MACHINES: Atari, Commodore, Amstrad, MSX and Spectrum, BBC and Electron (with interfaces)
MAKER: Euromax, Pinfold Lane, Bridlington, North Humberside
PRICE: £15.95

Odd shaped and sturdy looking, the Elite is a disappointment when you get grips with it.

The shape makes it very uncomfortable to hold and the auto-fire button has to be held down all the time. We even bound it up with sticky tape to keep it blasting away.

It does. however, respond well and has the feel of something lasting a long while.

We feel it's a little bit of a let down when you consider the quality of past Euromax joysticks. Overpriced as well.

Price: £11.95/£15.95 (Auto-fire)

The Elite is quite a neat little joystick, and is one of the joysticks in Euromax's cheaper range and is worth every penny. It uses long lasting microswitches and sits quite well between both hands. The Elite would suit people with small hands and at £11.95 should be within the financial reach of the average game player.

It is red and black in colour and the fire button is positioned to the front of the joystick. The response quality from the Elite is not really up to the Professional's standard, but it's acceptable. As you may already know, C+VG has its own joystick with our neat little logo embossed on it.

Well, our joystick is really the Elite, cleverly in disguise! It's yellow and blue in colour. There is also an auto-fire and non-auto-fire versions of the Elite, but the C+VG joystick is a non auto-fire only.