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NoOne=NBA=:

--- Quote from: Arcade82 on August 09, 2005, 11:41:25 pm ---my friend has a ms pac/gal reunion stick and it's awesome, the ball is a tad too small though


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Is it too small, or is it the size of the original?

I always thought the original ball was too small, as well--given my love of Wicos.

Arcade82:
oh hmm maybe i'm used to the wicos you speak of

but yeah I thought it was kinda small.. kinda like a dum dum lollipop lol but bigger i think

original = 1 3/8"
reunion = 1 1/4"

according to happcontrols.com

new question.. frank answer needed but dont be too harsh.. a 17" pc monitor (16" viewable).. that's pretty good for ms pacman right? vertical

edit oops forgot this wasnt my thread lol

Xiaou2:

 I just won a MS Pacman joystick off ebay.

 Its much different than I expected.  Very cool indeed.

 The diamond restrictor is at the top of the stick.  Its just a very thick metal
hole.  Maybe 1/4" thick.   Very durrable, and seems to have no wear on it.

 The plastic sleeve that rides along it however looks like it needs replacing.  Slight
grooved wear.

 The bottom of the joy has a square restrictor.   Which is kinda odd.. cause you wouldnt think it would be like that.

 The leafs are mounted in a very interesting way:

  As I pushed downwards.. and started to roll to the left - almost immediately the
left leaf was registering.   It seems  the leafs are spaced in such a way that theres almost zero clearences till activation.    They arnt just registering at the 4 points - which you would think.. but rather, activating in-between!  (in the middle of the diagnal pathway). 

 Quite a wild design.  Ill try to take some pics at a later date.
 

RandyT:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on August 10, 2005, 01:51:01 am ---
  The diamond restrictor is at the top of the stick.  Its just a very thick metal
hole.  Maybe 1/4" thick.   Very durrable, and seems to have no wear on it.

 The plastic sleeve that rides along it however looks like it needs replacing.  Slight
grooved wear.

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In an well-used machine, that plastic would be worn in two and heavy grooves would be worn into the shaft.  Sounds like you got a decent specimen.


--- Quote ---  As I pushed downwards.. and started to roll to the left - almost immediately the
left leaf was registering.   It seems  the leafs are spaced in such a way that theres almost zero clearences till activation.    They arnt just registering at the 4 points - which you would think.. but rather, activating in-between!  (in the middle of the diagnal pathway). 

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Nothing odd about that.  It's exactly how a good 4-way should act.  There should be a dead spot (at least for mechanical switch based sticks) and that dead spot should be in the middle of any 2 directions and be as small as humanly possible without the possibility of actuating any 2 switches simultaneously.

This, BTW, is also how the Prodigy (OMNI-Stik) behaves in 4-way mode.

RandyT

NoOne=NBA=:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on August 10, 2005, 01:51:01 am ---The bottom of the joy has a square restrictor.
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