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Leaf Switch or Micro Switch Joystick
mahuti:
Whether it's original feel or not, I prefer microswitch joys, particularly the Ultimarc t-stik plus.
I have some original wicos and i'm not thrilled with the feel. I guess I don't like much of a throw in general, and that includes microswitch sticks with long throw.
NoOne=NBA=:
My preferences are game dependent.
For games that require wide sweeping movements of the joystick I prefer Wicos to anything else.
(Especially those where you don't want to feel the corners of the stick).
For games that require precise movements in given directions, or require you to switch directions 180 degrees alot, I prefer my T-stiks.
The throw is shorter, and you can feel the corners on them, so you KNOW you are hitting a diagonal.
telengard:
--- Quote from: dmish82 on August 24, 2004, 01:25:27 pm ---Sorry for all the questions but do you guys prefer the Leaf Switch or Micro Switch joysticks? i've heard pros & cons of both but i'm still not sure which i'd like to go with. Thanks for your input.
Dave
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I like the older games more (the ones I grew up with) so I'm partial to the leafs. They have a great feel and don't make much noise. I guess that the newer games are all microswitch.
paigeoliver:
A good best of both worlds type joystick is to find the Wico style microswitch joysticks. I have been using them a lot lately. They are not the easiest stick to find though, not as common as the leaf ones.
spidermonkey:
Ninja turtles used microswitch sticks while Simpsons used both. The early Simpsons cabs used Wico 8-way balltop leafswitch joys. The laters cabs shipped with Wico 8-way balltop microswitch joys which feel VERY similar to the earlier leafswitch versions because both sticks use the same rubber grommet/bushing for tension. Most microswitch sticks like Happ,Sanwa ect.. use a spring for tension which doesn't provide the old school spongy feel of the classic Wicos. The Wico sticks made today now use springs too but the early Wico microswitch sticks were basically the same model as the leafswitch versions and they just swapped out the lower switchplate with one that accepts microswitches and also switched to a square actuator. Although they made some slight changes most of the important parts of the original stick were still used and as a result they felt almost the same as the leafswitch models. I like both sticks very much and I wish that Wico never caved in to the masses and went the way of the spring. Probably was a cost issue as a spring surely was much cheaper to manufacture then the rubber grommets. I have various newer style microswitch sticks laying around in boxes and thats exactly where they'll stay unless I make a cab for a friend or something. I'll never use them on a cab for myself because I grew up on early model Wico sticks. Theres always exceptions but it seems like most older gamers like leafswitch sticks while gamers around 25 and younger seem to like microswitch based joysticks. It all depend on what game era you grew up in.