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by teddyh 1624 days ago
The colors sound like normal PC CGA graphics, but the joystick sounds like maybe a PCjr (or compatible), which, IIRC, sometimes came with a joystick, since the machine itself had built-in joystick ports. The CGA graphics could be explained by the games being written for PC CGA graphics, and not the better, but obscure, PCjr graphics.

But… 20 years? That’s like, 2002. PCs were abundant then, and CGA graphics were already ancient, and use of joysticks in games were already relatively uncommon; mouse & keyboards were the norm.