![]() ![]() That's part of why I had to buy it for a review the moment I saw one on eBay for cheap, just as I do with most exotic input devices. ![]() Despite a stick that caters to flight simulation with its design, a thumb-operated throttle rotary, and an input for analog gameport rudder pedals, it was mostly advertised as a FPS controller and is primarily used as one by its diehard fans. Later on, they sold the Assassin 3D's basic tech to Mad Catz, and the Panther line of products arose, one being a standalone trackball like the Assassin 3D, and the other notable one being the Panther XL, a huge flight stick with a trackball on its left side. It even digitally filters the analog joystick's axes to keep spiking and other irregularities to a minimum. It's unlike most trackball mice in that it used a gameport interface, not PS/2 or USB, and was especially intended to be used in combination with an analog gameport joystick to handle movement while the trackball itself controls the view. Years ago, some people formed First-Person Gaming and devised a trackball mouse called the Assassin 3D. Might as well kick off my impressions with a brief history lesson:
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