Freespace was best played with Joystick Keyboard combination. Oh the dog fights that game had. To bad it was not multiplayer.
Speaking of which, why hasn't some game company taken advantage of MP space flight/flight sims? Oh come on now, a remake of Tie fighter vs X -wing would be awsome. I am sure there are other space fight/flight game sout, ORB - Defiance (?), and others.