particular type of suzo stick - pic inside

[Broken]

there's a particular type of suzo i'm looking which looks a lot like the suzo inductive.

http://www.highway.net.au/img_parts/ss_4235_1.jpg
http://www.highway.net.au/img_parts/ss_4235_2.jpg
http://www.highway.net.au/img_parts/ss_4235_4.jpg

if anyone here can find these please get back to me. i'd like to buy a few.

[Grasshopper]

Are you sure they're Suzo. There are a lot of clones about.

[Broken]

Are you sure they're Suzo. There are a lot of clones about.

actually you're right, i'm not sure. I just need a stick that looks exactly like this.

[Turnarcades]

Can I ask why this specific stick?

Ultimarc does the Suzo 500 stick (a common and in my opinion, excellent sturdy stick found on loads of generic and universal arcade machines back in the day), which incidentally is one of the cheapest sticks they do, at around £9.50 a stick including VAT, or about $18 if you prefer. It's listed as the 'Euro-stik' on the website.

I love these sticks as they have a short-throw and a positive 'click' when you move it, and can withstand loads of abuse. I prefer these sticks as they use cherry microswitches, return to centre properly, dont have a loose disc at the bottom and never lose their springiness or go sloppy.

[kowal]

it is MCA joystick
http://cgi.ebay.com/ARCADE-STYLE-MICRO-JOYSTICK-2-4-8-WAY-N-O-S-X2_W0QQitemZ120196455990QQihZ002QQcategoryZ13718QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Level42]

Looks a lot like a Suzo but I agree that it probably isn't one. You can easily identify Suzo sticks by the following text:

STC - Rotterdam (used to be Suzo Trading Company, now Suzo Technology Center or something like that...) and Rotterdam is the city where Suzo was founded.

The microswitch joysticks also have the typical 2/4/8 way restrictor that can be turned to select mode. The one you posted doesn't seem to have it, or is it removed ?

I totally agree with SamShaw about the Suzo 500, and this comes from a microswitch hater
My opinion about Suzo sticks comes from the early 80's when they produced the home version ("The Arcade") of their joystick. It became famous and almost the standard for Atari/Commodore sticks. I still own one of the very early version that was actually a LEAF stick all-round (so including the buttons). That sticks still works like a dream today. They later moved to using microswitches and they were very well-known for the clicky sound (but sill great quality).

Suzo produced only one arcade stick that was even better than the 500, and it was the Suzo Inductive.
No contacts, no moving parts.....arcade heaven IMHO.

Incidently I was at Suzo's head-office a couple of days ago to get some parts. It's amazing how friendly and helpful they are there for a small fish like me

[kowal]

http://www.highway.net.au
au. - Australia
MCA is flag Australian joystick,  probably produced is stop.
he is very similar to SUZO

[Kremmit]

Doesn't look like an MCA to me..and you can see the STC Rotterdam stamped into the underside on Broken's third picture.

It's a Suzo, alright.