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PL1:

--- Quote from: D_Harris on November 13, 2012, 01:02:41 pm ---
--- Quote from: PL1 on November 12, 2012, 07:28:31 pm ---Any reason you don't want to use a $27 "Ms. Pac-Man Micro Switch Red Ball Handle Joystick with Powder Coated Mounting Plate"?

Scott

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This game is "Pink" themed. (Pink T-molding, pink buttons, and pink joystick). The joysticks you referred to do not come with a pink ball top.

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

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Bryan at Paradise may soon have a replacement shaft to do what you want.


--- Quote from: armi0024 on November 15, 2012, 12:22:16 am ---I was also thinking about a replacement ms pac so you could put a pink or lit pink ball on there :)

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Scott

D_Harris:
It looks as though I'll have to give in and use an original or reunion. For a player like me this is the only way to go, but since I'm selling this particular game I wasn't sure how picky the average person would be over feel.

So two questions.

A) Anyone know the size differences between an original and a reunion stick? (Directions to a blow-up diagram with part dimensions would be appreciated).

B) Where is the best(cheapest) place to get a reunion joystick?  ;D

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.


--- Quote from: paigeoliver on November 14, 2012, 12:21:38 am ---Import 4-way sticks tend to have clover shaped restrictors instead of the diamond shaped ones that Pac-Man expects and most have very little resistance. You can't get a whole lot further from the feel of a real stick than these.

Bob Roberts has "Plum" wico handles that look fairly pink in person. You would have to source a 4-way wico base elsewhere. Those are probably the same 4" pink balltops you already have.

Really though the insistence on a pink joystick for Ms. Pac-Man is seriously hampering the gameplay for a tiny cosmetic change, as really, NOTHING plays Pac-Man right except the original midway stick and the reunion stick.


--- Quote from: D_Harris on November 13, 2012, 11:46:59 pm ---Why is that?

And can you direct me to where these can be found?

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

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paigeoliver:
Bob Roberts always has the reunion sticks at a good price, he also sells the adaptor plates used to install them on original machines using the original mounting holes.

The base and depth of the reunion stick is the same size/depth as a Happ Super (basically it is the NORMAL modern joystick size). The original ones have a base several inches wider and a little bit deeper.

Both of them are the same size as far as how tall and large the stick is.

http://www.therealbobroberts.net/

paigeoliver:
Reunion stick diagram here.

http://na.suzohapp.com/joysticks/5060841125r_exploded.htm

Here it is installed on the mounting plate used to install on original Ms Pac machines. The original sticks are that same size as the reunion sticks with the mounting plate installed.

PL1:

--- Quote from: D_Harris on November 16, 2012, 09:07:30 pm ---A) Anyone know the size differences between an original and a reunion stick? (Directions to a blow-up diagram with part dimensions would be appreciated).

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Original measurements.

Reunion measurements.


--- Quote from: D_Harris on November 16, 2012, 09:07:30 pm ---B) Where is the best(cheapest) place to get a reunion joystick?  ;D

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If Suzo/Happ sells it and the "Big Three" (Ultimarc, GGG, and Paradise) don't stock it, your best bet to avoid Happ's high shipping charges is Divemaster127's site, ArcadeEmulator.net.  He's also an authorized reseller of Ultimarc products.

He has the reunion stick here.

EDIT 2: Twisted Quarter looks like they have the best deal on them at the moment -- $12.99!  Great tip, Unstupid. Per Bryan's post below, this one turns out to be a knockoff.


Scott

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