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| benarcade:
I was looking at an original Tron stick and its restrictor, and it looks EXACTLY like an original Pac-Man stick and restrictor - but just with an added trigger. And since Pacman is a 4-way, then so is original Tron. Top two are original Tron. Bottom is original Pacman. |
| yotsuya:
--- Quote from: benarcade on April 25, 2014, 04:58:19 pm ---I was looking at an original Tron stick and its restrictor, and it looks EXACTLY like an original Pac-Man stick and restrictor - but just with an added trigger. And since Pacman is a 4-way, then so is original Tron. Top two are original Tron. Bottom is original Pacman. --- End quote --- Tron is an 8-way. |
| PL1:
Looks can be deceptive in the 4-way vs. 8-way department. The TRON stick is an 8-way with a special restrictor (see Encryptor's B/S/T thread here) that made it hard to hit diagonals. PDF with great pics showing the differences and summarizing a conversion from a DOT/Xenophobe to TRON stick here. Scott |
| Paul Olson:
I think there are some differences, but I am not sure. I will look tonight since I have both of them. I think the pac housing is shorter, but I need to confirm. If you don't see me post in here in about 6 hours, you may need to remind me. |
| SavannahLion:
TRON's stick is more akin to Satans Hollow or Gorf as noted on the Wiki. The closest modern replacement is Happs 8-way heavy duty joystick with the third party restrictor as discussed above. There are pseudo replacements such as the TRON Atari or Apple sticks but they're consumer, not industrial, grade. DOT has the same stick with an small bend in the shaft. You can hack your own replacement, happens quite often. |
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