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Title: What joystick is this? [SOLVED]
Post by: shrunkenmaster on March 20, 2010, 03:38:23 pm

This was on a Tron CPO I acquired recently, anyone shed any light on it? Up for grabs if anyone's interested, along with a Tron CPO (just the metal panel, no parts)...

Title: Re: What joystick is this?
Post by: RayB on March 20, 2010, 06:21:09 pm

You left out the most important part, the top. Is there a hole on the top or no?

That is a rare Wico bat-handle with a metal adapter plate for using it on Midway cabs. They usually have a button on top. Actually, the button is a long plastic stick and at the bottom, below the e-clip there is a plastic disc attached. This disc would push a 5th leaf switch. I don't see that extra switch nor any evidence that the base had it.

So... if the bat has a hole, then it's been inserted into the wrong base. If it doesn't have a hole, then I guess you have a complete, and rare, Wico bat-handle joystick with adapter*.

*That adapter should also be usable on Pacs, Galaga, etc and with any standard joystick with the matching bolt hole spacing.

Title: Re: What joystick is this?
Post by: shrunkenmaster on March 21, 2010, 07:29:13 am

Hey RayB,
Was half asleep as usual. Yes, the hole is there but no button/plastic stick. Would be interesting to see a complete unit and where the 5th leaf would mount.
Thanks for the info my man.