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(affordable) atari cone buttons?
« on: October 29, 2012, 08:35:37 pm »
Hi guys, l'm looking for 3 atari cone style buttons to use on a project l'm working on. I don't mind if they are knockoffs, l just want something that looks like the cone buttons found on tempest and missile command.

Anyone know where l can get them for fair price?

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Re: (affordable) atari cone buttons?
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2012, 08:43:53 pm »
Hi guys, l'm looking for 3 atari cone style buttons to use on a project l'm working on. I don't mind if they are knockoffs, l just want something that looks like the cone buttons found on tempest and missile command.

Anyone know where l can get them for fair price?

Regards,

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Re: (affordable) atari cone buttons?
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2012, 08:48:17 pm »
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Re: (affordable) atari cone buttons?
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2012, 08:48:33 pm »

Arcade Shop has the cones.
Don't know about the buttons though...

http://arcadeshop.com/parts.htm#Buttons


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Re: (affordable) atari cone buttons?
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2012, 11:35:06 pm »
The buttons themselves are notoriously hard to come by. So much so that I have purchased relatively obscure dead early atari titles at auction and sold the start buttons for more than I paid for the machine and then just drilled out the panel for modern start buttons.

I can supply some but I would have to kill a missile command cocktail project in order to do so.
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Re: (affordable) atari cone buttons?
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2012, 09:26:42 am »
Thanks all... wow $15 bucks w/out the cone is just too much for a button.
Guess l'll just go with the new style buttons.


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Re: (affordable) atari cone buttons?
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2012, 10:27:04 am »
I picked up 8 NOS black buttons without cones last year off ebay for a little less than $30 shipped. Some day I'll pick up some short silver cones for them. Keep your eyes on ebay and you'll find some...

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Re: (affordable) atari cone buttons?
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2012, 10:51:17 am »
I paid too much for mine, but then again in the scope of the entire project is wasn't too bad.  I really like them on the CP and that was one thing that I really wanted to have on my machine.  Something about that clicking that I really like... 

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