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| Havok:
Yep - David stopped responding to my emails. Oh well, it would have been nice to be able to buy a new SW yoke... :'( |
| Timstuff:
It's a shame that this project is dead. I would actually like to build a cabinet for Star Wars at some point in the future, but it doesn't look like the options will be very good for the yoke when that day comes. This is why the smaller the venture, the less trusting I am of preorders. I'm not going to try to make any kind of judgment about David's character here, but I don't think that it's very professional to leave people hanging for a year when the amount of money at stake is in the $200 neighborhood. Unanswered e-mails are always a bad sign, so if you're one of the poor fellows who preordered, now's probably the time to start looking for alternatives. It's a shame that there's so little market for a good Star Wars style yoke, but really, what can you expect for a peripheral who's claim to fame is a game that is slowly becoming extinct? To my knowledge, there hasn't been a single new vector monitor built in over 20 years, so it's kind of inevitable that once that finite supply is diminished, the existing Star Wars PCBs will be rendered useless. I don't even think there's a market for the Zektor ZVG anymore because of this fact. If you by some miracle own a Star Wars machine, cherish it while you can, because eventually that monitor is gonna burn out, and there will be nothing to replace it. Of course, there is the slowly growing BYOAC / Mame market who will always be glad to gobble up any peripheral that makes playing classic games more authentic, which is why the Star Wars yoke is such a sought-after peripheral. However, that market is STILL too small for most vendors (like Happ) to want a full production of the yoke, so for now it looks like we're going to be stuck relying on guys like Dave to come through with their one-man operations. The quality might be just as good as a production model, but the fact remains that mom-and-pop peripherals are often in short supply, with short lived productions. The only way I can really see a new Star Wars yoke being produced by a full-fledged distributor, is if either A) by some miracle, SOMEONE starts making vector monitors again for Star Wars restores (fat chance), or B) new arcade games are released that use a Star Wars style yoke. |
| ark_ader:
Ask David if he had a nice holiday. Seriously I still like the guy, and its a shame you, who pre ordered them, had so long to wait. Powder coating handles eh? Hmmm. Well there is still hope David will come up trumps with a product. Time will only tell. How much time is a good question. So please tell: How many of you suckers interested parties parted with cash for this? Will there be a refund? Maybe I should take up the challenge and make some. Anyone want to front me some cash? :laugh2: |
| S0L:
Well regardless of the ridicule I've had- I've still got faith in this :P There was a blog update on the Yoke site too mid-May that details the trouble is still with the powder coating - http://www.ram-controls.com/blog-sw.html As I've said, I'm staying patient as I'd rather have it right, then rushed. The nice thing with the wait, is I've picked up pretty much everything else I need for the box I plan and spread the cost over a fair old time period :P So when it shows up I can put aside a week for putting it all together and playing it! --- S0L --- |
| shardian:
I don't understand why he is being so picky on the powder coating. These things were mass produced and half-assed in the first place. Last I remember him saying was that he was going to buy the tools to do it himself. If it is true that he has disappeared, that is sad. I doubt it is entirely true though. |
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