Joysticks

[cgutjahr]

redrumloa wrote:
It's not impossible, you just aren't looking hard enough;-)

LOOK HERE

:-D

Unfortunately that joystick is utter crap :-D

@orange:

Car boot sales or ebay are pretty much your only options if you want to *buy* one.

You could make your own joystick though, using the digital joysticks available for arcade cabinets - It's pretty easy if you know how to handle a soldering iron.

Here are some reviews for modern arcade joysticks:

http://www.retroblast.com/hardware.html

[cgutjahr]

redrumloa wrote:
Utter crap? Naah it aint that bad :lol:

You're trying to sell it - of course you have to pretend that it doesn't suck ;-)

It's no Wico,

What's a Wico? This one?

Of course, the only worthy joystick ever build was the Competition Pro

[cgutjahr]

Lemmink wrote:
What is it about the CompetitionPro sticks everyone is so exited about. To me the Competition are the most worthless sticks I have ever known.

A CompetitionPro is precise and you immidiately feel if/when the micro switch was activated. Additionally, it's very easy to repair. Did I mention that it's extremely precise? (unlike the Quickshot crap that requires you to turn the stick for at least 40 degree until something happens)

A decent stick must stick to a plane surface

That's what Competitions do.

and must have a firebutton on top so you absolutely do not need two hands to operate it.

What kind of games are you playing that require you to have one free hand available?

My absolut favorite is the SV127 Topstar from Quickshot with one normal firebutton on the front of the handle and an autofirebutton on top.

Spit - I knew you were going to say that.