This joystick interface manufactured by Cascade is a peripheral that provides the PCW with a joystick port in order to play games on this computer.

Obviously, to play on a PCW, it is essential to have a PCW computer and a game. However, it is always interesting to be able to play games with a joystick, for two reasons: one of them, comfort when handling the game, especially in action games, and the other reason, avoiding keyboard wear and tear.

The problem that arises when using a PCW is that this computer does not have a joystick port. For this reason, the use of an interface like the Cascade Joystick is required.

The complete joystick kit includes the interface, a joystick, and a floppy disk containing version 4.0 of the chess game Colossus Chess 2 or, in other cases, different games like the flight simulator ACE.

Its use couldn't be simpler: just connect the joystick to the corresponding socket on the interface, and then plug the interface into the PCW's expansion port (all of this, of course, with the computer turned off). It is important to do it in this order because the joystick connection is very tight. If we connect the interface first, turn on the computer, and then try to plug the joystick into the interface, we will notice that force is required, and there is a possibility of damaging the expansion connector through carelessness.

The interface works flawlessly with the Tomahawk flight simulator. However, some joysticks that come with the kit cause quite a few problems, as they fail to fire or register downward movement. We assume this is an individual problem with that specific joystick. Hopefully, it is not a widespread issue.

One small detail should be noted: the interface does not have an expansion bus pass-through, so if we connect it as the first interface, it does not allow any other expansion to be connected.