Gravis Announces $14.99 Destroyer Joystick for Beginners

Gravis has announced the Destroyer, a joystick built for people just getting into PC gaming, at an estimated $14.99. The whole design philosophy is subtraction: no installation software, no wall of extra buttons, nothing standing between a new player and the game itself. Gravis did keep one feature you rarely see at this price, a rotary throttle.

Requirements are as basic as it gets: an IBM PC or compatible with a standard game port. The Destroyer arrives this summer at leading computer retailers, major distributors, and mail-order catalogs, backed by the Gravis Satisfaction Guarantee with a one-year warranty and technical support. Fifteen bucks with a throttle is honest value; hand one to the relative who keeps asking how you fly the plane in your flight sim.