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KevSteele:
I certainly expected the Wico to be #2 in the roundup (right after the P360).

I have another leaf-switch joystick here (Not a WICO) and while it is slightly better than the Wico I reviewed, it isn't anywhere near what I remembered a leaf switch joystick being capable of (even with tweaking).

I didn't delve too deeply into the situation at the time because there doesn't seem to be any new leaf-switch joysticks on the market, but it definitely looks like I need to track down another Wico for a second look. I sure wish I had that old Atari Wico around...

Kevin

NoOne=NBA=:
The guts on the Atari Wicos are identical to the rubber grommet/leaf switch arcade Wicos.

RayB:

--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on May 31, 2005, 01:29:39 pm ---The guts on the Atari Wicos are identical to the rubber grommet/leaf switch arcade Wicos.

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Sort of. Same grommet, same quality shaft, but they used very cheap leaf switches. (should feel the same though).

I have never seen a Wico leafswitch joy with a SPRING (though I know they exist). Kev, you should retract the Wico from your review, since it sounds like you reviews a POS.  :D

KevSteele:

--- Quote from: RayB on May 31, 2005, 02:04:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on May 31, 2005, 01:29:39 pm ---The guts on the Atari Wicos are identical to the rubber grommet/leaf switch arcade Wicos.

--- End quote ---

Sort of. Same grommet, same quality shaft, but they used very cheap leaf switches. (should feel the same though).

I have never seen a Wico leafswitch joy with a SPRING (though I know they exist). Kev, you should retract the Wico from your review, since it sounds like you reviews a POS.
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NoOne=NBA=:
I knew something was up when you loved the P360, but hated the Wico.
Also, you were complaining about feeling the corners on it, which shouldn't happen at all.

If you had loved the corners on a Competition, I could see not liking the Wico.
If you loved the short throw on the T-stik, I could see not liking the Wico.
If you loved the really light spring on a Super, I could see not liking the Wico.

The Wicos do have a pretty long throw on them, but the switches can be adjusted so that you get contact right off of center on them.
They are not the perfect stick for everything, but they are a good all-around stick, and the most comparable (along with the Happ/Midway 49-ways) to the P360.

The P360 actually started as an add-on to the standard grommet 8-way Wico.
The only difference between the original Wicos, and the P360 Wicos, was the fact that the P360 had optical switches, rather than leafs.
The feel, from the top, on both of them, is almost identical.

Happ bought the P360 patents, and stopped producing the kits for the Wicos--which resulted in the current (spring-based) design for them.

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