• great reference book … lovingly … carefully … with compact, pointed texts … and splendid photos … supplemented … expanded and clarified … A printed gem to read yourself and give as a gift
  – Peter Schmitz, c’t
• Gameplan takes you on a journey through the world of computer & video games (…) very understandable (…) very entertaining
  – Gamestar
• offers a deep insight into the entertainment devices of the last 25 years (…) easy to read, nicely illustrated and rich in facts (…) a smart reference book for game fans
  – Man!ac
• everything you need to know (…) detailed device information (…) technology fans can revel in the details (…) a recommendable read
  – c’t
• An ace!
  – ComputerPICTURE games
• Required reading
  – PlayZone

The Author

Winnie Forster, publicist and digital media expert, has been at the keyboard since 1982 and in the computer and video games industry since 1990. He was managing editor of the legendary PowerPlay magazine, co-founder of Video Games and – as editorial director of the specialist publisher Cybermedia – of the multi-format magazine Man!ac, which he launched online in 1995. In the 21st century, Forster works and plays at Ammersee in Bavaria.

Joysticks provoke emotions: Controllers are thrown out of the window after the eleventh game over and have to hold out the button as a final excuse: “I can’t help it – my pad is stuck” are the last words of the multiplayer loser. Scapegoat, accomplice and lifesaver: pad and stick are the only accessories that every player takes in their hands – that connects them.

In collaboration with Take 2, Winnie Forster and Stephan Freundorfer present the reference work for all game fans: Joysticks shows the best and the coolest, the most bizarre and daring controllers from 30 years of computer and video game history.

• A treasure trove: rich in color pictures and technical drawings
  – c’t.
• Very well-founded text, very informative technical section
  – Golem.de
• A must-read: Get the new book from Gameplan immediately
  – Man!ac
• The joystick authors show how changeable the piece of plastic is … how it still shapes the worlds through which it moves the player.
  – Star.

Joysticks for collectors, connoisseurs and modern gamers:

• around 400 photos and drawings
• History, technology and functions – all information on 200 devices
• classic museum pieces – for the first time in their full splendor
• the most important and iconic controllers of the home computer era
• the best precision devices for PC and console
• Special chapter on the evolution of game controllers
• Large technology index