Joysticks and Japan

CMDR Pugwash

CMDR Pugwash
Hello Commanders,

Bit of Joystick adivce, I'm going to Tokyo for work next week and thought I might buy a new joystick out there to upgrade my Thrustmaster T-Flight. Any suggestions? Any Tokyo based commanders know where to go?
 

Artemis Zodiac

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Ian Phillips said:
Artemis, posts outside of the international forums are required to be in english!
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international forum?

English you say?......you must have to delete a lot of posts around here then Ian..

I merely told OP that he can find many a good quality joystick from many of the vendors in the back street markets.
 
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Ian Phillips

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Ian Phillips
True - a lot of things do get posted in the 'unintelligible rant' dialect. It's particularly difficult to parse but does just manage to qualify as english.
 

the100thmonkey

the100thmonkey
CMDR Pugwash said:
Thats great, ta. It's just 20 mins from my hotel!
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I doubt you'll find much, if anything, that isn't already available at home.

You might find some wacky controllers for old Playstation games in the second hand shops - "recycle stores" (リサイクルショップ) - but yeah, HOTAS sets and the like aren't really mainstream.
 

sbdags

sbdags
Yodobashi Camera stock the Saitek stuff. It's all out on display so you get a feel for it.

You should just walk around Akihabara and go to the hundreds of shops that sell PC components - you might find some weird and wacky Chinese knock offs but I expect you'll mainly find Thrustmaster and Saitek products.
 

the100thmonkey

the100thmonkey
You might find the old Playstation analogue sticks:

1280px-PlayStation-Analog-Joystick.jpg

or an old Steel Battalion controller:

Steel_Battalion_controllers.jpg

You'll definitely need a PS-USB adapter for the Playstation stick (they'll be cheap enough, but be warned - I don't think the handles twist at all), but you'll likely pay rather a lot for the SB sticks.
 
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CMDR Pugwash

CMDR Pugwash
sbdags said:
Yodobashi Camera stock the Saitek stuff. It's all out on display so you get a feel for it.

You should just walk around Akihabara and go to the hundreds of shops that sell PC components - you might find some weird and wacky Chinese knock offs but I expect you'll mainly find Thrustmaster and Saitek products.
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Thanks, I always fancied a Saitek. Are they cheaper there?

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the100thmonkey said:
You might find the old Playstation analogue sticks:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...ck.jpg/1280px-PlayStation-Analog-Joystick.jpg

or an old Steel Battalion controller:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Steel_Battalion_controllers.jpg

You'll definitely need a PS-USB adapter for the Playstation stick (they'll be cheap enough, but be warned - I don't think the handles twist at all), but you'll likely pay rather a lot for the SB sticks.
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I'm loving that retro Steel Battalion!
 
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