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Don't buy "Wico style" leaf joysticks !!
Level42:
This thread should be moved to the Hardware reviews section IMHO :D
Thx
coasternuts:
Bah! Authentic WICO rocks!!
You can always tell the knock-offs, they have silver on the bottom near the leafs. WICO's don't.
I'm just saying that as I've never tried the Suzo. But, the feel of the WICO takes me back to the day. :)
patrickl:
--- Quote from: coasternuts on February 03, 2006, 12:37:20 am ---You can always tell the knock-offs, they have silver on the bottom near the leafs. WICO's don't.
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Actually, this is not entirely true. The chinese knock-offs are copied off another base than the regular Wico base, but they do look identical to a real grey Wico 4-way base which I happen to own (bought a whole box of different old Wico bases on ebay). Of course the Wico base doesn't have the problems with bad fitting and bad quality leaf switches. Apparently it looks like a "Berzerk" stick.
BTW for more pictures and measurements see the Leaf Stick Comparison thread where Tailgunner measured everything up.
BenderTheGreat:
Thanks! I was considering these, but now I AM SMARTER! YAY!
Kremmit:
--- Quote from: patrickl on March 27, 2006, 07:06:22 pm ---The chinese knock-offs are copied off another base than the regular Wico base, but they do look identical to a real grey Wico 4-way base which I happen to own (bought a whole box of different old Wico bases on ebay). Of course the Wico base doesn't have the problems with bad fitting and bad quality leaf switches. Apparently it looks like a "Berzerk" stick.
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Just to add to this: I've seen the Berzerk replacement stick (the original Berzerk optical sticks were so prone to failure, a special replacement was made by Wico to fit Berzerk control panels), and it does indeed have the same round bottom and screw on leafs, along with an extra-long (longer than Robotron, even) shaft with a red ball. I also have a stick that somebody else has identified as original equipment on Taito games, circa Frontline, which has the same round bottom and screw-on leafs. The Taito stick has a shorter-than-Wico shaft with a much smaller diameter, and a smaller diameter red ball. The actuator is cone-shaped, instead of cylindrical, and even though the restrictor hole in the joy base is diamond-shaped (4-way), all 8 directions are easy to hit.
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