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Looking for Aussie Joysticks - MCA
wboy:
Hmmm... seems OzStick is now exclusively selling the Sanwa J-Sticks.... (good move too I will add).
I recently changed over the sticks in my cocktail to these Sanwa sticks, and am very impressed with them (to date).
I have a 3 old MCA sticks in reasonable condition. 1 black (best, near new), 1 blue and 1 red (both look used with the odd stratch here and there... but still okay for anyone not too picky. The old microswitches are okay performance wise... though they do have old solder on them if you plan to use quick connects.
You LordDamo can have them for the price of shipping them to you..... pm me with an email if interested... I can take photos of them if required if you question their semi un-new-like appearance.... they aren't that bad, just didn't suit the style of my cocktail so I ripped them out!
LordDamo:
Ok WonderBoy, that would be marvelous & most appreciated. Thats what I like about this board, you meet some of the nicest people here. Its all about the love of the game.
I've sent you a PM about this.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Seeings as you have a black one as well as a red one, I could incorrporate that into the black and red idea (the blue one would be good for my brothers future bar-top cab). Maybe red buttons and red stick on one side & black buttons and black stick on the other. Dont think i'll put a team logo on the side myself tho. I've already got a team logo on the wall in my slowly forming game's room/ bar area.
And again, mega thanks!
Bomber:
--- Quote from: LordDamo on November 03, 2004, 11:16:35 am ---Dont think i'll put a team logo on the side myself tho. I've already got a team logo on the wall in my slowly forming game's room/ bar area.
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You can never have too much. My walls are covered with WEG posters of each premiership and a few of the runners-up ones as well ;D
mattv:
--- Quote --- Not just your opinion, also my opinion. MCA joysticks bite.
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Yeap - they are pretty grotty. But if they are what you grew up with then everything else feels wrong which is why I use them in my cabinet.
The main problem is that they don't have a spring for centering, they have a big block of rubber. This means that even when the stick is brand new it feels weird and imprecise. They seem accurate enough but they don't feel like they deserve to be accurate if you know what I mean. It's weird.
The good thing about them is that they are well nigh indestructable, which is probably why they were so popular in the arcades here (new zealand)
LordDamo:
--- Quote from: mattv on November 03, 2004, 03:22:11 pm ---But if they are what you grew up with then everything else feels wrong which is why I use them in my cabinet.
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Yep, that why im wanting them. Still haven't fond any company info tho. I've emailed a few suppliers and got no reply from most, still waiting to hear back from a few, but im not holding my breath ::)
--- Quote ---The good thing about them is that they are well nigh indestructable, which is probably why they were so popular in the arcades here (new zealand)
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And probally why they were invented in Australia - for use here and in NZ, guess thats another thing Aussies have in common with Kiwi's.
I started another thread while I was looking for Aussie cocktail cab plans.
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=26315
Out of curiosity, Is this similar to the one's you had over in New Zealand? (and still have, you can find them here still, but are as rare as hen's teeth) .