Older things tend to get discarded and left unused. I found a gravis stinger gamepad on drawer which were belong to my little brother. It was a present from my father. Now it hasn't been used for many years. Things is, there is no proper driver for windows xp and 7.
Back on old days, gravis stinger costs as much as today's gamepad or joystick and perhaps more expensive. Today's there are plenty of game controller to choose from and cheaper. The old hardware was left unused.