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Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« on: August 26, 2008, 11:02:55 am »
Does Divemaster sell Toggle Sticks? And what a great deal - a Costco arcade system with three games for $2500.  ::)
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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2008, 11:15:42 am »
Ooooooo! Toggle sticks! I'll buy that thing just to part it out! ;D

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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2008, 11:31:54 am »
He's not lying, he bought it new for $3,000  :laugh2:, and Brookstone calls them toggle sticks too. Those must be the 3rd input toggle sticks that go up your  :censored:.

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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2008, 12:23:52 pm »
Hi,

Can someone please explain what "toggle sticks" are?  They appear to be normal sticks in the picture, but I'd like to know the difference, and any advantages to having them over normal sticks.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2008, 01:09:26 pm »
Hi,

Can someone please explain what "toggle sticks" are?  They appear to be normal sticks in the picture, but I'd like to know the difference, and any advantages to having them over normal sticks.

Thanks in advance.

~ DeLuSioNaL

A toggle stick is like a toggle switch. There's no centering spring - instead it snaps to the direction you push it. It's very useful when you want to keep a game character moving in one direction while getting a beer from the frig!
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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2008, 01:17:58 pm »
Hi,

Can someone please explain what "toggle sticks" are?  They appear to be normal sticks in the picture, but I'd like to know the difference, and any advantages to having them over normal sticks.

Thanks in advance.

~ DeLuSioNaL

A toggle stick is like a toggle switch. There's no centering spring - instead it snaps to the direction you push it. It's very useful when you want to keep a game character moving in one direction while getting a beer from the frig!

So that's nothing like a wiggle stick then?

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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2008, 01:34:05 pm »
Hi,

Can someone please explain what "toggle sticks" are?  They appear to be normal sticks in the picture, but I'd like to know the difference, and any advantages to having them over normal sticks.

Thanks in advance.

~ DeLuSioNaL

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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2008, 01:45:51 pm »
Hi,

Can someone please explain what "toggle sticks" are?  They appear to be normal sticks in the picture, but I'd like to know the difference, and any advantages to having them over normal sticks.

Thanks in advance.

~ DeLuSioNaL

A toggle stick is like a toggle switch. There's no centering spring - instead it snaps to the direction you push it. It's very useful when you want to keep a game character moving in one direction while getting a beer from the frig!
I'm still not sure why anyone would want to do this.  Can you give a specific example?
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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2008, 02:00:55 pm »
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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2008, 02:03:43 pm »
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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2008, 02:51:56 pm »
I played one of these at one of the local movie theaters recently. The joysticks actually feel pretty good. Donkey Kong on a huge monitor...not so good.

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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2008, 03:02:14 pm »
How well did they toggle?

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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2008, 03:12:06 pm »
LOL you guys.. soo cruel...

On the other hand, building a High end Mame cab sucks, i should pay a tonne of cash for an overpriced Donkey kong cab from some online store...

and LOOK! for less than i can build an equivelant SPARE cab, I can get their service plan (which probably involves RA's and huge shipping charges)
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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2008, 04:38:11 pm »
OK, OK, I just reread the whole thing and now I realize the joke is on me.  Does that come with flux capacitor too?  :hissy:

You guys are asses!  LOL.   :angry:

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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #14 on: August 26, 2008, 04:44:55 pm »
OK, OK, I just reread the whole thing and now I realize the joke is on me.

Until somebody just HAD to go and ruin it...

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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #15 on: August 26, 2008, 05:15:31 pm »
He didn't ruin it - he made it twice as good! Thanks for giving us a chance to laugh at your expense, delusional!
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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #16 on: August 26, 2008, 07:08:31 pm »
No problem.  What's a joke amongst friends right?  I guess it was my lack of sleep due to our new arrival (future gamer)   ;D

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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #17 on: August 26, 2008, 07:08:57 pm »
Ya, pretty funny. Large monitor? Thing looks maybe nineteen inches. It is 19...and flat...look like they went LCD. Interesting how they cut it sorta like a Nintendo cab. The marquee looks all weird far back like that. Like a balding cabint! But you can see the whole of the monitor from higher up, a problem on other versions of these things.
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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #18 on: August 26, 2008, 08:12:48 pm »
Yeah, the one I played had a 25 - 27" monitor. I had to hunch over to be able to see the top.

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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #19 on: August 26, 2008, 10:12:52 pm »
No problem.  What's a joke amongst friends right?  I guess it was my lack of sleep due to our new arrival (future gamer)   ;D

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Wow - DeLuSioNaL, I thought you were messing with us - like playing it straight and all. Never realized you were serious  ;D. Congrats on the little one!!!! First?
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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #20 on: August 26, 2008, 11:46:48 pm »
Wow - DeLuSioNaL, I thought you were messing with us - like playing it straight and all. Never realized you were serious  ;D. Congrats on the little one!!!! First?
Yeah, I was a bit gullable... like I said long day and lack of sleep.  And yeah, the little one is my first.  A boy!  :applaud:  Xavier Luis (aka XL)

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Re: Wish I had some Toggle Sticks on my cp!
« Reply #21 on: August 27, 2008, 01:55:04 am »
I see Mame arcade machine's on sale on ebay for 5000 Dollars or more .


50000 $  :laugh2:

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« Reply #22 on: August 27, 2008, 10:54:54 am »
Congrats! But is his toggle stick XL too!