Does Your Gp32 Joystick Have Any Problems?

[Esn]

In light of all the recent joystick complaints, I thought it would be interesting to set up a poll to see how many people have this problem. I also divided them into different GP32 types to see if perhaps some GP32s have better build quality than others.

Personally I have a slight problem with the diagonals, but I can still get them if I'm really exact. I own a 1-year-old FLU.

 

[shinneri]

I don't want to jynx myself... so I'm not picking any.. h34r:

But I'll just say... my BLU works fine, but my L is a slightly less sensitive than it should be.


... h34r:

 

[Esn]

What would happen if you voted? Honestly, how would this affect anything? :huh:

 

[Azure]

FLU:It works perfectly
Bought it summer of 2003

 

[Fishbong]

Fifth category for me... Whoever read my Tutorial Knows what i mean.

I think there´s gonna be a lot more FLU´s and nifluniblu´s (nifluniblu is spanish and means neither FLU nor BLU :lol: :lol: :lol: ) that have joystick problems than BLUs, simply because BLU units are newer...

 

[Drag]

My FLU's d-stick works fine. The absolute only problem is that UP+RIGHT diagonal is slightly slightly SLIGHTLY harder to get to, but I can still get it fine without problems, so it doesn't matter.

 

[DemonStar55]

FLU but I fixed it couldn't get the up left

I got mine xmas 2003 I think but I got it off of ebay and its from 2001 according to the back lable

 

[Zorn]

FLU: It works damn bad...
my gp32 is one year old.

No diaginals and no up-direction anymore...
I think it's time to do something against it! h34r:

 

[saintdragon]

FLU: L feals more responsive then R,
up left is realy hard to get but up right is done with ease and everything else is fine i should think.

 

[frolik]

very interesting poll, though I suspect that different people treat their gp32's a little differently and the rougher you treat the stick the more of the wear you will get inside making it less responsive.

Since I did the fix that fishbong posted, my FLU has a new lease of life. I was amazed how much of the white plastic dust was around the microswitch area showing what a beating it had taken!!

 

[Esn]

It seems from this poll that FLUs are especially susceptible to joystick trouble... very strange.

Or maybe not; you could reason that they all have the same chance for having problems, but non-lit owners use their GP32s less and therefor wear out their joysticks less, and BLU/+ owners haven't had them for very long yet and therefore don't have many problems yet. h34r:

 

[Greenchili]

Nice poll
detailed tooo

 

[Josquius]

I have no idea of how a perfectly working one should be.
I guessed my diagonals aren't working as the entire stick is pretty crappy.

 

[Magus 86]

I should have voted twice, once for each GP32 I own, but I can't... oh well, anyway...

I have a BLU+ that I bought in either March or April of this year, and it has absolutely no joystick problems(but it feels slightly less stiff than it did when I bought it). The FLU I bought in... September or October, I think... it had one or two diagonals that were hard to get, but I fixed it with "The Ultimate Ministick Fix."