Do force feedback joysticks still exist?

[Ridcully]

As title really. Was digging out and old game (Forsaken) which was really hard without a joystick. Also dug out my old joystick but have now discovered its not compatible with my motherboard. Just wondered if an update variant existed as nothing obvious comes up on searches

[S_K_N]

I used to just setup a dual boot system for the older stuff, win 98/ME and XP, now its XP and Vista - I find its the best option for older games and the least hassle.

I have a Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro which was awesome for games like MechWarrior , Mig Alley and Xwing Alliance but MS officially discontinued Sidewinder product support pretty quickly so dual booting was my way around it. They were cracking joysticks back in the day I have to say - full directional force feedback not just some motor vibrating in a plastic shell in your hand, it actually fealt like you were going over bumps or experiencing wind sheer.

They still bring out the odd FF joystick for flight sims, last time I looked which wasn't recently there were budget alternatives. Yeah I've got the big box of Forsaken still in my collection, never really got into it, similiar looking to Descent if I recollect.

[Ridcully]

Not sure dual boot will work. I can't find the article but if I remember correctly there is a known conflict with an onboard feature of the motherboard i am using.

[internetuser]

you not try and run it in a virtual enviroment, sunbox or vmware?

[target]

There are a few out there, but not many, if you search Amazon. But aside from the aforementioned discontinued Sidewinder they all seem poorly rated until you start getting into flight sticks costing hundreds of pounds. I was looking into it when the power supply failed on my one. I gave up and just ordered a universal power supply for my existing one. They seem to have been replaced by joypads.