Konix Speed King - Best Joystick since the Kempston.

When the Kempston broke it was time for a new joystick and this is the one alternative above all else. This had great reviews and was the one of the joysticks to have. What was different about this joystick was that it had no suction cups and you had to hold it in your hand. The joystick's directional mechanism had a nice clickety clickety sound and was very responsive, except when you played games such as fighting games which require you to do quarter and half turns. It was a nightmare. But then fighting games back then were terrible anyway.

The Kempston Joystick - 7 Directional controls

This was simply the joystick to get back then. The autofire button, the pilot type grip and the suction cups at the bottom. It just made games even better, well compared to using the "a","z", "op" and "space bar" keys. There were many Kempston joysticks but the best one was the Kempston Quickshot. In fact most of the games had to be Quickshot compatible to work.

If only they didn't break so quickly. Well, what I mean is the 8 directional movement became 7, then 8, then 7 again, then 7 and a half if I pushed it hard enough.

Still, what a grip!