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Fresh LGR Oddware! This is one of those things that I've had for I don't even know how many years and always intended to cover, yet I always forget exists. Then every so often someone will email me offering one or poke me on social media asking me if I knew it existed, and well, that happened yet again recently and finally pushed me over the edge.

As for the Mouse Yoke itself, I mean... it does what it says on the tin, ha. This is a strap-on flight yoke for your ball mouse of choice. And that's about it! The thing works about as well as you'd expect for a piece of plastic sliding up against a rubber mouse ball. Silly, fun, almost practical, probably a bad idea – and pure Oddware.

No new video next week, as I'll be working on a video about a "classic" game that I reviewed long ago but really didn't do justice back then. And it needs a bit of extra time, so if all goes well that'll be the next video in May. (Oh and the LGR Birds livestream is still happening daily, now featuring four baby robins!) Finally, patrons on the $5+ tier can expect the next LGR Wrap Up episode pretty soon, too. Until then, have a good one and thank you very much for your support!

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The Mouse Yoke from 1992! Turn a mouse into a flight yoke, oddly

Checking out the odd Mouse Yoke from 1992! Colorado Spectrum sold several flight simulator adjacent devices in the 90s but this is the weird one of the bunch. Clamp the base to a desk, strap in a computer mouse, slide in the shaft, and enjoy a realistic aircraft yoke! Possibly, in theory, sort of! This bizarre thing is prime LGR Oddware for sure. ● LGR links: https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews https://www.twitter.com/LazyGameReviews https://www.facebook.com/LazyGameReviews ● All background music licensed from: https://www.epidemicsound.com 00:00 An Oddware Introduction 00:32 The Mouse Yoke 02:41 Colorado Spectrum 04:02 Critical response 05:20 Unboxing the weirdness 09:19 Setup and testing 11:16 LHX Attack Chopper 14:54 Flight Simulator 98 16:55 Doom II 17:58 Unreal Tournament 18:59 Stunts 20:43 Optical Descent test 21:25 What it says on the tin! #LGR #retro #gaming #controller #oddware

Comments

Alyxx the Rat

I mean, it ALMOST works.

Mac84

Haha, yessssss! I've been meaning to cover one of these for a while. I seriously enjoyed your well researched video and product tour. Now I have no regrets being lazy and looking at my Mouse Yoke box on the shelf. Shaft giggles? Check. Unreal Tournament demo? Check. Yep - that covers all the important bases! I love how wacky these accessories were, and how they were built! If you weren't careful you'd squish your thumb off!

LazyGameReviews

Glad you enjoyed, Steve! Although you should definitely still give that one on the shelf some attention, too. You know you wanna feel that shaft action for yourself.

Chad Armstrong

Thanks for mentioning that Colorado Spectrum was based out of Fort Collins, Colorado. As I expected you encountered when trying to research that company, search results were more about Spectrum (aka Charter Communications) in Colorado.