In 8 bit gaming, many joysticks were destroyed due to “joystick waggling”, the process of rapidly moving the joystick from side to side, usually to build up speed or power in a game. I’m not talking about game controllers here, but joysticks.
I tried to compile a list of games that featured joystick waggling. Here it is; if you have additions to this list, let me know!
List of 80s joystick waggling games
- Action Force 2
- Activision Decathlon (C64)
- Ancient Games (C64)
- Aquatic Games
- Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing
- Blood ‘n Guts (C64)
- Bobo Stir Crazy (Amiga)
- Combat School
- California Games
- Daley Thompson’s Decathlon
- Daley Thompson’s Super Test (C64)
- Decathlon (Atari 2600)
- Epyx Olympic (C64)
- HES Games (C64)
- Hyper Sports
- International Championship Athletics
- Joystick Power (Sam Coupé)
- Raw Recruit
- Red Heat (mini game)
- Sex Games (C64)
- Summer Games
- Track&field (C64)
- Viz
- Waggle-o-mania (Amiga)
- Winter Games
- WWF Wrestle Mania (C64)
