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Hi all,

I'm planning on buying Tie Fighter for my boyfriend as a surprise present to play on his macbook pro... He's super nostalgic for it (and doesn't know it was released for the mac somehow!)

I only play PS4, and know embarrassingly little about computer, especially mac, gaming. I'm just hoping someone can tell me if a joystick will work with the mac version of the game (I only see mentions about joysticks for the Windows 98 version of the game), and if so, which basic joystick should I get that's easy to set up/works well with this game? If it doesn't work with a joystick I can get a two button mouse, but if it does work, I think he'd enjoy the gameplay experience more.

I see people mentioning the Thrustmaster model on this forum a lot, but that's only for PC, right?

Thank you! I appreciate your help.
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siaopeng: Hi all,

I'm planning on buying Tie Fighter for my boyfriend as a surprise present to play on his macbook pro... He's super nostalgic for it (and doesn't know it was released for the mac somehow!)

I only play PS4, and know embarrassingly little about computer, especially mac, gaming. I'm just hoping someone can tell me if a joystick will work with the mac version of the game (I only see mentions about joysticks for the Windows 98 version of the game), and if so, which basic joystick should I get that's easy to set up/works well with this game? If it doesn't work with a joystick I can get a two button mouse, but if it does work, I think he'd enjoy the gameplay experience more.

I see people mentioning the Thrustmaster model on this forum a lot, but that's only for PC, right?

Thank you! I appreciate your help.
I just came across your question, and realize that the response is likely much too late, but I have a Macbook Pro, and use a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. I think that most any joystick would work, but the trick is in the mapping software, since Mac doesn't include that. I have the program USB Overdrive, which is a multi-purpose mapper, and it works well.