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Product:
Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro Joystick
Company: Microsoft
Website: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware
Estimated Street Price: $129.00
Buy
at Shop.Microsoft.Com - Great Low Price!
Review By: Matthew Sabean
Final
Results and Overall Mark
Well we have reached the end of the
review. Here are my final comments, notes and grades for Microsoft
Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro Joystick.
Final
Comments
How
It Grades |
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Installation:
94%
Manual: 95%
Performance: 94%
Video: N/A
Sound: N/A
Look: 90%
Help Files: 93%
Price: 90%
Overall: 93%
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The Sidewinder Force
Feedback Pro Joystick has certainly lived up to all of my
expectations. From the ease of setup and diversity of the
joystick itself, Microsoft has once again outdone itself with this
piece of hardware. You actually feel like you are a part of the
game with the force movements this joystick provides. I highly
recommend this device to any serious gamer and look forward to future
versions of this joystick
Specs
& Package |
Overall
Score |
93% |
Version
Reviewed |
SideWinder
Force Feedback Pro Joystick |
Release
Date |
Out
Now |
In
The Box? |
1
Force Feedback Pro Joystick
1 SideWinder Controller Software
1 Full Version MechWarrior3
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The
Good Points |
Incredible
Real Life Effects
Installation a Breeze
Pinpoint Accuracy |
The
Bad Points |
Bulky |
Similar
To |
N/A |
Reviewers
PC Setup |
Pentium
III 800
Windows
98 Second Edition
128 MB PC700 RDAM 356mhz w/ECC
DirectX 7a
21" Trinitron Monitor
32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64 4X AGP Graphics Card
SideWinder
Plug & Play Game Pad
Microsoft
Force Feedback Pro
Microsoft
IntelliMouse Explorer
Microsoft
Natural Keyboard Pro
Sound Blaster Live!
DVD TV Player - RCA - RC5223P
DVD-ROM - Creative PC-DVD Encore
MK5005 8X Dxr3
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PC
Required |
Microsoft
Windows 95 or Windows 98 operating system
Pentium 90 processor or higher
16 MB of RAM
25 MB of available hard-disk space
Quad-speed CD-ROM drive
Super VGA, 256 color monitor
Enclosed joystick driver
Sound Blaster compatible audio board with Game port/MIDI port
Feedback forces are only enabled with games using Microsoft Force
Feedback technology and are compatible with the Microsoft DirectX
API version 5.0 or later.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0a or later, Netscape Navigator 3.0
or later, or other frames-compatible browser
SideWinder Force Feedback Pro works with Windows 95 or Windows 98
compatible games only
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