intellicolecovisonary 123 Posted April 16 Author Report Share Posted April 16 (edited) Back in in the early 1980's, I bought a Supr Stick by D Zyne Video Production Inc. that I saw in a magazine mail order ad. It was micro switched but it was cumbersome to hold and not very stable on a table top, and I had to replace a micro switch that went bad just a few years later. I originally paid $39.99 plus shipping and sold it to another collector in 2007 for $120. I imagine it's value has gone up since then but ergonomic it was not. Edited April 16 by intellicolecovisonary RickR 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AtariSphinx 85 Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 I have 3 CX40 joysticks, couple of Sega Genesis pads, and recently got a Kraft similar to RickR that have not tried yet. I much prefer using joysticks for Atari since grew up with a PointMaster joystick which was OK back then but don't have one now. I do like the comfort/low force needed of the fire button pressing on the Genesis pad though vs CX40. Recently one of the CX40s started to fail and decided to try solder in the same low profile microswitchs that @Willie! did on his YouTube channel. Did it last night and what a difference in accuracy and reduced force needed for the fire button and joystick! Really liking it so far though the clicks can take some getting used too since coming from a non microswitch design but it's really not bad at all. Will need to give it more use to see how it goes and try out the Kraft. socrates63, RickR, Willie! and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willie! 1,943 Posted April 17 Report Share Posted April 17 5 hours ago, AtariSphinx said: I have 3 CX40 joysticks, couple of Sega Genesis pads, and recently got a Kraft similar to RickR that have not tried yet. I much prefer using joysticks for Atari since grew up with a PointMaster joystick which was OK back then but don't have one now. I do like the comfort/low force needed of the fire button pressing on the Genesis pad though vs CX40. Recently one of the CX40s started to fail and decided to try solder in the same low profile microswitchs that @Willie! did on his YouTube channel. Did it last night and what a difference in accuracy and reduced force needed for the fire button and joystick! Really liking it so far though the clicks can take some getting used too since coming from a non microswitch design but it's really not bad at all. Will need to give it more use to see how it goes and try out the Kraft. putting some of those low profile microswitchs in a 7800 controller and a colecovision controller 😛 AtariSphinx 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
intellicolecovisonary 123 Posted April 17 Author Report Share Posted April 17 I aquired this odd one today, a Competition Pro 1000. It has a spring switch mechanism. I've never heard of this control design before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RickR 15,054 Posted April 17 Report Share Posted April 17 (edited) I've got one of those too. Mine sucks. Interesting design, but they probably should have made the shape of the casing different. Edited April 17 by RickR Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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