Joystick Question

[sandmountainslim]

Ok, odd question but I have the chance to buy a used FB2 for eight bucks at a thrift store and I am seriously thinkin of buying it for the joysticks.

My question is are the FB2 joysticks as durable as the sticks which came with the VCS or are they cheaply made crap?

My console is a Vader and the original sticks lasted about seven or eight years and I am now using a small aftermarket joystick.

Tell me what u know about the FB2 sticks because if they are good I am gonna get em and hook them to my old machine.

Thanks

WP

[PressureCooker2600]

They are just as durable......very good sticks.

 

They aren't compatible ,as far as I know, with the VCS.

[mimo]

They are totally compatible with VCS,2600,7800,XL/XE, C64 etc etc

 

very nice, at that price well worth getting

[+SpiceWare]

I use my FB2 sticks with my VCS. They've worked quite well.

[PressureCooker2600]

sorry....i'm mistaken then

 

i thought they weren't compatible....i thought i read that somewhere when the FB2 came out

[sandmountainslim]

Cool

Thanks

I shall run up to the store before it closes and get 'em then.

I like my Slik Stik but I think it would be better to have the original style sticks with my machine, I was just worried they were not up to par.

WP

[mimo]

Very responsive, I find them better than the original CX-40s, and prefer them to pretty much every stick I own, other than my converted Radica space invaders stick

[sandmountainslim]

Are the power supplies also interchangeable?

[sandmountainslim]

Are the power supplies also interchangeable?

 

 

The FB2 is missing the power supply and I was wondering if I could test it out by hooking my original power supply to it or will it make it explode?

WP

[+SpiceWare]

9 volts, 200 mA, with center being positive. However, connector is female instead of male.

[opeygon]

pretty good sticks, but the ones i got werent "clicky" at all. not sure if they came like that, or if the previous owner just used the hell out of them

[sandmountainslim]

Bought it!

The sticks do seem to be good and almost identical to the originals.

I had however forgotten how much more responsive the Slik Stick was when compared to CX40 style stick.

I am glad I bought the FB2 but think I will continue to use the Slick Stick as it just makes playin the games so much easier.

WP