Rock 3 joystick = deadly weapon?

[Hound]

Has anyone ever seen the Rock 3 joystick? It's a cool enough looking thing, but for the life of me, I just can't figure out what the hude handle is for. I mean, I guess if you play your 3DO outside in a rough neighborhood you could grab it and swing it as a weapon... Maybe it's so the owner can defend himself from unsavory 3DO thieves looking to steal his new copy of Captain Quazar or even the Rock 3 itself?

Hmm, can't link to em. Here's the page its on then, near the top of the page at the bottom of the list of controllers.

http://3do.classicgaming.gamespy.com/Accessories.html

[bitrate]

Here is a thread on some 3DO joysticks where I posted a pic of my Rock 3. It's definitely a different way of looking at joysticks

LINK

[Lemmi]

its a nice handle incase you want to carry it over to the closest house who had a 3DO 1000 miles away, that way while your walking if anyone tries to muggs you, you can use it to beat them up

i just cant use that controller its too clicky, i would only use it as a bypass for a snes controller, but i dont care for those either .. lol

[Trev]

It was ahead of it't time ... years later Nintendo opted for a similar design w/the Gamecube