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Star Wars Flight Yoke
Xiaou2:
Atari is not the same company it once was.
The only thing you might run into trouble with is software or artwork. I highly doubt you would see any lawsuit over yoke sales.
Its nothing they plan to make, and cant get any serious money off of it. Suing you wouldnt be worth it either... more in legal costs than possible winnings.
If you were advertising them heavy and selling over 10,000 of them... then maybe it would be a different story.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Chris on October 27, 2004, 12:40:35 am ---The Atari yokes are modeled off the gunnery controls of Bradley fighting vehicles, so I don't think they would have a trademark or patent on the design, as long as they were shipped without art.
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I'm not sure this is a true statement. but anyway -
Two things to consider on this argument:
http://www.gamecab.com/yokeimg.htm is selling a similar product for $165.
http://www.happcontrols.com/driving/50810500.htm sells a similar product for (undisclosed) ($$$$$$$$$$)
Menace http://www.arcadecontrols.com/hosted/yoke/ and Twisty-Grip had a similar product as a BYO project for about $50-80.
I realize you are talking about an exact duplicate, but at least this will let you know what your competition is (along with originals on E-bay and rebuild kits previously mentioned).
rchadd:
here's someone who would definitely want one...
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=20;action=display;threadid=21368
Lilwolf:
btw, the happs one is NOT a starwars controller. Its a flight stick... push / pull for up/down...
Chris:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on October 27, 2004, 08:33:03 am ---
--- Quote from: Chris on October 27, 2004, 12:40:35 am ---The Atari yokes are modeled off the gunnery controls of Bradley fighting vehicles, so I don't think they would have a trademark or patent on the design, as long as they were shipped without art.
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I'm not sure this is a true statement. but anyway -
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This quote is from AtariHQ, but I don't know how accurate it is:
"Imaginative joystick construction was a vital component in Atari's armoury. The original Yoke style design used for the Atari game Star Wars originated from observation of a Military driving control for an APC project at the time, the design created for arcade adaptation proving a impressive unit employed again and again in Atari products, a firm favourite with players."