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Title: Analog Arcade Joystick?
Post by: michelevit on July 23, 2013, 01:12:46 pm

Does anyone know what are the current readily available analog arcade joysticks?
I'm looking to upgrade one of my 2 person cabinets with analog sticks to play Madden PC.

I've seen the Ultimarc and was wondering if there are any other options.

Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Analog Arcade Joystick?
Post by: Dcpmark on July 23, 2013, 01:36:48 pm

Happ, but they are expensive:

http://na.suzohapp.com/wp/search.p?SECTION=ALL&SEARCH_TXT=Analog+joystick&Search=GO (http://na.suzohapp.com/wp/search.p?SECTION=ALL&SEARCH_TXT=Analog+joystick&Search=GO)

Check eBay too for slightly lower prices on a very limited choice of analog joysticks.

Title: Re: Analog Arcade Joystick?
Post by: BadMouth on July 23, 2013, 01:55:16 pm

I just spent a lot of time looking for analog arcade joysticks for an xbox360 control panel.

There pretty much isn't anything out there except the Happ ones and similarly priced industrial ones.
http://na.suzohapp.com/all_catalogs/joysticks/50-2875-00 (http://na.suzohapp.com/all_catalogs/joysticks/50-2875-00)
I'd recommend getting the 100k version if you go that route, but I have a feeling that the price of the u360 is going to be a lot more attractive to you.
Unfortunately, it wouldn't work for my purpose.

Seimitsu had a nice 10k one in their brochure once upon a time, but no one seems to have ever seen one in real life.
We had multiple people checking with distributors and repair shops in Japan and never came across a single one or part for one.

These little guys used on the Quasimoto control panels turn up occasionally.
(http://retroblast.arcadecontrols.com/photos/cabs/quasicade/control_layout.jpg)

I ended up using ALPS 2D 10k joysticks purchased from ebay and making adapters to fit them with Sanwa bat-tops.
They are pretty small and the springs in them are light.  I don't think it would hold up to arcade style use.
We ended up going with them because they were already bought and paid for.
Build thread here: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,128941.0.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,128941.0.html)

Title: Re: Analog Arcade Joystick?
Post by: rpgposer on July 23, 2013, 04:06:45 pm

I bought a single player quasimoto with those same analog sticks 10 years ago.  They are fragile.  I mean like can't stand any abuse fragile.  I replaced the cheap 8 way with a sanwa jlf and use it to this day as my PC mame controller.

Edit - sentence structure.

Title: Re: Analog Arcade Joystick?
Post by: michelevit on July 23, 2013, 04:42:12 pm

Holy Holy, those are expensive.

Am I right to assume that the Ultimarc is an analog stick?

http://www.ultimarc.com/ultrastik_info.html (http://www.ultimarc.com/ultrastik_info.html)

why are the other options so much more expen$ive?

Thanks for the info. Looks like its the Ultrastik 360 for 60 bucks for me.
Time to start saving those quarters to pay for it.

Title: Re: Analog Arcade Joystick?
Post by: divemaster127 on July 24, 2013, 10:43:29 pm

I have all of these sticks in stock if you need them. I have sold the happ analog to hospitals, NASA & the Disney company. They are good quality sticks
Thanks
Dm