Help with defective Joystick 49-way

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Hello peeps,

I have this arcade


The joystick is a digital one, not with switches.
I have one of the players that the joystick is screwed up, played for so many days when i got it, then today went to play again and its acting up.

One of the directions is responding backwards!
Up, Down and left is ok, but when I press right, it goes left ?

any hints or ideas on what to do would be greatly appreciated.
I read some forums here and there, but its always related to a joystick sticking or direction not working at all, nothing close to my problem.

thank you.

[BobA]

Here is a manual link in case you don't have one. The controls are apparently optical I think 49 way.  Not sure what goes wrong with them but I am sure someone around here has worked with them and will chime in.
GauntletLegends.man.pdf
Link re disassembly
Link about 49 way joysticks

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Thank you very much for such an informative response.
The manual will definitely come in handy, never thought of looking for it.
If parts are ever needed of so, this will be a great asset.

I've looked into it and the other links given, no real troubleshooting regarding my actual issue.
I have found the same joystick for sale here and there for a reasonable 20$, BUT I do not want to make the purchase before I know the joystick is the actual problem. My knowledge with arcades is still very young, and I am afraid to be missing a simple configuration resolution.

The Manual also did have a few error checking methods that I will be checking into, but pretty confidant that the error checking menu will simply reveal the problem and not solve it. Plus, I do not want to damage the arcade more due to my low knowledge of the product.

I was more hoping to find someone that had a similar issue and already knew the solution.

going to keep trying and also checking back here for further responses.

thanks again m8, your time is appreciated.

[BobA]

If you can swap the joystick with one of the other ones on your panel by moving the connector you can tell if is the joystick or the circuit that the joystick connects to. 

[xmod]

Sorry for late response, loss time to play with this.

I read up again here and there, and I can't seem to find info on a similar problem.

I did change the hook ups and it reacts the same way, so it's on the joystick side of things.

Any way to re-calibrate these somehow?

I just can't see how it would just do this overnight, work one day, not the next.

thanks