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Should Tron Joy be combined with another joy?
coasternuts:
I am (re)creating a Tron panel w/ an authentic Tron joystick. Is it worth it to put another joystick along with the spinner for other games? My joy options are : Xenophobe joy, WICO leaf(4/8way), HAPP 8way(super/comp).
I figured since the Tron joy was not an actual 8-way that combining it for games like battle zone would not feel right. A 4-way might be useful but I'm thinking of buttons for spinner games as well(left and right handed).
The panel dimensions are 26.75"x13"
Thoughts/Opinions?
Thanks.
Kremmit:
Since you specifically mention Battlezone, the Xenophobe stick might be a good match, give you two trigger sticks with the same feel. Battlezone used two-way sticks, but there's no reason you can't play it with your triggersticks. It would also be a better match for Discs of Tron, which needs a thumb button, and used a regular 8-way restrictor, rather than the special almost-4-way restrictor on your Tron Stick.
But for almost any other games, those trigger sticks are less than optimal. A regular balltop or bat-top will give you much better results for Pac Man, Donkey Kong, Street Fighter, whatever. Depends on which games you want this control panel to play, I guess.
NoOne=NBA=:
Most of the "dual triggerstick" games used 2-way sticks, but will play just fine with 4-ways, 8-way, or a mix of the two. (Battlezone/Vindicators/Sarge)
Some of them require thumb buttons on both sticks. (Sarge/Vindicators)
The notable exception to this is Assault, which used two 4-way triggersticks.
That one is nearly unplayable with 8-way sticks, as it hangs on any diagonal input.
I would, and did, go with the Xeno Stick/Tron Stick combo.
The only changes I made were to add a right-side thumb button to the Tron stick, and a straight handle (to replace the forward-leaning one) on my DOT stick.
The sticks feel really funny if one leans forward, and the other doesn't.
daywane:
add two thumb buttons and new faceplate to your tron
http://www.happcontrols.com/joysticks/50997000x.htm
ponyboy got the parts for me.
also a Pac man, ms Pac man actuator will fit a tron stick, turns it into true 4 way
parts above fit very well in a tron stick
also a Pac/ Ms pac leafs will fit a tron perfectly. Mine was missing 2 leafs.
I replaced them from a super Pac CP I bought off Ebay. Got the CP and 4 leafs for $20.00 shipped to my door
everyplace else wanted $8.00 a leaf plus shipping.
Xeno Stick's have more of a bend in them than a Tron does.
they look wrong side by side. (tried it) even with new handles on both
I went and bought another Xeno Stick to have two matching side by side.
good luck on your project. Hope I helped
PS you are safe from me bidding on Xeno Stick's, I only wanted 2 and have them.
kinda rare find on ebay. Took me almost 1 year to win 2 at my price I wanted to spend
link to ebay,
http://collectibles.search.ebay.com/Xenophobe_Collectibles_W0QQcatrefZC12QQfromZR8QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZ1
rdagger:
I like playing Vindicators with my Discs of Tron joystick and my LS-30. I can rotate the turret with the LS-30 while firing with the Tron.