Control Stick
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| Made for: Sega Master System | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distributor: Sega of America (US) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Control Stick is a Sega Master System joystick designed for right handed control, instead of the typical left handed set-up. It was sold for $20 to 25 in North America, and was also available packaged with the SMS cart OutRun (sold together for $45 to $65) or the Rapid Fire Unit.
Contents
Hardware
The Control Stick functions exactly like a standard Master System Control Pad but attempts to give the user a greater sense of control over the on-screen characters. It is not particularly good for games that require precise movements.
Interestingly some versions of the Control Stick freely advertise its compatibility with home computers and other game consoles such as the Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64, Atari 400, Atari 800 and Atari 2600. It is the only Western Sega peripheral to date to advertise this, though most Master System (and Mega Drive) controllers will function with these computers with varying degrees of success due to the systems sharing the same type of DE-9 control port.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Control Stick/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Computer Trade Weekly (UK) #229 (1989-03-27)[4]
- New Computer Express (UK) #21: "April 1, 1989" (1989-03-30)[5]
- Computer & Video Games (UK) #91: "May 1989" (1989-04-11)[6]
- New Computer Express (UK) #23: "April 15, 1989" (1989-04-13)[7]
- ACE (UK) #20: "May 1989" (1989-04-06)[8]
- Computer & Video Games (UK) #92: "June 1989" (1989-05-16)[9]
- ACE (UK) #21: "June 1989" (1989-05-04)[10]
also published in:
- Micromanía (segunda época) (ES) #26: "Julio 1990" (1990-0x-xx)[11]
- Micromanía (segunda época) (ES) #27: "Agosto 1990" (1990-0x-xx)[12]
also published in:
- Sega Klubilehti (FI) #4: "2/92" (1992-xx-xx)[13]
Photo gallery
EU Box (above)
EU Stick (above)
EU Stick (side)
PT box (front)
Physical scans
| Master System, US |
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| Master System, EU |
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    Box |
References
- ↑ Computer Entertainer, "April 1987" (US; 1987-04-xx), page 14
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "April 1989" (UK; 1989-03-16), page 105
- ↑ The Mastertronic Catalogue (UK; 1988), page 2
- ↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "229" (UK; 1989-03-27), page 11
- ↑ New Computer Express, "April 1, 1989" (UK; 1989-03-30), page 9
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1989" (UK; 1989-04-11), page 84
- ↑ New Computer Express, "April 15, 1989" (UK; 1989-04-13), page 7
- ↑ ACE, "May 1989" (UK; 1989-04-06), page 68
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1989" (UK; 1989-05-16), page 89
- ↑ ACE, "June 1989" (UK; 1989-05-04), page 76
- ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Julio 1990" (ES; 1990-0x-xx), page 38-39
- ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Agosto 1990" (ES; 1990-0x-xx), page 44-45
- ↑ Sega Klubilehti, "2/92" (FI; 1992-xx-xx), page 8
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