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Atari Asteroids arcade button replacement by jmc5113
by Thingiverse
Last crawled date: 4 years, 5 months ago
This button is a replacement for the 1980s Asteroids arcade game. It replaces the original paddle style switch with a modern clicker switch.
When the contacts on the original Asteroids button wear out the game will begin to fire multiple times for a single press of the fire button. The new modern switch eliminates this problem and will dramatically improve your scores.
Our scores went from ~10,000 with the old button mechanism to over 100,000 with the new switch.
Parts:
switch: http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Lema-KW-1-2-subminiature-micro_1586729241.html
3x M4 screws ~1cm long. (round head preferred for the button)
2x M3 screws ~1cm long for mounting the switch
When the contacts on the original Asteroids button wear out the game will begin to fire multiple times for a single press of the fire button. The new modern switch eliminates this problem and will dramatically improve your scores.
Our scores went from ~10,000 with the old button mechanism to over 100,000 with the new switch.
Parts:
switch: http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Lema-KW-1-2-subminiature-micro_1586729241.html
3x M4 screws ~1cm long. (round head preferred for the button)
2x M3 screws ~1cm long for mounting the switch