The best case scenario will always be to have both a dedicated 8-way and a 4-way joystick in the same cabinet, or a dedicated 4-way games cabinet, and a dedicated 8-way games cabinet.
Large Universal Joystick Adapter Plate (Ms Pac Man) Easily add a Sanwa, Zippy, or other joystick to a Ms Pac Man control panel with this 16 gauge steel adapter plate.
However, Mousetrap does not do well with an 8-way joystick. The issue I'm having is it's in a candy cab, so switching from 8-way to 4-way from the top would work best for me.
However, I do maintain that using dome switch or leaf spring joysticks is the way to go for classic Atari and Commodore games. Microswitches are great in an arcade setting, but for some reason 2600 and C64 games feel 'off' when I use a microswitch joystick.
What are some interesting things to know about early arcade joysticks? Stuff I've heard, intermingled with stuff I'm wondering: Sega Missile (1969) was first joystick. (I guess distinction is it should use electrical connection only, compared to something where movement is mechanically...
Wico Perfect 360 Joystick part no. 15-9360 Wico Cabinet & Kit list Below are games both dedicated & in kit form that come bundled with Wico joysticks. This is a collaborative effort so if you know if any other games that came bundled with Wico joysticks, please reply below. Wico Heavy Duty standard 3.5" Leaf Joystick:
Exidy Venture 1981 Repair Log - Joystick Rebuild 7/19/20 I finally was able to find an original Venture joystick for this machine. It was fairly rusted and needed a good cleaning before I put it into the cab. This joystick has a lot of parts and seems to be super over-engineered! The large ball top is held on by what looks like green loctite
Monroe made great joysticks (2/4/8 way) and thanks everyone (especially andrewb and mgkastra so far) for your expertise, history and diagrams below! I'm going to collect a few notes in a list up here, but this thread has a ton of links, pics, and information about our beloved metal joysticks...
Battlezone I don't think Space Invaders had a joystick, just left and right buttons. Space Invaders originally was a joystick. Check out the OG dark blue Taito cabs.
