# Mad Catz Tried Making the Ultimate FPS Controller: Panther XL from 1997

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Checking out the odd Panther XL by Mad Catz! While they largely made goofy third party game console controllers, they also made goofy PC hardware. Like this trackball and flight stick fused together supposedly creating the ultimate FPS input device, backed up by radical 1990s John Romero magazine ads. Prime LGR Oddware indeed!

● LGR links: https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews https://www.twitter.com/LazyGameReviews https://www.facebook.com/LazyGameReviews

● An archive of the Panther XL CD-ROM here: https://archive.org/details/panther-xl-drivers

● All background music licensed from: http://www.epidemicsound.com

00:00 An Oddware Introduction 00:38 The Panther XL 02:56 FPgaming 'Assassin 3D' stuff 03:40 Mad Catz sure was a company 04:47 Advertising and John Romero 05:39 The cult following is real 06:38 Unboxing the device 08:41 Plugged in and setting it up 11:01 Jedi Knight Dark Forces II 13:59 Turok Dinosaur Hunter 15:54 Unreal Tournament 1999 18:27 Control Center and Quake II 20:12 Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 21:48 A3D Mouse Emulation mode 22:21 Solitaire and SimCity 2000 23:28 DOS support, Commander Keen 4 24:31 Duke Nukem 3D of course 27:54 Y'know, I almost like it! Almost.

#LGR #retro #gaming #controller #oddware

- What it is: Full episode
- Series: [LGR Oddware Series](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/library/rights-holders/series/ac70d4e7100d)
- Previous episode: [Titans Sphere - The Failed 3D Game Controller for PC](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/rights-holders/jJSCPIRdYVM)
- Next episode: [The Apple II on a PC Card - Diamond Trackstar Oddware](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/rights-holders/A-6AKe2pvsQ)
- Length: 31 min
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