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'''QJ''' or '''Quality Joystick''' was a brand of video game accessories active in the 1980s and early 1990s. Originally known as '''QuickJoy''', the brand was shortened to QJ and eventually found itself owned by [[Recoton]]. QJ mostly produced joysticks for home computers in Europe, though also supplied the [[Sega Master System]] and [[Sega Mega Drive]] with accessories.
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'''QJ''' or '''Quality Joystick''' was a brand of video game accessories active in the 1980s and early 1990s. Originally known as '''QuickJoy''', the brand was shortened to QJ and eventually found itself owned by [[STD Manufacturing]]. QJ mostly produced joysticks for home computers in Europe, though also supplied the [[Sega Master System]] and [[Sega Mega Drive]] with accessories.
  
Some later QJ products were manufactured by STD Manufacturing, which had been bought by Recoton. The QJ brand was later dropped in favour of [[InterAct]], presumably because by the mid-1990s, consumers were no longer looking for traditional joysticks.
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When STD Manufacturing was bought by [[Recoton]], the QJ brand was dropped in favour of [[InterAct]], which had been one of STD's brands in North America.
  
 
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Revision as of 16:32, 26 July 2019

QJ or Quality Joystick was a brand of video game accessories active in the 1980s and early 1990s. Originally known as QuickJoy, the brand was shortened to QJ and eventually found itself owned by STD Manufacturing. QJ mostly produced joysticks for home computers in Europe, though also supplied the Sega Master System and Sega Mega Drive with accessories.

When STD Manufacturing was bought by Recoton, the QJ brand was dropped in favour of InterAct, which had been one of STD's brands in North America.

Hardware Produced

Master System

Mega Drive

References