Suzo
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Suzo International was founded in 1955 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and supplies components and solutions for the amusement, gaming, casino, and vending industries. It also developes and manufactures several (electronic) components, software products and systems as coin hoppers, pushbuttons, topper boxes and control mechanisms for the professional gaming industry. Today, Suzo is part of the Suzo-Happ Group after a merger in 2005 between Happ Controls and Suzo International. It is active in more than 60 countries worldwide.
[edit] The Arcade joystick
In the middle of 1980s of the previous century Suzo entered the consumer home computermarket and produced and sold, among other gaming devices, a series of joysticks under the name "The Arcade" and gained quite a reputation among among the older gaming community.
It distinguished itself from the competition because of its robust construction, which was no surprise as it was a home version of the joystick that was used by the professional gaming industry in the video arcade halls across the world. The stick had been reinforced with a steel inside and used microswitches for the controls and fire buttons. The Arcade appeared in several variations: without a fire button, with just one, two, three or more fire buttons. Some had even a switch for autofire. The digital joystick was suitable for most 8 bit and 16-bit home computer systems as MSX, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST and Amstrad CPC. Nowadays Suzo is no longer active on the consumer market.
