Yeah everybody had a Quickshot II because it was cheap. And you could break a brand new QSII in one sitting playing, say, Decathlon It had those flimsy small metal plate ”bubbles” directly on the PCB and ridiculous leverage from the big stick. A friend also just cracked the stick by playing too forcefully If you were really careful you could make it last longer, and then you would be blowing away the dust that gathered at the base from the plastic wearing out And let’s not even start with the ”flight stick” ergonomics… (Some people do like it though.)
The first Quickshot is even worse though… Otherwise it would be slightly better, but the buttons are nearly unusable. (I had a white version, which I believe actually had the discrete B button for MSX. Can’t find even a mention of it anywhere on the internet.)
BTW: Me and my friends had Quickshot infrared guns. Similar to Laser Tag, but cheaper (of course).
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Yeah everybody had a Quickshot II because it was cheap. And you could break a brand new QSII in one sitting playing, say, Decathlon It had those flimsy small metal plate ”bubbles” directly on the PCB and ridiculous leverage from the big stick. A friend also just cracked the stick by playing too forcefully If you were really careful you could make it last longer, and then you would be blowing away the dust that gathered at the base from the plastic wearing out And let’s not even start with the ”flight stick” ergonomics… (Some people do like it though.)
The first Quickshot is even worse though… Otherwise it would be slightly better, but the buttons are nearly unusable. (I had a white version, which I believe actually had the discrete B button for MSX. Can’t find even a mention of it anywhere on the internet.)
BTW: Me and my friends had Quickshot infrared guns. Similar to Laser Tag, but cheaper (of course).