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Kremmit:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on April 12, 2005, 04:56:17 am ---The only REAL round base Wico's I have seen have been the ones that use springs rather than the grommet. They suck unless you swap the spring for one of the "Happ heavy springs" that Bob Roberts sells.

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Also the sticks Wico made as replacements for the flaky optical stick from Berzerk had the round bases.

Kremmit:

--- Quote from: spiffyshoes on April 12, 2005, 09:56:23 am ---What? Where did that come from Paige?  I could of sworn I've seen you talk about the round 8-way gromit based wico's a bunch.  They do exist and aren't really that hard to find.  They supposedly were used in Simpson's, Robotron, Smash TV and probably many other cabs.  The spring based ones didn't come allong untill later.  I wish I had one of the spring based leaf-switch ones cause everytime I play on my gromit based wico's they feel too stiff to me for anything except the 3 games mentioned above.  I had been wondering what had been up because everytime I went to the arcade the wico's I found in them felt so much better to me but I think the ones I've seen in the arcade must have been spring based ones because now that I've gone back and taken a closer look at them I can here microswitches clicking on them.

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Every Simpson's, Robotron, & Smash TV panel I've ever seen the underside of had regular shaped bases.  I have only seen real round base Wicos one or two times, ever. 

When you say your grommet Wicos are too stiff, do you mean real grommet Wicos, or your knock-off ones?

spiffyshoes:
Oh woops I mis-understood what he meant by round base.

spidermonkey:
Spiffyshoes, I'm looking for a pair of either Seimitsu or Sanwa balltop joysticks in either pink or green. Preferably with the adjustable restrictor plates. If you want a custom pair of Wico balltops I'll do an even trade.

spiffyshoes:
What do you mean by "custom" pair of wico joysticks?  In what way are they custom?

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