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1UP:
It probably won't be a Tron repro, but a similarly shaped trigger stick.  Remember, Happ still makes the Tron replacement, so I don't know if they have licensed that from Midway or not.  There's a difference between making a few dozen out of your home for ebay, and rolling them off the assembly line by the hundreds.

I will have images of the complete cabinet soon, and you'll see what they look like then...

Hoagie_one:
what a tease

Sasquatch!:

--- Quote from: 1UP on October 06, 2004, 01:54:07 pm ---It probably won't be a Tron repro, but a similarly shaped trigger stick.
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I knew that's what ya meant.  :)

etumor:
There was a time when I was very interested in this idea, and wondered why nobody had engineered it yet.  I even put together some plans of how I thought it would work.

Then I discovered the T-stick Plus, which provides me with 4-way, 8-way, and diagonal movement, all without having to open the control panel.  I didn't believe it until I tried it (although many people had assured me that it was true), but the T-stick Plus in 8-way mode makes a great Q*Bert joystick.  I've compared it to the real thing, and it feels very similar.  There are no wrong moves or getting stuck like their was with the restrictor plate solution.  T-stick Plus is definitely the best solution so far.

That having been said, I'm always a fan of having options.  So if you come up with a different solution, it will certainly be something I'll take a look at (meaning I'll buy one and play around with it).  The more solutions I have available to me, the more designs I can consider.  And I can certainly imagine instances where a 4-way rotatable joystick might be my choice over the T-stick.

-Jeff "etumor"

Edit: I just read what 1-Up has to say about the T-stick, and I wanted to add that I agree when he says "I wish it was on a better joystick."  The short throw and stiff feel of the T-stick are very problematic.  I ended up hacking mine to make it work the way I wanted.  I used Happ microswitches on it and did the trick where you stretch out the spring -- only then did it meet with my expectations.  These two things "loosened" up the feel of the joystick considerably.  The throw is still very short -- so that all relates back to my comment that I'd love to see "other" solutions.

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