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apekop:
Hi everybody,

I have two joysticks installed and I would like to order a new pair. The reason is that they are not very sensitive.
They work fine but they have to be moved about two centimeters (or about one inch) to go from one direction to the opposite (e.g. left to right). I tried bending the metal tabs that push the microswithes but that doesn't work very well. I remember from playing in arcades that some joysticks have a much shorter travel.
Does anyone know where to get them and/or what the part numbers are so I can order them????

Thanks a lot!

fatfingers:

No idea how short is short, but I hear people complaining all the time about the short throw on the Mag-Stik.  Perhaps give them a try?

Good luck.

apekop:
Great! I found the mag stick on the internet. Now I just have to find out whether I can install them in
my x-arcade joystickbox.
Thanks for your help!

Kajoq:
If you want a really good, sensitive, short-throw joystick: Get a japanese stick.

Sanwa or Seimitsu are the two best brands to go with.



I just ordered two of these from Lizard Lick and they're great.  I also have a Hori Real Arcade Pro joystick with a Sanwa stick... They blow the american sticks out of the water.  I've got a Street Fighter 3 cab with HAPP buttons/sticks that I hardly like playing on because the japanese ones are so much more precise.

I'm not sure how easily it would drop into an X-arcade, but I'm willing to bet it is doable.

severdhed:
and here i always thought my x-arcade sticks had a pretty short throw.  well, they actually travel pretty far, but the activate the switches at about 1/4 of the sticks travel.

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