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Anyone know where i can find Rediculously small joysticks?
Martoon:
--- Quote from: RayB on September 17, 2004, 03:20:20 pm ---I plan on cracking open one of these for the small joystick:
http://members.shaw.ca/susanmc/500xjaf.jpg
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Woohoo! Thank you RayB! I had one of those back in my C64 days, and I loved it. The past couple weeks I've been thinking how great it would be to get one (for emulator use), but I couldn't for the life of me remember what it was called. I was thinking of trying to describe it in a post here and see if anyone could identify it, but you just took care of that for me. Thanks!
To bring this back on topic: Hoagie_one, for a really tiny joystick, I think your best bet is going to be to look at a variety of toys. You might even find something at a thrift shop/flea market etc. There's a lot of cheap handheld games, most of which have D-pads, but I've seen a few with tiny joysticks (sorry, can't remember any specifics).
MoonDog:
--- Quote from: Martoon on September 17, 2004, 04:48:17 pm ---Woohoo! Thank you RayB! I had one of those back in my C64 days, and I loved it. The past couple weeks I've been thinking how great it would be to get one (for emulator use), but I couldn't for the life of me remember what it was called. I was thinking of trying to describe it in a post here and see if anyone could identify it, but you just took care of that for me. Thanks!
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I had a pair of those for my C64 as well and they were the best joysticks I ever owned! I've been thinking about them lately as well.
Lots of good memories in this forum! <snif>
patrickl:
--- Quote from: Hoagie_one on September 17, 2004, 04:43:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on September 17, 2004, 04:36:30 pm ---Someone around here made a micro galaga cab and used a nail for the 2-way joystick... if I remember correctly...
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Found it
http://arcade.laweb.nl/PocketGalaga/
I dont know if i can compare to that
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I built that one, but it's really only for 2 way joysticks. I don't think it will translate to a 4-way (or 8-way) stick. I had a red bead to go on top (it looked like a tiny ball top), but that got lost during a party (with lot's of kids around).
BTW, people played on that machine the whole party. I was amazed they could stand the thiny stick, but it worked fine. So size really doesn't matter in this case ::)
froggerman:
Have a look at this micro joystick made by knitter switch. http://www.knitter-switch.com
Hoagie_one:
i cannot find that on there website. what is the cost of that joystick?