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Does anyone sell Tron Joystick Handles?
Wienerdog:
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New question is posted later in the thread.
I'm trying to replace the handle on the joystick pictured below. It is a Xenophobe joystick on a Tron CP. I'd like to use this 8way leaf stick on my new CP, so I need to get a new handle.
I plan to try rotating the restrictor plates to get the authentic Tron physical restriction, but I have some research to do.
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I picked up a Tron CP on eBay with the knowledge that the joystick housing was gone. I got the CP today and am wondering what style of joystick was originally on this thing. I don't recognize the two buttons that are connected to the joystick wiring. The joystick base looks close to Oscars pictures, exept the red restrictor on the base of the joystick is a square instead of a diamond.
Where did this stick come from?
spidermonkey:
Xenophobe Bally/Midway 1987 Unfortunately it won't be a very good stick for playing Tron. :-\
Wienerdog:
Good call, that is it.
Why do you say it won't be any good? What did you do with your Happs 8-way?
The stuffing of the joystick really looks the same as the Tron stick. I understand that the restrictor is square instead of diamond. I am wondering if I can redrill the holes in the mounting plate and rotate the restrictor so that it blocks the diagonals as the Tron stick does. I'll have to pull the stick appart and compare the dimensions of the parts to those that Oscar posted to see if this is feasible.
spidermonkey:
Unless you can modify the upper or lower restrictor you will have control problems in the light cycle stage. My Happ stick works because I am using the upper restrictor out of an original tron stick. I never bothered to change the lower one because it works perfect without it. Do a search for tron sticks in the archives as there are many discussions about this very problem.
Wienerdog:
I'll do a search tonight to see if my idea has been tried.
When I looked at it last night, it appeared that the upper (think black metal underneath the CP top) and the lower (red hard rubber restrictor, held by two sheet metal screws) restrictors both had room to rotate. I would have to drill new holes and I still have the check the dimensions of the original Tron restrictors to see if this might work. Perhaps I should get the joystick hooked up first, lol.
Does anyone sell a replacement handle? Oscar referenced Arcade Renovations in another thread, but I didn't see anything there.