Microsoft Force Feedback Pro

If I’m not wrong we are talking about years ~’90.
Just +20 year ago when a huge number of “ports” adapter were present … for every “excuse“.
Fortunately today some vendors (such as Apple) use just 1 port for all :-).

This joystick has Game Port. In the same period the USB port was replacing the serial port, parallel port, game port,  PS/2 port …

Game Port  was available onboard of Sound Card (as Creative SoundBlaster) with of the principle “if you need more than a buzzer then you are a gamer“.
This is the heaviest joystick I ever seen due to inclusion of two motors in order to provide force feedback effects.

NJ+ Joystick Vs. Nicolò and NJ+ Brain Code

This is the “Nicolò Brain code” when he plays

⌨(nj+ code)

import all.I.can;
import all.I.cannot --force --ignore_errors;

// the fnc call_this will be used later
fnc call_this(Environment env){ A: if ( env.isNoiseTooLow() ) then { I.makeNoise(); GOTO A; }; }

fnc main(DadCommands[] args, Environment env) {
 if (args[0]=="home_work") {
  coredump(!);
  return; 
  exit; // just in case
  Console.say("hum... this line should be not executed");
  while(;);
 } 
 
 args[0]="make"; // Overwrite command that Dad passed me as argument

 // DAD
 Dad dad = Dad.getInstanceOfDad(); //DAD is Singleton
 I.setIgnore(dad,!dad.isAngry());
 I.sleep(500); // arg is ms
 I.setIgnore(dad, true);

 // Things 
 Things it = null;
 Things it2 = null;
 ScotchTape tape = null; // Dad explained me to initialize 
 
 // Initialize
 reset(env.things); // for enumeration
 I.setThreadTimeout(call_this(env),500);
 I.sigmask(0xFF); // I can't be interrupted

 START: // I'm using GOTO since my Dad said me to do not use it.
   it = env.things.next(max(env.things.rnd(Dangerous),env.things.rnd(withValue) ) );
   if ( it.isSparking() || env.things.remain() == 0)  
     then { 
            it.setWorks(true); 
            tape = new ScotchTape();
     }
     else { goto START; }

 if ( dad.did ) then { I.repeatOn(it,dad.better) }
 it2 = env.things.rnd(Dangerous); // ignore if it === it2
 if ( !it.isAttachable(it2) ) then { it=tape.scotch(it,it2); } // will work!
 while(;) I.play(it);
}