Red Tent Leaf buttons

[robgest]

OK, I want to replace all the buttons on my red tent with new leaf buttons. Question is.... so many colors on the thing, but not a lot of choices to pick from now. Who has the most colors to choose from? I NEED A LINK.

[John's Arcade]

OK, I want to replace all the buttons on my red tent with new leaf buttons. Question is.... so many colors on the thing, but not a lot of choices to pick from now. Who has the most colors to choose from? I NEED A LINK.

Nintendo mostly used microswitches, not leafs.

It's hard to find the original ones.

Mylstar has original used and NOS buttons here:

http://www.videogameparts.com/category.sc?categoryId=30

And, mikesarcade.com has repro buttons (not all colors):

http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?action=search&category=Game+Parts&subcategory=Nintendo+Parts

[robgest]

Thanks, Dog. Ok, so I know what Im talking about.. what do you call the Nintndo buttons? I thought the ones that look like them were called leaf.

[John's Arcade]

Thanks, Dog. Ok, so I know what Im talking about.. what do you call the Nintndo buttons? I thought the ones that look like them were called leaf.

Nintendo used standard plastic buttons that hit a microswitch. Other companies, like Midway, etc., used standard plastic buttons that hit a pair of metal pieces that closed the circuit. Kind of like this:


LEAF SWITCH:



MICRO SWITCH:

[Phalanx]

The Suzo-Happ Group also sells butons with the microswitches! Just an FYI.