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I think I hate leaf switch sticks.....
smartbomb2084:
So is anyone making any repro 4 inch red ball WICO type joystick shafts for ROBOTRON these days?
I got a set off of eBay for $55 plus back in 2004 when I needed them and would have paid $155 plus... you just gotta have them to play original ROBOTRON.
The centering grommets are key. I'm sure we have all found vintage cabs with WICO joysticks only to find that the shaft has rusted itself to the centering grommet and the only way to remove it to reuse the joystick base is destruction of the shaft and grommet.
I just bought 2 spares. I've never seen them cheaper.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-WICO-Joystick-CENTER-GROMMET-FINAL-QUANTITY-/170758988415?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c207627f
CheffoJeffo:
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--- Quote from: Donkbaca on February 01, 2012, 04:22:58 pm ---I don't think there was much thought put into it, the reason that leaf sticks were used is because they were the only things they had around.
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The "microswitch" has been commercially available since 1937. I guess 40 years wasn't long enough for the arcade manufacturers to catch wind of it :P
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Get your facts straight son.
Max Wiezer said "aint no crappy ass microswitches in my products". Hence there were no microswitches.
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Except for those Wico sticks that did use microswitches ... ;)
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on February 01, 2012, 04:22:58 pm ---I am not a big fan boy for hardware. I don't think there was much thought put into it, the reason that leaf sticks were used is because they were the only things they had around.
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I dunno about that -- there were a number of fundamentally different sticks available back then.
--- Quote from: smartbomb2084 on February 01, 2012, 06:24:51 pm ---So is anyone making any repro 4 inch red ball WICO type joystick shafts for ROBOTRON these days?
I got a set off of eBay for $55 plus back in 2004 when I needed them and would have paid $155 plus... you just gotta have them to play original ROBOTRON.
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I think that KevSteele just got the very last of the latest batch of 4" shafts for his Robotron. I don't hold out hope for more to be made.
Nobody ever played with 4" Wico leafs and had a score go down from whatever other stick they played on. It is THE stick for Robotron. :cheers:
Donkbaca:
To clarify, I am skeptical that the hardware was picked specifically because it was the optimum one for the game. I think it was picked because they had it around. If anything I think those companies were more concerned with catering to operators and distributors than they were to actual gamers and the gaming experience.
I was more shocked at the P360 comment re fighters since that is what MKII cabs came with from what I recalled.
smartbomb2084:
Nobody ever played with 4" Wicoleafs and had a score go down from whatever other stick they played on. It is THE stick for Robotron. :cheers:
'Nuff Said. That is the best line I have heard yet this year.
I'll bet their scores even went UP using them...
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CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on February 01, 2012, 06:40:34 pm ---To clarify, I am skeptical that the hardware was picked specifically because it was the optimum one for the game. I think it was picked because they had it around.
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Of course, because Williams had used Wico leaf sticks in all of their other games to date ... ::)