The venerable Flightstick Pro is an analog joystick which is still a good choice five years after it was first released. This is not a cheap disposable joystick. I have used mine for nearly three years through a plethora of games ranging from flight sims like Wings of Glory and Aces of the Pacific , to action sims like X-Wing , to pure action games like Dark Forces and Doom .
Construction is of durable plastic.
Rubber feet help keep the stick from moving during game play, although they could be larger. If you have a slick surface the stick can move around a bit. The Fightstick Pro is the benchmark for 4 button joysticks with a hat. The hat is a four way switch on top of the joystick. Different games will use it in different ways, but typically it is used to control where the player is looking in most simulations.