The Zipstik - Is This The Best Retro Joystick?

In this episode of Retro Now, I continue my look at the contents of my box of retro goodies for my Commodore 64. This time I take a look at the Zipstik joystick, showing you how to disassemble it so you can check it over and give it a clean.

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Titles
0:12 Introduction
0:32 A bit of history
2:52 Disassembling the Zipstik
4:20 Removing the micro switches
5:20 Cleaning the base
7:00 Disassembling and cleaning the stick
12:35 Re-assembling the stick
14:05 Re-assembling the micro switches
15:20 Closing it up
16:50 Testing
17:10 Game play
19:50 Outro

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[daveadcock]

Mmmm zipsick. My buddy and I had one, along with a crappy kempston - we use to play for the ‘goldie’

[aleksandarl]

Between Zipstik and Competition pro, i prefere zipstik because of the suction pads.

[adroharv]

easily the best joystick you can get if it's well working

[betterbeavailable]

Yes, but do you know what is the difference between the version with yellow autofire switch since I spotted one? Chinese knockoff, worse quality...?