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Ball-top Colour

SwevicusSwevicus
edited January 2015 in Hardware
Follow-on from my Joystick Poll thread. I have decided to go with the ball-top joystick handle for my PC/Retro Computer arcade stick controller, and now I would like to ask you, my potential audience, what colour ball-top handle you would most prefer (although it can always be removed in favour of a different one by the user).
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  • p13zp13z
    edited December 2014
    No purple ? :-(
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited December 2014
    p13z wrote: »
    No purple ? :-(

    Or amber?
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  • SwevicusSwevicus
    edited December 2014
    Vote Crystal/Bubble if you want different colours such as purple, brown, amber, orange, etc.
  • DEATHDEATH
    edited December 2014
    I vote for pink - I wanna put a hello kitty logo on it xD
    Oh bugger!<br>
  • p13zp13z
    edited December 2014
    Death_Reaper_Hello_Kitty_by_Manga_Baka.jpg
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  • Antiriad2097Antiriad2097
    edited December 2014
    For a retro system, I'd go with the classic red.
  • KorinelKorinel
    edited December 2014
    Red obviously, otherwise it will colour clash with the + & 128+ ;-)
  • SwevicusSwevicus
    edited December 2014
    I see several users want to customise their ball-tops. No problems. The intended design is for users to modify the stick/buttons if the default ones are not to your likings (swap out a red ball top for a pink or purple one, change the default buttons to Sanwa or Seimitsu, etc.). :)
  • SwevicusSwevicus
    edited December 2014
    The joystick will likely be a Zippyy with a long shaft (a Seimitsu LS-32 clone with improved microswitches and doesn't have the "jump" problem the LS-32 has when pushing it against the restrictor plate). Buttons will be Seimitsu, though (Sanwa are too sensitive).
  • DEATHDEATH
    edited December 2014
    p13z wrote: »
    Death_Reaper_Hello_Kitty_by_Manga_Baka.jpg

    Now that IS brilliant! Thanks for sharing :)
    Oh bugger!<br>
  • SwevicusSwevicus
    edited December 2014
    Looks like red wins (don't worry, you can change it out for another colour if you so desire for all you modders out there) - 9 buttons (standard 8 plus a 9th one acting as a Pause button when connected to a Sega Master System - this is done by connecting two opposite directions such as Up/Down or Left/Right simultaneously to Ground along with a minor mod on the console side). The joystick is a Seimitsu LS-34-01 and the buttons are Seimitsu PS-14-GN 30mm and a Seimitsu PS-14-DN 24mm. :)
  • Antiriad2097Antiriad2097
    edited December 2014
    Add one more button. 8 buttons covers most games and systems, but you ideally want two 'extras' to cover start/coinup and select, to allow for arcade emulation,playstation etc. That one extra button becomes very useful especially as you get into 90s gaming.
  • SwevicusSwevicus
    edited December 2014
    OK, I will do that - I'll need to connect it somehow, though.
  • SwevicusSwevicus
    edited January 2015
    I'm not sure if the joystick I want to get will fit in a wooden panel (Seimitsu LS-34-01 with S-shaped mounting plate). I'm trying to find a decent balance between size and depth.
  • guesserguesser
    edited January 2015
    They are the sort of details I'd work out before worrying about what colour plastic knob to screw on top.
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  • SwevicusSwevicus
    edited January 2015
    That's partly why I thought about a Suzo-Happ part - they're longer, but they're deeper and more versatile, while Japanese parts are more compact but less flexible (can only be installed on certain panels and materials).
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