We had several Quickshot II's at home for our Commodore 64; each broke after a while and we had to get a new one.
It looked and felt fantastic and was cheap, but the garbage switch mechanism was a thin metal cross pushed down onto contacts on the board in such a way that it would inevitably snap and render the joystick useless.
I did what I could as a kid without proper materials or tools to repair them but nothing lasted.
I ended up building my own from scratch with steel and wood, reusing the cable of one of them, and could finally play without fear of breaking and leaving me high and dry.
From my experience with a previous product from Retro Games Ltd, The A500, I expect this one to be much better than the original.
It looked and felt fantastic and was cheap, but the garbage switch mechanism was a thin metal cross pushed down onto contacts on the board in such a way that it would inevitably snap and render the joystick useless.
I did what I could as a kid without proper materials or tools to repair them but nothing lasted.
I ended up building my own from scratch with steel and wood, reusing the cable of one of them, and could finally play without fear of breaking and leaving me high and dry.
From my experience with a previous product from Retro Games Ltd, The A500, I expect this one to be much better than the original.