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dreadnought · 23 July 2021, 20:55

Buying a second hand ~30 year old joystick is a risky business. I've done it several times, and despite being described as "working", "fine", etc they all ended up on a pile in my drawer. "Working" for a joystick is not good enough, when you have to wrestle with the thing to register an input or it does only 9/10 times. And even if it's indeed "fine" now, it might not be in a few days.

Arcader is probably your best for a modern replica https://zxrenew.co.uk/ArcadeR-c58672270
It has a good rep and is built on Sanwa parts. Problem is they're usually on back order and you need to wait weeks for them to be dropshipped from China. Monster Joysticks also has good stuff (I mean the cheaper ~35 quid range) though they don't have the Comp Pro shape, look more boxy.

23 July 2021, 20:55	#5
dreadnought Registered User Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Ur, Atlantis Posts: 1,978	Buying a second hand ~30 year old joystick is a risky business. I've done it several times, and despite being described as "working", "fine", etc they all ended up on a pile in my drawer. "Working" for a joystick is not good enough, when you have to wrestle with the thing to register an input or it does only 9/10 times. And even if it's indeed "fine" now, it might not be in a few days. Arcader is probably your best for a modern replica https://zxrenew.co.uk/ArcadeR-c58672270 It has a good rep and is built on Sanwa parts. Problem is they're usually on back order and you need to wait weeks for them to be dropshipped from China. Monster Joysticks also has good stuff (I mean the cheaper ~35 quid range) though they don't have the Comp Pro shape, look more boxy. Last edited by dreadnought; 23 July 2021 at 21:03.