No More Ikari-style Joysticks :(

[HeadRusch]

No More Ikari-style joysticks??

SlickStick said those joysticks used in games like Time Warriors, Ikari Warriors, Caliber 50 (I think), Midnight Resistance, Front Line, etc...are no longer being made.  I was hoping to order from them and get a pair of rotating joysticks in there.

I recall a year ago hitting the board here (which, by the way, is awesome) and seeing that most folks hadn't tinkered with those joysticks because nobody could figure out exactly how to interface them with a PC.  ie: is it part spinner, part joystick?

Anyhow.........I guess thosejoysticks are no longer made?  I was wondering if anyone had come up with a good solution to that particular problem...

I suppose if you had a spinner and a trigger-grip joystick or something you could play 1 player.........and if you had a trackball another player could use that as a turning device....that is.....I guess......maybe.....??

Anyone?

[Lilwolf]

I bought two new ones from www.videoconnect.com for 15bucks each.

WELL worth it

[Xiaou2]

Luckily I got at least one.   Those things are pretty damn expensive.   Whats really sad... is that with the current fall of arcades... big companies like Happs may fall as well.    

 Then what will we do for joysticks and buttons?  

 Hopefully, there will be a solution...  such as people making some decent arcade machines... or happs converting to more of a home user product base.

 Ohh and I have to put my 2cents in here about how lame those 2 recent pinballs were.  They were so unoriginal looking.   If they want to bring pinball back... they better start making them more interesting.

 
 Scary stuff this future...   thank god for emulation!   :  )

[AndyWarne]

Happ still list both the Ikari warrior (switch) type and the optical type, which can be used with an Opti-PAC.

Andy

[Lilwolf]

the optical one works with an opti-pac.  The switch one has 12 connectors on them and they run easiest through Druid's interface card (which cost 75bucks or so)

[HeadRusch]

That website lists them as SNK replacement joysticks, would they interface with an optipac?

[Aceldamor]

Been checkin' out BYOAC forever, but never came to the forums. I was just tuned into this forum and found the perfect subject to post on......

I have a local distributer who sells the old SNK Akari sticks and he sold me 2 of them a few days ago....I've been trying to find wiring diagrams on them so I know how to wire them. There are 4 leads coming from the bottom of the stick, now I'm not sure if there is another piece missing or if mine are a different model.  I've seen the ones that have the 12 connection points and have to be plugged into the decoder board that someone sells...but mine don't look like that.  Here are some pics..has anybody seen this style?

http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/pubimage.asp?id_=1974438


http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/pubimage.asp?id_=1974439


They almost look like they wire up like a mouse would....

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[MinerAl]

I can't tell from your pics, but the four leads suggests to me that you have an optical rotary joystick rather than the multi-position kind.

Does it turn smoothly or click like an old-school TV knob?

The 4 connectors could be +5V, GND, X1, and X2.

If it spins smoothly then you definitely have an optical.

[Aceldamor]

It in fact does spin smoothly, and I assumed it was an optical...but I wanted to see if anyone else had seen theese kind before.

I also noticed that above the connector on the plastic corresponding to the pins are the letters V B A O

hmmmm......

[CitznFish]

wow this is an old post. SlikStik does currently offer the mechanical  12 way rotating joysticks...

[Aceldamor]

Anyone??

[kspiff]

If they spin smoothly, they are not Ikari Warriors joys, anyways.

I don't remember which game used those.. .50 [Calibur], if I had to guess.. maybe like 1 other game..

[SlikStik-Christian]

No More Ikari-style joysticks??

SlickStick said those joysticks used in games like Time Warriors, Ikari Warriors, Caliber 50 (I think), Midnight Resistance, Front Line, etc...are no longer being made.  I was hoping to order from them and get a pair of rotating joysticks in there.

Headrush,

   We do offer Happ Mechanical Rotary joysticks on our units and have been for some time. Who from SlikStik told you that they were no longer available?

Thank You

Christian
SLIKSTIK

[CitznFish]

pssst. that post was from Aug 2002.  

[m3talslug]

I used druin's interface to hook up my LS30 rotaries

http://members.rogers.com/druins22/ls30/  <-- link to druin's site

http://tobywong.50megs.com  <-- link to my joystick that uses druin's interface

couple of things about the SNK LS30

- they click when you rotate them <-- authentic arcade feel
- can't be hooked up to optic pac  <-- they actually send a directional coordinate. (use druin's interface to convert directional coordinate to a button press for clockwise or anticlockwise)

[SlikStik-Christian]

pssst. that post was from Aug 2002.  

Oops, I didnt look at the date... My bad :-)