Is joystick calibration required with non Joystick games?

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: Typically, other than initial game set-up, I would only use the TAB and ENTER keys in MAME to calibrate the (analog, gameport) joystick. : I was playing a Windows game last night that needed keyboard input and could only get the game to allow me to select an option by calibrating the joystick in Windows. In the past, I have had problems with player control in BattleZone, Super Space Invaders '91, and Hot Chase, which were corrected by calibrating the joystick even though I do not use the joystick for these games. : Once I build my arcade control panel, I will not need the analog joystick for MAME, but will probably still leave it connected for Windows flight games, etc. : If I select Joystick = none in MAME, would a connected out-of-calibration joystick still affect gameplay? : For driving games, I was planning to have the analog joystick connected as joystick 1 and some pedals connected as joystick 2 and use the joystick = dual command and map the inputs to joystick 2. In this situation, would I need to also calibrate joystick 1, before playing the games? : I am trying to decide which games will require access to the Tab and Enter functions in MAME to decide what buttons to add on my Arcade joystick. : Thanks in advance for the assistance.

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