Atari Logo Joystick Parts

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I was looking at reproducing the Atari Logo Joystick but wanted to see how popular it would be.

I recently bought an Atari Assault Cabinet, The joystick needs to be rebuilt and when i took one apart i also found that one of the joystick shaft was bent. This started my search for parts but i have found very few parts to be available.

Thus my question, would reproducing parts for these joystick be needed by the community?

I have priced out a few parts already, to give an idea of the costs involved.

Upper Housing Assy. (Professionally 3D printed (Nylon)) = $124.25
Lower Housing (Professionally 3D printed (Nylon)) = $52.50
4-Position Plate (Professionally 3D printed (Nylon)) = $26.25
Joystick Shaft (Custom Machined) = $96.25

Let me know if there is any interest in producing parts or full assemblies to have working units in our Arcade cabinets. My guess for a full working assembly would be in the $400-$600 range

Thanks
Jason
 

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Let me know if there is any interest in producing parts or full assemblies to have working units in our Arcade cabinets. My guess for a full working assembly would be in the $400-$600 range

holy smokes! can't you just purchase an entire used Atari Assault in the $400-600 range?!
 
You could if they were available on the market, granted i have not been looking for years but i have yet to see anything be available in the last few months.

The flip side is that if 20 or more joysticks were requested by people that price would more than likely be less than the 400-600 guess. A large % of the cost is due to small production size. the smaller the numbers that higher the cost, the higher the number the lower the cost.

Jason
 
holy smokes! can't you just purchase an entire used Atari Assault in the $400-600 range?!

If you buy an Atari Assault, besides the one I restored and sold a couple of years ago, the stick WILL be worn out. I spent around $300 in NOS and repro parts to rebuild the joysticks, new metal control panel, bought an overlay. It's a crap design that wears out. New/NOS parts are expensive.
 
I was looking at reproducing the Atari Logo Joystick but wanted to see how popular it would be.

I recently bought an Atari Assault Cabinet, The joystick needs to be rebuilt and when i took one apart i also found that one of the joystick shaft was bent. This started my search for parts but i have found very few parts to be available.

Thus my question, would reproducing parts for these joystick be needed by the community?

I have priced out a few parts already, to give an idea of the costs involved.

Upper Housing Assy. (Professionally 3D printed (Nylon)) = $124.25
Lower Housing (Professionally 3D printed (Nylon)) = $52.50
4-Position Plate (Professionally 3D printed (Nylon)) = $26.25
Joystick Shaft (Custom Machined) = $96.25

Let me know if there is any interest in producing parts or full assemblies to have working units in our Arcade cabinets. My guess for a full working assembly would be in the $400-$600 range

Thanks
Jason


That's way the fuck too much!
Get them to around $150 and you might have a product, otherwise you're
Never going to sell a thing.
 
So my question at this point, to make a working joystick for $150 or less requires very different construction methods than what was originally used.

One of the biggest differences would be instead of injection molding of many parts it would be cast resin, which would provide a lower cost item but it may not hold up for as long or have the exact same finish as the NOS parts. Are these differences acceptable?? or is something you would have to see pictures of to judge?

Thanks for the input on this
Jason
 
I have all these parts NOS and you stay between $150-$180 mark if you bought all the key pieces. (upper housing, lower housing, ball/shaft, Pivot, plunger, position plate)

I don't think there is a need for these until my NOS stock is depleted and that could take some time.
 
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