Posted by Mr Arcade on 14, 2001 at 5:17 PM:
I am thinking of building joysticks that will be switchable from 4-way to 8-way. What is different is you will simply flip a remote mount switch to go from 4-way to 8-way and back.
I am working on the prototype now.
I am building this for my own personal machine...so the Pac games will play correctly...and my daughter can easily switch the joystick. (there is no way she could pull the e-clip and flip the actuator)
What I need to know is if there is enough interest for me to build these for others...and if so, how much is a fair price for one. I am pretty sure I can use either a Happs Super stick or a ball top stick. I am also fairly sure it will have to be a micro-switch stick...leafs will probably be too large for the design to work.
Please reply to this post if interested.
Thanks,
Mr Arcade