I was digging through my arcade junk boxes and found a total of six different types of joystick mounting plates. To help me remember, and to share with anyone else who cares, I snapped some pics and added descriptions of which plates work with which machines/panels/sticks.
Disclaimers: I do not know the actual part numbers of these plates for ordering, and the names I use may not be official product names. I am not offering any for sale here. This is just a pictorial reference to understand what type/shape of plates are out there for Japanese arcade control panels (Sega/Namco/Konami).
1: Sanwa flat mounting plate which fits my Namco Exceleena square control panel (with four mounting posts welded to the panel). Note: this plate should come with 4 small nuts which go INSIDE the sanwa stick, and 4 small screws. This is used to secure the plate to the stick.
2: Sanwa S-Plate used to mount a Sanwa stick to an original Sega Astro City (type 1) panel. Note: this plate should come with 4 small nuts which go INSIDE the Sanwa stick, and 4 small screws. This is used to secure the plate to the stick.
3: Chinese flat mounting plate (also has 2 holes for Sanwa) which fits my Namco Exeleena square control panel (with four mounting posts welded to the panel). For Sanwa sticks, use the 2 above/below holes, for Chinese sticks, use the 4 holes.
4: Seimitsu flat mounting plate which fits my Namco Exceleena square control panel (with four mounting posts welded to the panel).
5: Seimitsu shallow S-Plate used to mount on an original Sega Astro City (type 2) panel.
6: Seimitsu S-Plate used to mount on an original Sega Astro City (type 1) panel.
For further reference, here are some pics of my panels with various sticks/plates mounted.
Astro City (type 1) panel, with Seimitsu Stick and plate #6.
Astro City (type 2) panel, with Seimitsu Stick and plate #5.
Namco panel, with Sanwa Stick and plate #1.*
*This also fits perfectly on an Astro type 2 panel.
Astro City (type 2) panel, with Chinese Stick and plate #3.**
**This is a hack, note the two orange zip ties on the bottom since the holes did not exactly line up.
Konami Windy panel, with Sanwa Stick.***
***No plate needed, as this panel has built in metal mounting points for above/below screws).
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Sunday, November 04, 2007
Sanwa and Seimitsu mounting plates
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Thank you for taking the time to put together this valuable resource, Dave!
ReplyDeleteI can see how different the wiring is between Seimitsu and Sanwa sticks. As you mentioned, the Sanwa's got that single 5-pin plug, and the Seimitsu has those quick disconnects for each microswitch.
When you mentioned Astro City Type 1 and Type 2, were you comparing differences between the New Astro City/Astro City 2 to the original Astro City Cab?
No, I'm comparing between the two types of panels only. One has a very low seimitsu mounting point, and the other has a higher mounting point. Each with their own unique mounting plate.
ReplyDeleteWith the stick installed, both have the same exact stick height profile. So I'm not sure why they changed the mounting design underneath.
Perhaps you are right, in that its related to the different cab revisions. But I'm not sure which came first, as I've seen both types of panels on astro, new astro, and astro2 cabs.
Thanks for this, was really helpful!
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