Best Computer Joysticks

From flight simulations to arcade games and shooters, computer joysticks can make your game experience much more enjoyable. There is a multitude of joysticks available to gamers and just a select few are listed below:

1. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force Joystick

The Saitek Cyborg Evo Force Joystick is a great force feedback enabled joystick that also excels in use with games that are not force feedback compatible. The Saitek Cyborg Evo Force Joystick is also one of the most customizable joysticks you will find and works for right or left handed gamers.

2. Saitek Cyborg Evo Wireless Joystick

If you like the adjustability of the Cyborg Evo Force joystick, but don't care for force feedback and want a wireless joystick, the Saitek Cyborg Evo Wireless is for you. Like most Saitek products, this is the most customizable wireless joystick you will find. You can adjust the Evo wireless to fit most any size hand. The Evo Wireless is for both right and left handers.

3. Saitek X52 Flight Control System

If you or the gamer in your life are into flight simulations, the Saitek X52 Flight Control System is hands down the joystick for you. Not only do you get an ultra-customizable joystick, you get a separate throttle that is fully integrated with the joystick. The Saitek X52 Flight Control System is the ultimate in flight sim realism with multiple buttons and a flip up cover that protects the missile launch button. The ultimate in cool joysticks is the Saitek X52 Flight Control System.

4. Saitek Cyborg Evo Joystick

If you are looking for a basic joystick that still features great comfort while playing and a customizable design, the Saitek Cyborg Evo Joystick is a great product. While not as full featured as other Saitek joysticks, the Saitek Cyborg Evo Joystick is a great first joystick or all around joystick for multiple game types.

5. Logitech Freedom 2.4 Cordless Joystick

Logitech makes some great PC joysticks, and the Freedom 2.4 Wireless is one of their best. Not only is it wireless, but it uses 2.4 GHz technology to give you extended range and zero lag. It also has 10 programmable buttons so you have all the commands you need at your finger tips. Plus it looks really cool with its brushed aluminum and metal highlights.

6. Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar

The Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar is the most realistic PC joystick and throttle system you will find. How realistic is the Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar? The HOTAS is modeled after the Stick and Throttle found in the real F-16 fighter jet. The included software allows you to program the Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar to do virtually anything you desire. Serious hardcore flight sim gamers, this is your joystick.

7. X-Arcade Solo Arcade Joystick

If you are an old school gamer looking to bring back memories of the glory days of arcade gaming, the X-Arcade Solo Arcade Joystick is for you. The X-Arcade Solo Arcade Joystick looks and feels just like the joysticks that control the classic arcade games like Pac-Man. The X-Arcade Solo Arcade Joystick also works for newer games and gives you a large joystick and numerous buttons to help you dominate your competition.

8. X-Arcade Two Player Arcade Joystick

The X-Arcade Two Player Arcade Joystick is just like the X-Arcade solo joystick, but allows you to have a friend in on the fun. The large and stable controller is a throw back to the glory days of side-by-side arcade action. Plug the X-Arcade Two Player Arcade Joystick in and school your friends on classic games and new titles.

9. CH Products FighterStick USB

If you are a fan of the military flight simulation games and only a joystick will do, the CH Products FighterStick USB is the best out there. The CH Products FighterStick USB puts 132 programmable functions at your finger tips. The CH Products FighterStick USB also includes the software to program the joystick to your exact specifications.

10. Logitech Attack 3 Gaming Joystick

If you enjoy flight sim games, but don't have the desk space for the Cougar HOTAS or the Saitek X52, the Logitech Attack 3 Gaming Computer Joystick is a great compact throttle and joystick. Rather than using a small lever on the joystick for the throttle, the Logitech Attack 3 has a separate, realistic throttle control built into the joystick base. The force feedback function allows you to feel the forces as you climb and dive to destroy your enemy.

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Hotrod Computer Joystick

This post is a review on the HanaHo Games Hotrod Joystick.

The HotRod Joystick is an arcade-type joystick for computers. It is designed to look like original full size arcade games you used to find at your local gas stations and such -- whatever happened to those? :(. Anyways, the Hotrod is connected to your computer via a PS2 keyboard port on the back of your computer tower. If you don't have a PS/2 port, there are PS/2 to USB converters that are cheap and can be picked up at just about any local electronics shop.

This computer joystick was designed for the explicit purpose of playing old arcade games, and it does it spectacularly well. One of the reasons it exceeds so well in this category is because it uses real, commercial grade arcade components that look at feel like the real thing.

One thing that really sets this computer joystick apart from the rest is the fact that you can play with more than one player, so you can play with (or against) your best buddy. Also, you can play games that need to utilize both joysticks for full control and precision.

If your into the whole "old-style arcade games -- thing" then you'll definitely want to take advantage of this amazing PS/2 ported computer joystick. Also, fyi, all of your old favorites can be found with a little searching online for ROM emulators. Overall this is a great computer joystick and really inspires a sense of nostalgia.

PS2 Computer Joysticks

PS2 Joysticks can refer to one of two things. Either a joystick meant for the Playstation 2 console, or it is also a port similar to a USB port. The PS2 port can have keyboards and mice plugged into them as well as joysticks, but is being phased out in newer computer models because of some slight compatibility problems.

There are quite a few playstation 2 joysticks that would suit most user's needs. The only downfall is that most of them are situated and formed like a driver's steering wheel, making it extremely difficult to play flying or shooting games.

PS2 ported joysticks are also plentiful. For almost every USB joystick there is a PS2 version that offers all of the same features and performance as it's counterpart.

I recommend shopping around on online retailers and doing some research of your own when looking for a PS2 joystick. You want to get the best price to performance ratio on your new PS2 computer joystick and not end up with a piece of junk.

Computer Joysticks

This blog will be entirely dedicated to computer joysticks. There will be articles discussing advantages and disadvantages of USB joysticks and PS2 joysticks. Also, I will add articles noting you should purchase this brand or type of joystick, etc.

Articles based on which joystick would be most advantageous to use with specific joysticks will be posted (such as flight simulator joysticks). XBOX 360 joysticks will be covered.

Commercial use joysticks will get their own articles. These will include analog joysticks and industrial joysticks.

Hopefully you look forward to this blog and come back to it time and again. This blog will help you determine which computer joystick is right for the thing you want to do.