Strange joystick bolt pattern

driph

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Anyone know of a joystick that uses the same sort of non-standard bolt pattern seen on this Interstellar control panel?

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My original joystick assembly went off to Gary at Funspot for their Interstellar restoration, as it's a rare 2-way twist stick, and my own cabinet is going to house a Daphne setup. If possible, I'd love to install a joystick that won't require new holes to be drilled, but that's a pretty funky pattern...
 
it looks like that pattern is 3.5" X 1.5" which should be the same as classic Nintendo. a number of cocktails used that pattern as well for the narrow control panels, and i think they also showed up on some other games.

Sanwa makes several joysticks with that pattern, and there are some generic knockoffs on the market too. the new ones i've seen i think were all microswitched; i have no idea if there ever were leaf joysticks in that size.
 
Thanks for the heads up! I've got a couple beat up IREM Madonna candy cabinets in the project queue, I'll pull off a control panel this week and see if the pattern matches (I believe they have sanwa sticks installed).
 
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