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Crazy Climber Joystick Pics
NoOne=NBA=:
I think I've isolated the problem, at least a major portion of it.
The left joystick was intermittent on up, but would register up-left.
I checked out the bottom side of the sticks, and found a bent roller-lever on the up microswitch.
The right stick is weird, in that it is intermittent based on stick rotation.
If you turn the stick about 120 degrees when it isn't registering left, all directions register.
Left is the only direction that goes out on it though.
I did find out that Crazy Climber uses one of the weirdest joysticks I've ever seen.
It is a combination leaf/micro/pivot ball joystick.
The stick pivots at the bottom on a pivot ball, but uses a disk similar to the old Atari joysticks to trigger rollerswitches.
The center of the joystick actually presses against spring steel leaves, that provide the tension on the stick.
Here are pics of it.
Anyone have a couple NOS ones laying around?
Kremmit:
Now those are bizarre. Never seen anything like 'em before.
Nice score, man!
NoOne=NBA=:
Thanks.
Unfortunately this is putting my two scratch-builts onto the back burner for the foreseeable future.