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Product:
Microsoft Sidewinder Dual Strike
Company: Microsoft
Website: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware
Estimated Street Price: $49.95
Review By: Byron Hinson
Final Results and
Overall Mark
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Well we have reached the end of the
review. Here are my final comments, notes and grades for Microsoft's
Sidewinder Dual Strike controller.
Final Comments
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How It Grades
Installation: 91%
Manual: N/A
Performance: 90%
Drivers: 90%
Look: 90%
Feel: 91%
Help Files: 90%
Price: N/A
Overall: 90%
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The Dual Strike controller
is the first controller to ever combine the Mouse with a gamepad and it
does it surprisingly well. There are a few problems, it isn't easy to get
used to, it really does take quite a while but the more you use it the
better if becomes. It is also USB only which means some of us who have
lots of USB devices will either need to buy a new USB hub or unplug
devices. It is also unlikely that you will use the Dual Strike on anything
other than 3D games...But the good points manage to outweigh the bad and
it is as I have already said a good combination of the mouse, keyboard and
joystick. 3D games just got better.
| Overall
Score |
90% |
| Version
Reviewed |
Dual
Strike Revision 1.2
Sidewinder Gaming Control Software 4.0 |
| Release
Date |
Fall
99 |
| In
The Box? |
1
USB Dual Strike Controller
Press Release |
| The
Good Points |
Easy
To Install
Excellent Feel
Looks Good
Lots Of Buttons
Combines The Mouse & Keyboard Well |
| The
Bad Points |
Sometime
Slow To Spin
Moves The Mouse Pointer On The Desktop If Accidentally Touched |
| Reviewers
PC Setup |
Pentium
II 450
Windows 98 Second Edition
128 Meg SD-Ram
Voodoo 2 - 8mb
DirectX 7 Gold
SoundBlaster Live! Value
17" LG Electronics Monitor
Matrox G400 32MB AGP Graphics Card
Microsoft Force Feedback Pro
Microsoft Game Pad Pro (USB)
Microsoft Digital Sound System 80
DVD Setup: Toshiba SD-1202
DVD-ROM - 32x
DVD TV Player - Samsung 807
|
| PC
Required |
Windows
98
Intel Pentium PC (or 100% compatible CPU)
USB Controller |
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