Today's video is a nice treat for you Amiga, Commodore 64 and Retro Gaming fans and enthusiasts, it includes repairs and mini retro game plays. I repair two of my zip stick retro digital joysticks, one stopped working on my Wednesday's Nostalgia time video, when I was playing Apidya on the Commodore Amiga A1200 for the Lemon Amiga Games competition with EAB.
The other I completely hammered on the more recent Lemon Amiga competition when playing Pacmania, which required new microswitches.
In this video I replace Microswitches on one of the joysticks, investigate why both the fire buttons stopped working on the other joystick. This video will also be of interest to Commodore 64 users as you can use the same joysticks on the C64.
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http://www.lemonamiga.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14270'Nostalgia Time' videos which are featured or mentioned in this episode are here:
Apidya:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlRyJl1OGRc&list=PLTfPIrcIusflWiQpcDbEcAt1Yc6Yw3zVv&index=10&t=273sPacmania:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVw2Ww9G6oE&list=PLTfPIrcIusflWiQpcDbEcAt1Yc6Yw3zVv&index=2&t=54sTurrican:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk6U7hFKBzk&list=PLTfPIrcIusflWiQpcDbEcAt1Yc6Yw3zVv&index=15BCKid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DiPgq5w5p4&list=PLTfPIrcIusflWiQpcDbEcAt1Yc6Yw3zVv&index=4&t=160sMy Amiga Related Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTfPIrcIusflb3Giog5xbDT74GYc7tTsoMore about Joysticks (Quoted from Wikipedia)
"Joysticks
The first Kempston joysticks sold were cheap springless ones for a Phillips Video Game console sold by Voltmace Ltd[citation needed]. Voltmace made the first circuit boards for the interface too.
Formula 1 and 2
The Formula 1 was based on the Quickshot 1 and released June 1985 at £16.95. Its successor, the Formula 2, featured three fire buttons, two on the base and one on the top, and was released June 1985 at £11.95[citation needed].
Score Board
Features a base similar in size to a 48K Spectrum, with two fire buttons. Released June 1985 at £28.95
Pro 3000
A cheap joystick with two buttons on the stick (one on the top and one at the front) and one on the base of the joystick, in front of the stick. Eight-way rugged leaf-switches were used to register the joystick movements.
Competition Pro
Competition Pro (first version)
The Competition Pro consisted of a square base, two large red buttons (for left or right-handed use) and a black pommel stick. It used the Atari 2600 standard DE-9 connector and was
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