and socket type joint between the left and right halves. Ostensibly mirroring the pivot of the head for FPS games, the movement is actually over so wide an area as to give me wrist strain.
Robustly built and as configurable as any other of the Microsoft peripherals, but the fact you can't change the zone of transition between head turning and body movement. I may have to persevere but I never really thought the mouse and keyboard option were broken. In all honest I think two anaolgue sticks are a simple enough alternative and at least have the advantage of analogue sensitivity.
Nice idea then, shame about the reality.
I picked this little oddity up the other day from eBay. Another strange chimera to add to my collection of bizarre game peripherals. The gimmick with this game pad is a split design with a ball and socket type joint between the left and right halves. Ostensibly mirroring the pivot of the head for FPS games, the movement is actually over so wide an area as to give me wrist strain.
Robustly built and as configurable as any other of the Microsoft peripherals, but the fact you can't change the zone of transition between head turning and body movement. I may have to persevere but I never really thought the mouse and keyboard option were broken. In all honest I think two anaolgue sticks are a simple enough alternative and at least have the advantage of analogue sensitivity.
Nice idea then, shame about the reality.
September 07, 2004
