Wico Boss joystick fire button problem

[bradhig]

When I try to run in ET the fire button won't work when going right or down. The fire button works normally. This stick had been sitting for two years without being used and now when I use it the fire button has issues with the two directions.

 

 

 

[7800fan]

With the bottom cover off, did you try the fire button while pushing stick to see what is happening to the fire switch? I suspect something might be be bent out of alignment.

[bradhig]

I fixed it. The black box holding the sensors for the fire button wasn't down all the way. It's working fine now. Hard to believe I killed one those and a wico command controller back in the day when each had one direction stop working. I tired bending the sensors but I bent them out of whack. I thought Wico's couldn't break. Then again I killed a lot of joysticks playing games on the commodore 64. My dad killed some playing atari 2600.