"converting" an atari logo joystick from 8-way to 4-way?

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"converting" an atari logo joystick from 8-way to 4-way?

my pac-mania is missing the original joystick, but i could get a spare atari logo joystick from a gauntlet cabinet. however, gauntlet uses 8-way joysticks and pac-mania is just 4-ways. i was told that in order to convert a joystick from 8 to 4-ways i have to change the actuator. is that correct?

are those 4-way actuators hard to come by?
 
for 26 clams you can get one of these:

http://www.tornadoterrys.com/surplus.htm

scroll down till the Ms Pac Man joystick with adaptor plate & Hardware.

I have one of these that I use for mame on my computer and if you can not get a leaf switch original type this is what I would go with. Nice 4 way action. I can get 900,000 on turbo pac-man with this joystick.

Just my 2 cents and YMMV
 
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