Genius JoySticks

[gusman]

Hey All,

I'm buying a joystick for my son and Compusa has a brand called Genius which is really cheap. Does anyone have any experience with the brand?

Thanks,
gusman44

[BoilerDown]

If it is what I think it is, its not really suitable for flight simulation type games, including Aces High.  Suitable for arcade type games, as I recall I used one of those when playing X-Wing and Tie Fighter back in the day.

[NHawk]

They have a couple of flight sim joysticks.

I don't have any experience with them though. And at around $12.00 - $20.00 I doubt I will anytime soon.

[Denholm]

Never heard of the brand. I am curious though, didn't CompUSA go out of business about a year ago?

[gusman]

It's now the "All New CompUSA"  . Thanks for reminding me though, I gotta check to see if the store is still there.

My son just got JetFighter 3? from the 5 dollar store and he thought he could run it on my pc. I told him we will have come up with another plan  . He's dying to play AHII but he's still too young (12 yrs). Thanks for the help maybe I will get him a Saitek so he's ready for AHII in a couple of years.

Cheers
gusman44

[NHawk]

Never heard of the brand. I am curious though, didn't CompUSA go out of business about a year ago?

TigerDirect and CompUSA are now sister companies.

They have 23 stores in 4 states.

[Denholm]

Ah. Thanks for the info.

[Hoarach]

Yea tigerdirect name bought them and now they keep up the website.  Surprised they didnt try and keep open all the stores though.

[gusman]

They closed all the stores in New Jersey 

[alskahawk]

 Check wally mart. they have a MS joystick for 18-20$ Lots a buttons, compatible with pc games.

[Ghastly]

Just curious as to why 12 is too young.  Is it because of the boneheads he might run into, or because you believe the game is too complex for a 12 year old?

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[gusman]

Just curious as to why 12 is too young.  Is it because of the boneheads he might run into, or because you believe the game is too complex for a 12 year old?

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Mostly the cost of another account  , he's not going to use mine because he would probably start HOing everyone. Then I would have to worry about the boneheads 

Cheers,
gusman44

[Getback]

Gus, I saw a picture of one. Walmart sells them on their website. It looked an awful lot like the old Sidewinder. That's all I know.

[DREDIOCK]

It's now the "All New CompUSA"  . Thanks for reminding me though, I gotta check to see if the store is still there.

My son just got JetFighter 3? from the 5 dollar store and he thought he could run it on my pc. I told him we will have come up with another plan  . He's dying to play AHII but he's still too young (12 yrs). Thanks for the help maybe I will get him a Saitek so he's ready for AHII in a couple of years.

Cheers
gusman44

My son was playing AW and then AH since he was 9 

[DREDIOCK]

They closed all the stores in New Jersey 

I know and that sucked.
thing is you had to know what you were buying as they werent always the least expensive store.
BUT they usually had what you wanted