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Any idea what games would use something like this?Happ Spring Action Joystick with rotary add-on
Any idea what games would use something like this?
Looks like a Wico rotary joystick base attached to a different top. Also a different ball top than I've seen.
SOLD - PARTS - WICO rotary joystick
Hi guys, I got it a few years ago and I replaced the rotary switch. I have since hardly used it (less than a few hours of play) and no longer need it. I spent an hour today re-crimping the connector to the JST type and re-flowed all connections to the switch. It is flawless and works 100%. The...forums.arcade-museum.com
Could be, that one just looked more like the Wico (red base, metal arm) rotary add-on than the Happ rotary add-on:It isn't a frankenstick. It's just a Happ aftermarket rotary.
Same as the Wico aftermarket ones. They should be usable in anything that uses LS-30's.



Could be, that one just looked more like the Wico (red base, metal arm) rotary add-on than the Happ rotary add-on:
In that case, perhaps there's more than one type. (Or we're referring to two different things. Or maybe they aren't Happ, that's just what I've always called them.) But we've definitely seen the OP's model before in other threads. Here are a couple:
SOLD - PARTS - Rotary Joysticks: DE/WICO, HAPP, IKAI WARRIOR SNK
All prices paypal fnf shipped conus. SOLD $160 Data East/Wico. Pair of untested Data East Rotary joysticks, say Wico on the bottom board. SOLD $150 Happ. Pair of untested happ rotary joysticks. SOLD $220 SNK. Pair of untested SNK rotary joystics. Used for Ikai Warriors.forums.arcade-museum.com
Unknown Joystick
Can someone tell me what stick is and what games it could possibly be used in? Looks to be some sort of perfect 360 or rotary style!forums.arcade-museum.com
Yes, Data East did use the Wico rotary joysticks however they did commission them to create a custom cylindrical top. This was used for games like Midnight Resistance
The ones with the round ball top were pretty much in the same boat as the units made by happ, readily available however not used on any dedicated games (that i can tell).
You're referring to the Yellow-knob Data East Wicos in post #2 of the first thread I linked?
I was referring to the ones in post #3 of the same thread. I'm familiar with the Wico aftermarket rotaries, I wasn't referring to those. I just don't know if the ones in post #3 are actually Happ. (They have that sort of Coin Controls-style base.) But there's nothing about those that are Wico.
Actually, @Mylstar refers to a similar set as Coin Controls in this thread, FWIW. However they have different switches. But the same bases as OP:
FS Parts: - NOS coin controls ROTARY JOYSTICK
I believe this is a coin controls brand. Its NOS. You can probably take off the royalty part (its attached at the coupling) and use a standard 8 way. $68 mailed.forums.arcade-museum.com
Several of these rotary stick models have those switches that are half red. Not just Wico, I think. The Wico conversion kit ones have them mounted on the small PCB's. Whereas I've had sets of the round-knob yellow Wicos that have had the wires hand-soldered. Like these:
FS Parts: - Wico 8-way rotary joystick pair, refurbed, $235 shipped
I have one nice refurbed set of rotary sticks available. I believe it was Wico who originally sold these, but they're Wico 8-way bases, with a rotary retrofit kit (which is a replacement shaft, rotary switch, and bracket that bolts to the Wico base). They were sold as a replacement/substitute...forums.arcade-museum.com