MC> I have a couple Commander Keen games that I downloaded 
 MC> from a local BBS. My grandson enjoys them, but one of 
 MC> them has a weird joystick problem. Even though the 
 MC> calibration process seems to work fine, when the 
 MC> program starts it acts like the joystick is all the way 
 MC> to the lower right corner. This only happens on the 
 MC> Keen game. Other games like Wolfenstien and Doom work 
 MC> fine. Is this a bug? A shareware cripple? Any ideas?
  Does the joystick in question have little wheels or sliders on the bottom 
and right sides (besides the throttle control, if it's there)?  Those can 
manually adjust the centre for the stick, and you could hopefully just 
compensate for the joystick glitch.
  If that isn't an option, you may want to try borrowing a friend's joystick 
(to see if it's a hardware/software problem), or even just disabling the 
joystick control for Commander Keen altogether.  It's not as convienient, but 
it'll get the job done.
  Hope this helps!
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