Sold Blue and yellow C+VG Joystick.. free for postage

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Hi all.

I have this lying around. I have a feeling it doesn't work, or the fire button doesn't I can't remember really. The microswitches are still good and tight tho.

Just seeing if anyone wants it before I bin it..

Would be £2.85 within the UK.
Can post anywhere.

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That's a distance! I'll find out.

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I love joysticks... How much to South Africa?

Thanks
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Hi mate. Sorry for the delay. I think it would be around £7.80. If it's less I'll of course send some back.

To Finland I think astound £5 or so.

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I have one of these joysticks. Does anybody know their origin?

Were they a gift to subscribers? Something else?
 
Dunno about the exact relation to C+VG mag but the joystick itself is for sure a custom colored edition of Zipstik Elite. There is also C+VG logo embedded into the area that originally contained Zipstik text so they must've had the molds altered.
 
Blue and yellow C+VG Joystick.. free for postage

Dunno about the exact relation to C+VG mag but the joystick itself is for sure a custom colored edition of Zipstik Elite. There is also C+VG logo embedded into the area that originally contained Zipstik text so they must've had the molds altered.

Oh good spot!

I kind of want to scroll through some old issues of the magazine to see if the joystick is shown anywhere.

https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine
 
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Found it. Issue 76 (Feb 1988), page 87, also referred in joystick article elsewhere in the same issue. It was limited edition advertised and sold only thru C+VG magazine.
 
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Awesome!

I found the joystick feature in the same article, and this page has been sat with a half composed post on my computer for days.

It only took a few minutes to find it. Searched C+VG archives for joystick, then search full text of each issue for the word "yellow" (I had a hunch they'd mention the colour) and it was the third or so magazine I tried. Ironically enough, the feature is in B&W :lol:

https://archive.org/stream/cvg-magazine-076/CVG_076_Feb_1988#page/n61/mode/2up

Extra points to @romppainen for the extra page I missed though!
 
Hehe, had my own reasons to start digging up as I collect these things, I'm hoping to find another sample up for grabs one day but at least I already have original Elite so I can cope the time before finding one ;)
 
Nice. I guess collect them too but I'm not really sure why?!
 
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