| Powerplay Competition Pro 5000 Joystick (PC) |  | From: Powerplay
Category: Video Games
Buy New: £9.99
New (2) from £9.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 5469
Platform: Windows Xp
Media: Video Game
Age: 3 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 6.1 x 3.7
EAN: 5016743011000
ASIN: B000J5U09W
Release Date: October 13, 2006
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Not vintage but ok. October 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought a couple of these so that i could play the mighty Kick Off 2 on a PC using an Amiga emulator. They were easy to setup and i was playing within minutes.
The build quality on the outside is that of the vintage Competition Pro joysticks; which is awesome.
There are two negative points though. Those being the main two buttons and the responsiveness of the shaft.
The buttons: if you don't press the button in the exact centre it doesn't always depress the microswitch and then has a chance of getting wedged in.
The shaft: the original Comp. Pro sticks used a rubber bush type thing to recentre the shaft and this was good. This joystick uses a spring and it doesn't work as well as the shaft feels loose and has a tendency to rise up when performing a hefty maneuver.
To be fair though, for 9 it's not too bad and is totally usable.
 Agree, poor quality compared to alternate brand September 30, 2008
I also purchased a Competition Pro USB Joystick manufactured by SPEED-LINK (Product No.: SL-6603) from another retailer. While virtually identical in looks, the SPEED-LINK joystick is superior in build quality compared to this model. This particular joystick tends to stick when moving directions and the buttons are not as responsive (there is some give before the actual micro-switch is pressed).
 loving it November 21, 2007
yeah i too was a c64 and amiga addict and this joystick truly brings back
a lot of good things of the time i found the joystick stability is pretty much it was as in the good days ,last reviewer complaning about the buttons?hey even with the original joystick of the time you still had to press propley in the center ?probley been using gamepads to long.
ok i'am off now to play bombjack
 Poor quality not impressed November 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved the old competition pro back in my C64 days and was hoping that buying this would be a welcome relief from the modern tendency to promote nasty gamepads with annoying thumbsticks and too many buttons. The joystick itself is exactly the same as I remembered and the direction microswitches work beautifully. Sadly on the one delivered to me the two main buttons are so poor as to make it useless for gameplay. Unless you press precisley in the centre of the button nothing happens. All in all a seriously frustrating experience.
Great for retro games December 22, 2006
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
I bought one of these and it is just as I remember it was for the C64 or ZX Spectrum. Plug it in and away you go, it's that simple (and basic) yet who needs more for playing retro games. Personally I use it with MAME to play those old classic arcade games like R-Type, Space Harrier, Golden Ax, . . . .
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