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patrickl:
Buttons on console controllers or PC joysticks are quite small. Why wouldn't that be "playable or comfortable" on a bartop?

Xiaou2:

 Console buttons are less than 3/4  scale.  A bit too small for top play.

 They are also highly resistive,  designed to be pressed with the Thumb and in a
highly leveraged position.

 And of course, the mounting depth is too shallow.  Also, youd have to make your
own outter shell cause a gamepads surround is part of the case itself.

 Finally, they use very poor switches IMOP. 

Level42:
Suzo Inductives come in 38mm and 32 mm ball handles. The latter are nice for cocktails etc.
 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:



Kevin Mullins:
The joystick from a mechanical bull control panel would be a perfect size.
And they use a basic 4 microswitch style base. (just smaller base and switches)
8-Way capability as well.

Just gotta remember who some of the manufacturers were...........   

RandyT:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on January 19, 2008, 05:11:31 pm ---As for the buttons - did you see the buttons on the jakks golden tee? They are smaller (they are also a inset (almost concave type). So, perhaps there is a distributor already, but I'm unaware of them.

--- End quote ---

I haven't been inside a Golden Tee plug and play to see what's there, but at the scale these are manufactured, I would think that they are custom made specifically for that gizmo.  I suspect there is a multi-button circuit board  underneath them as well, rather than discrete switches.  But that's just a guess.

It's going to be a challenge to find something that feels similar but is smaller as the size of the button and the features of the top of the plunger are responsible for a lot of that "feel".  But I'll try a few and see what I can come up with (if anything.)

RandyT

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