what color sticks on Karate Champ??

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The ones on mine are red, and there are pics of the game on the Web with red sticks, but I have also seen black.

I haven't seen a flyer that shows the CP yet so can anyone tell me if there is a 'correct' color setup?

Thanks!
 
I seem to remember them being black and almost all the DE games I recall or have owned have had black joysticks. The older games used a slightly different stick than the "newer" ones. Of course the "newer" ones I'm talking about were still 80's games.
 
I seem to remember them being black and almost all the DE games I recall or have owned have had black joysticks.

Yeah the original sticks were black plastic with a small ball top. I think Wico made them. I never found them to be very good in quality or responsive. I haven't even seen them for sale in ages. As nice as it is to have an exact replica of the original machine in every way, installing the best modern controllers might be best. I'd recommend leaf switches over microswitches. You can tweak them for optimal 8-way performance (if KC needs this, not sure).
 
Thanks all- it actually does have leafs in it today, they are just red, not black. And after doing some reading, it looks like the gen 1 sticks in the early cab could even have been WOOD! Yikes.

I keep looking at the ones in the CP now and I keep wondering if they are WICO 4"ers that could go in my Robotron. :D
 
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