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How long before a joystick gets shiny/smooth?

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blueoakleyz:

Or another question is "how much use", which would probably be more accurate.

I never realized this until I got into controllers, but for most of my arcade life (in heavily played arcades) I only saw arcade joysticks that were worn from play that they were shiny/smooth and basically lost the orange peel/soft grit feeling of new joysticks..


paigeoliver:

No, no, no, no. Some are shiny smooth and some are orange peel. An orange peel one might eventually get shiny spots, but is is never going to just morph into a shiny one from wear.

Also you'll probably never wear a new joystick out in home use, although you MIGHT break one if you are using asian ones, as some of those are really flimsy (not so much the Asian ones I se resold in the US as the Asian ones I see already installed on imported cabinets). Its easy to tell an Asian cabinet, $800 monitor and 80 cent joystick!  ;D

Gunstar Hero:

(laughs) Uhhh... it depends on how much you handle it.  ;)

Hoagie_one:

you could put it in a drill and buff it with some soft cotton or something.

daywane:


--- Quote from: paigeoliver on October 30, 2004, 06:56:59 am ---No, no, no, no. Some are shiny smooth and some are orange peel. An orange peel one might eventually get shiny spots, but is is never going to just morph into a shiny one from wear.

Also you'll probably never wear a new joystick out in home use, although you MIGHT break one if you are using asian ones, as some of those are really flimsy (not so much the Asian ones I se resold in the US as the Asian ones I see already installed on imported cabinets). Its easy to tell an Asian cabinet, $800 monitor and 80 cent joystick!  ;D

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man you do know the ins and outs  ;)
I also have noticed that Asian arcades need to be beefed up. Aladins castle always sent me there Asian arcades and I would beef them up before I put them out on the floor or I would be fix and repair daily. I just figure we Americans are just rough on arcades. One takes a .25 and its going to get $1.00 beating ;)

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