Author Topic: Ms. Pac-Man joystick hole diameter and possible hacks in the mean time?  (Read 3336 times)

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Offline francoisadt

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Hi Gamers

Standard questions:
What is the diameter of a Ms. Pac-man joystick need to be to remove dead zones?
What is the shaft lemgth of Ms. Pac-man joystick about the control panel?
What is the normal thickness of Ms. Pac-Man control panel?

What to do:?
Currently I do have a custom self made control panel with diameter about 26 mm.

When I move / play the joystick it is if the joystick slips when move from right to left, it also get stuck a but once moved left.

So the move from right to left, to down - slips or stuck, the reaction is not quick enough allmost a deadzone..?

So I want to fix the whole making it bigger or smaller.

My currently hole is about 28mm (1 inch and fraction 7/64), the distance from the joystick ball to control panel (joystick shat below the red ball) is about 22mm.

The control panel about 22mm (0 inch and fraction 55/64)

Will it work better if I just add a small square inside the hole (like a restrictor plate would ahve done but just inside the whole) to force the direction?

Or must I rather make small pathways for each direction (about 3mm) inside the whole?

Regards
Francois du Toit
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