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Title: Any interest in a review of these?
Post by: tmasman on August 13, 2003, 02:11:38 pm

Nintendo replacement joystick? NOS (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13718&item=3237341262)

I bought 1 from this gentleman about a week ago & I was just wondering if anyone was interested in a little review of them.

Here's the ebay pic
(http://ebay3.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_7724c70ab080f963464c41a45fa264bb/i-1.JPG)

They're pretty cheap & seem to be pretty solid. (& He'll ship multiples for no extra shipping).
Just let me know if there is any interest in more information about them.

~ tmasman

Title: Re:Any interest in a review of these?
Post by: Hoagie_one on August 13, 2003, 02:17:50 pm

are they 4-way or 8-way?

Title: Re:Any interest in a review of these?
Post by: tmasman on August 13, 2003, 02:31:14 pm

They are 8-way. But they diagonals are a very small area (at least on the one I got).
I've been trying to see how easy it would be to make them 4-ways (That's why I bought them...), but so far, it looks like I'm gonna have to get creative.

Title: Re:Any interest in a review of these?
Post by: Apollo on August 14, 2003, 06:13:00 pm

Looks like it would make a great 2 way for Defender as you could get the reverse button nice and close to the stick. It's a lot easier to convert an 8 way to a 2 way than convert an 8 way to a 4 way.

Title: Re:Any interest in a review of these?
Post by: AlanS17 on August 14, 2003, 06:15:27 pm

With as tight as those contacts are packed in there, I think it would be VERY difficult to make that a 4-way. Making a 2-way would be a snap on just about any joystick, though.