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mikevangels:
On my current cab I have 4 8-way joysticks.  Trying to play games like Q-Bert and Pac Man of course sucks as eventually I won't hit a direction properly and my guy will just freeze and get stomped by ghosts.

I'd like to get a dedicated 4 way joystick with a mechanical restrictor plate but if I'm gonna go this route what do I do for Q Bert?  Do they make a joystick that can be rotated 45 degrees for this or is a creative mounting project needed?
shardian:
http://www.ultimarc.com/controls.html

The E-Stik

mikevangels:
Thanks,  I'll do a bit of investigating on it. 

There are two things that stick may be missing though.  One is a ball top (but I may be able to change that); and two: it doesn't really say if you can change from 90 to 45 from the top of the panel.  Ideally I'd like to be able to rotate the stick, or have some sort of slider, that users could move as needed to suit different games.
fatfingers:

If you're interested, I have an unused one I can sell you.
ahofle:
You have to go under the panel, loosen a nut and then rotate it, then tighten the nut.  The E-stick isn't very liked around here, but it works very well for me as a restricted 4 way that also allows me to play Qbert.  It also takes up very little space and is dirt simple to mount (just goes in a 1 1/8" button hole).
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