The KeyStik Clip-on Joystick for Keyboards: LGR Oddware

Checking out this weird little Plawa arrow key joystick add-on for PC keyboards. It's a deceptively complex contraption from the 90s that clips onto your cursor keys and converts it into a mini joystick! Even better if you attach it to a mechanical keyboard, since you get that nice clicky feel.

● LGR links:

● See my Blerb video on the numpad joystick here:

● Thank you for sending the KeyStik, David!

● All background music licensed from:

00:00 Introduction
00:36 KeyStik Overview & History
05:22 Unboxing & Inspection
09:53 Testing the KeyStik!
12:35 Commander Keen 4
13:30 LHX Attack Chopper
14:51 MS Flight Simulator 4.0
16:47 One Must Fall 2097
18:33 Sensible World of Soccer
20:20 SkiFree
21:39 Conclusion & Outro

#LGR #Oddware #Joystick

[j.t.]

"To ensure precise operation of the stick, the nuts must rest on the keys." - LGR

Words to always live by.

[qmto]

5:55 How could one not notice this little joystick almost perfectly replicates that stock cartoon squeaky wheel sound effect you heard in everything back in the day?

[inuitwinit]

This reminds me of the steering wheel and joystick that clipped over your keyboard that you got with that Tonka game, I'd love to see a video on that!

[darthgumby]

Only Clint can make a 30 second topic into a 23 minute video and keep us entertained the entire time.

[UberMan]

I wonder how hard this company lobbied against WASD?

[Zed.TheReaper.McCormick]

I had that exact transparent version with the red, blue and yellow plastic innards. It was the first thing I ever ordered myself (via phone of course, didn't have internet yet) and it cost almost exactly the same for shipping as for the item itself. It lasted literally minutes before it broke.

[atrocity]

I love all of LGR's videos but Oddware is definitely my favorite series. The fact that people came up with, designed, manufactured and sold stuff like this is endlessly fascinating.

[ktTube]

3:43 only seconds before this model shows up I was thinking to myself: Wait, I had a transparent joystick like this with some yellow plastic inside...and then it pops up extremely englarged on my TV! I had that exactly model back when I was a kid.
I will look through my storage since I never throwed away stuff like this, if i find it I'll gladly send it to you!
I remember the springs it had to re-center the joystick when releasing it beeing totally awesome. There were cheaper variants that didnt have this feature. They were quite popular in Sweden in the late 90''s

[slo]

I'm honestly surprised at how well that thing worked out. I guess having a proper gimbal mechanism is the key ingredient here allowing the device to feel more like an arcade stick and less like those other awful num-pad stick/claw-on thingies.

[OldMan_PJ]

My friend had a version of this for the WASD keys back in the late-90's early 2000's. I could see it being useful for someone with a disability but always looked at it as a gimmick.

[malaert]

“Complete overkill! Oh, that Hind is down!”
Liquid Snake: _[Screaming in the distance]_

Such a cool add-on! Nice to see something like this done properly and effectively. Could definitely see this being a 3D print project, if someone was able to reverse engineer a schematic of it.

[codecthelios]

PSA. You should always watch LGR with the subtitles on. It adds so much

[therealchriscunningham]

This is absolutely how fast Sensi was, and why it was so incredible next to contemporaries like the isometric FIFAs.

[metfanl]

Oh man I also remember having one of these things as a little german kid back in the 90s, haha. I don't think I used it for very long though before switching to some cheapo pc gamepad.

[tomleech]

The command line action to reconfigure the keyboard delay and repeat rate in DOS is MODE CON Like "MODE CON: RATE=32 DELAY=1" In case anyone was wondering and never used that weird command. :)

[SleezyPizza]

NGL I thought that letter said something other than "Hey Clint" that L and I are dangerously close lmao

[tenebra]

Watching LGR play Sensible Soccer (one of my favorite games growing up) is one of the best things I've seen in a long time. And it definitely made my day.

[myislander]

I had one of these that I bought at the Jacksonville hamfest for under $10 around 1996. It looked exactly like this one. Those two metal disks would stick to the keyboard, and the magnets would let you could take it off when you’re not using it. It gave a satisfying click when you placed the joystick over the keys. I recently found my old powercomputing Mac clone keyboard and those disks are still stuck to the keyboard.

[tronicgo]

In my opinion ending the night with a lgr video is just so relaxing 😌
Seeing retro games with odd ware stuff it's just so chill

[Fairly-odd-kel]

Why is it that I want all these old gadgets more than new tech?! I think there was a bit more experimentation when computers and consoles were just becoming a thing