Paradise Arcade Shop, LED Joysticks, Buttons, Mods and more

W00P_MstR_FresH · July 17, 2013, 2:23am

Maybe it doesn’t show up on the mobile app. I still don’t see it. Lol

armi0024 · July 17, 2013, 2:25am

Cabling is done, LEDs are done, boards are in but need to be assembled and tested. We will probably roll out a test market in the upcoming weeks. Prototypes worked great and feedback was good but we will do some advanced sales to a small group of production boards to confirm there are no unexpected issues.

armi0024 · July 17, 2013, 2:27am

It is the 4th tab, I asked Susan to move it, hey give me a break, I am still learning fb methods, lol

GeorgeC · July 17, 2013, 9:06pm

Already posted in a thread and reported the guy.
Don’t care for junk like this… I’ve had it happen to me twice in a row. There won’t be a third time any time soon {I hope}.
There’s a lot of plain rude cusses that come in here.

It was a good idea to take a break for a day or two after that!

Bryan/armi0024,

I hope you had a successful EVO.
I imagine the new stuff was popular.
Free stuff always is – but what about the stuff you actually made people pay for? lol

I might forego getting silent Sanwas and just upgrade with the silencer pads when I need them.
(I kind of wonder why Sanwa hasn’t done this figuring out how easy it was to make foam pads without Sanwa’s help.)
I spent my weekend tweaking personal art designs for joysticks (most creative use of my Photoshop knowledge) and playing a round or two of Donkey Kong: Pauline Edition… Okay, it was the NES version (patched with the fourth level programmed for the British Wii release) so it wasn’t technically the “real” Donkey Kong. It’s a pain-and-a-half to get the mod to work with arcade Donkey Kong (on MAME) but I did get Donkey Kong II (extra levels) which is ten times harder just to finish the first level of!

{Slobbering over the new “butterballs.”}
{Yes, I know I’m inadvertently setting myself up for a sick joke there!}

Zenseishun · July 18, 2013, 1:03am

Anyone online able to help with directing me as to where on the PCB I can hook up the LED ? (using a Qanba Q4RAF)

agent_jones · July 18, 2013, 2:40am

I picked these three up on Sunday at EVO. The pictures don’t even begin to do them justice, really hoping I can get my hands on some more soon!

armi0024 · July 18, 2013, 6:02am

@Zenseishun saw that this am, i can email you back tonight. If someone else wants to chime in, feel free.

@butteroj I can’t thank you enough for sharing your balls with me. Paradise Arcade has become the most definitive collection of balls and shafts available. “cue the porn music”

@agent_jones Thanks for buying, and we have GREAT news and GREATER news… great news is that we won’t have to raise prices in the store, I got the company to work with us, the greater news is that they have so many new patterns they are sending a new price list and set of pictures.

@Georgec, you get drunk on ball lust I didn’t go to Evo to give away free stuff, I went to meet people and see what it was about. We were selling hollow shafts, ball tops and silent pads…
http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/1755-large/paradise-obsfs-silent-30mm-pushbutton-pad.jpg
If you were there you could have walked away with a bug ball top, led shaft and silent pads for $22 So what are you waiting for, you can get 8 pads now for 2.40! These pads were rated better than “authentic” Sanwa pads by all but 1 person when we polled people. So not only can you save a bundle, you can have a better quality silent pad.

Bug balls were in high demand, and most people coming to the booth and looking at them said “These are only $10”. That was our Evo special, we will be selling these for $15 on the site shortly. We are also looking into adding some new bugs to the line up.
Buttero balls will be up soon, these also sold very well at EVO and we can’t wait to see the new pictures!

Czargeist · July 18, 2013, 7:40am

This is probably too late to ask, but will you be making color-matching dustwashers and shaft covers for the original four Paradise battops (Red, Green, Blue and Copper)?

armi0024 · July 18, 2013, 8:26am

Why is it too late?
After a brief hiatus we have renegotiated production with the original manufacturer. We will be bringing out dust washers, shaft covers, ball tops, button caps and more.
We will be carrying the line of aluminum products that have started to show up on other peoples websites but we have direct control over color, shape and features on our own products. If you count each color as a pseparate product in each part, we have quoted over 100 New parts to extend that line…

And that’s before we start talking about custom etching!

PlayDoh003 · July 18, 2013, 9:04am

Yes, let’s talk about etching!

Actually, now that the idea for my customized stick has been fleshed out (panel art is done!), I’m not quite sure what what I would want etched on it yet! But I’ll think of something that fits the theme of the stick, hehe…

armi0024 · July 18, 2013, 10:30am

@Playdoh003 No promises but I’m up for playing around a bit…

and that’s not every one that we have…

[Also, we will be carrying Molykote 44 in convenient 3cc application syringes. Coming soon for 2.50 a syringe.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/994205_555087004552191_730536307_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1001879_555087014552190_1405789030_n.jpg](https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paradise-Arcade-Shop/107961125931450)

armi0024 · July 18, 2013, 10:48am

Oh and picture…

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/1003312_10201429621651377_864366082_n.jpg

Zenseishun · July 19, 2013, 3:24am

Can’t wait for mine to be LED’d haha, did you need a more clear picture of the PCB?

http://img.tapatalk.com/d03604d7-6792-4305.jpg

armi0024 · July 19, 2013, 4:29am

All you need to do is splice the red wire into the USB VCC or red line and the black wire into the USB GND line or black wire. You can actually tap into any VCC and GND on the board, they shoudl be common planes.

armi0024 · July 19, 2013, 1:23pm

Coupon code is up for 7/19-7/26
$10 off Voltech harnesses
For one day only 7/19, both shafts and harnesses will be available at discounted pricing, don’t miss out!
http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/1548-large/voltech-custom-fight-stick-harness.jpg

Like us on FB to get the code here.

armi0024 · July 19, 2013, 2:05pm

Where did we get discontinued colors?

And look at this candy:

UncleGary · July 19, 2013, 3:45pm

Are the transparent ones Sanwa or Seimitsu? The clear plungers are interesting; can you put art under them?

PlayDoh003 · July 19, 2013, 5:25pm

Seimitsus… At least judging from the clear mounting nuts (Sanwas are orange, but I’ve read they are interchangeable).

Ha, I already had some Seimitsus, so I ordered a set of clear plungers yesterday to get that “candy” look. Had I known you’d be selling them already installed, I would’ve bought them to save myself the work, lol.

slaycruz · July 19, 2013, 9:05pm

Those are the quartz buttons with seimitsu nuts…I think…

armi0024 · July 19, 2013, 9:13pm

Quartz? Ah come on, “Quartz” are just clear Rollies, and you can see the ejection pins on the face. These are our x-busters in seimitsu buttons. We had custom molds made for our clear button plungers so you can’t see the ejection pins and the faces are “Crystal” clear