Gorf joystick

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I need a gorf joystick assembly. Control panel and buttons aren't needed but the wiring is. Even my plastics are good so it's OK if yours aren't.

Thanks!
Brian
 
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its a little dusty, but nos and in very good shape.

jon
 
Yes, that would be great.

Thanks Riptor for the clarification - I was a little surprised by the leafs too!
 
The cocktails used leaf switch but it looks like a pac joystick and is an 8 way. There are other sticks that look very similar to gorf but are leaf switch base.
 
Many gorfs had leaf retrofits due to problems with the optos...


I have a couple sticks with leafs on it but I dont think they are gorf. One has a curved stick. One is a straight stick like gorf (handle plastics were missing when i got it) and has a leaf switch bracket identical to the one used on a pac stick so that one could possibly have been the retrofit Mark mentioned.
Mark, that one pictured appears to have wico leafs and the whole assembly doesnt look to be anything close to the gorf stick. Out of curiosity, are you saying that is a retrofit? Were the retrofits a midway kit or just something the ops rigged up to get the game back in service?
If I recall, you have to change the pinout if you want to run leafs. Basically wire it like a cocktail. Dont quote me on that, will have to double check the wiring diagram but I seem to remember the cocktail pinout being different because of the leaf switches. Mark, can you confirm?
Anyone know what the benefit of the opto's were? Just seems it would have been much cheaper to use leaf switches on them.
 
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Will the real Gorf stick please stand up. Also not Gorf, see how the shaft is angled back. At one time I knew what these came from but cant remember now. I will post some pics of some I have that are similar.
If you dont care about being original that will work just fine.
 
Gorf

I have one. I will take pics tomorrow. I believe Xenophobe is the same stick as Gorf also, except where the insert goes there is the 2 buttons.

I have a couple of cocktail Gorf sticks also if anyone needs those.
 
Xenophobe, I think that one of the sticks that I have. Its angled, gorf is straight. Has the two red buttons on the top. I think they are lighted buttons.

I saw a pic of a Solar Fox, looked just like a gorf stick on that.

Pic 1 I think is Xenophobe. Pic 2 looks like gorf but has leafs. Pic three shows the leaf switch bases of both. Appears to be the same base used on pac joysticks but I havent compared them up close.
 
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Here's what I've got. I assumed it was a GORF converted to leafs but maybe I'm wrong. Aaron's pics might help us all if he's got an original.
 

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I have an original with optics. I have three Gorf machines here that have them. Honestly your just as well off putting in one with leafs. I like the looks of the Xenophobe stick but not sure how the angle would work on a gorf panel.
 
Is this what you're looking for?
 

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