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Help me Identify these joysticks
IG-88:
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spidermonkey:
Stick #1
I actually like the classic Atari joysticks that have the logo embossed on the top.Atari made many variations of this stick over the years including a leafswitch version,microswitch version,hall effect version and an analog version. The analog version is by far the rarest since it was only used in one game. Foodfight. When they were new or rebuilt,I thought they had a nice feel to them but the problem now is that the majority of them have worn out bellows,pivot balls and plungers rendering them useless. These sticks required periodic lubrication with white lithium grease and most likely the arcade operators didn't lube them as often as they should have. As a result the plastic bellows and nylon pivot balls eventually wore out. Currently nobody is reproducing parts for these sticks and nos parts are almost non existant so rebuilding them is damn near impossible. I had quite a few a while back but finally sold them off because I just couldn't find decent replacement parts for them anywhere. I kept buying doner sticks hoping to strip them for parts but every stick I bought had parts that were just as bad or worse ::). It's really a shame that parts aren't availiable for these sticks because IMO they really do have a good feel to them when they're mechanically sound .
RayB:
What stick did Escape from the PLanet of Robot Monsters use?
Flinkly:
klov say's hall effect joysticks, which leads me to believe they used the hall effect atari joysticks like #1. the control panel image just looks like black balltops, which could be atari's or something else, although not many people made hall effect sticks.
IG-88:
OK. So try not to laugh but I forgot to mention that #4 only "twists"