digdugnate Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 maaaannnn- i JUST bought a generic CX40 three days ago and it's already busted! cheap piece of junk i was playing Driving Demon and my joystick started making these weird clicky/grindy noises. i take the thing apart and see that not only are the contacts suuuuupppeer thin, they are held onto the board with scotch tape. the two directions that were making the funky noises both had a 'leg' bent/snapped off :/ i think i can do something cool with the stick but for now I've thrown my Flashback CX40 on my TI until I can snag a proper joystick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 maaaannnn- i JUST bought a generic CX40 three days ago and it's already busted! cheap piece of junk i was playing Driving Demon and my joystick started making these weird clicky/grindy noises. i take the thing apart and see that not only are the contacts suuuuupppeer thin, they are held onto the board with scotch tape. the two directions that were making the funky noises both had a 'leg' bent/snapped off :/ i think i can do something cool with the stick but for now I've thrown my Flashback CX40 on my TI until I can snag a proper joystick. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2057872.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xwico+bat+handle.TRS0&_nkw=wico+bat+handle&_sacat=0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted December 2, 2017 Author Share Posted December 2, 2017 sweet, thanks, greg! I also have my eye on a slik stik as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Those Wico's are good quality! I know Greg prefers the Bat handle, but I like the Ball version myself. Either way they are both built like tanks... which is why after 30+ years they STILL work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 sweet, thanks, greg! I also have my eye on a slik stik as well. I've had my original since 83 or 84 still works great Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Try this and you’ll discover why the joypad style controllers replaced joysticks: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F292352498923 Genesis style controller works as an Atari controller... of course only one button works. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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