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Encryptor:

Anyone have any idea why the original Tron joystick has an extra leaf with 3 wires coming from each switch?

NoOne=NBA=:

The leafs probably came off a Wizard of Wor stick.

The first set of connections would make you TURN in a given direction.
The second set would make you MOVE in that direction.

Kremmit:

Wizard of Wor was the first thing I thought of, but then I went and looked at a few things.  Encryptor may be counting the blade that pushes the other two together as a "third leaf".  Wizard of Wor sticks have four blades on their leafswitches.  Further, I just looked at the bottom of a couple of Xenophobe joysticks, and for no reason I can think of, there is indeed an extra wire soldered on to one tab on each switch, so that each switch in fact has three wires.

Pics coming.

Kremmit:

Here they are, Wizard of Wor on top, Xenophobe on the bottom.  Note the extra leaf blade on WoW, and the extra, redundant wire on Xeno.

daywane:

 :dizzy:
that is strange...
WOW stick even has extra contacts
the othe stick had extra wires but stil a simple contact 2 solde joints

never seen that  :dunno
my tron stick has MS Pac leafs so I can not say what is going on

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