Founded in 2004, RAM Controls produces quality reproduction controls for classic arcade games.  Our staff is made up of several experts in the arcade manufacturing industry, with extensive experience in electronics & mechanical R&D, manufacturing, repair and part sourcing. Our key designers and production personnel have over 80 years of combined experience in the arcade business. RAM Controls strives for the utmost quality, and our reproduction controls and parts are made to strict quality standards, often much higher than those installed in the original games.

The very first production item from RAM Controls was a reproduction Major Havoc controller, originally designed by James Marous in 2000.  He came up with a solid design but, unfortunately, only manufactured a one-off for his own use.  A few years later, Mark Davidson of Basement Arcade produced a couple of runs of the same exact design and quickly sold out.  Having a personal need for one of these controls and nobody having them available, RAM Controls was conceived overnight.  Starting with James original design and making a few modifications, RAM Controls has produced a quality product which has some notable improvements.

Our next reproduction item was the Atari button cones, released June 2006.  Our design is an exact replica of the original anodized aluminum parts which Atari used in their early machines.  This includes all three versions:  short aluminum, short black, tall black.  All three of our versions are made from machined aluminum stock, tapped to exact spec, polished and anodized.  Both the short and tall black cones are hard black anodized.  Hard black anodizing offers an additional level of coating which is not likely to "rub off" as normal anodizing is prone to.  In other words, these are quality parts with a tough, sleek finish.  Compared to NOS anodized counterparts, ours are actually better looking.  Interestingly, another vendor started supplying the tall black cones at the exact same time we did.  This caused the infamous "cone wars" between them and at least one vendor we supplied with our parts.  The "cone wars" was a short lived situation which resulted in low prices for the end user.

We have many other projects which are in various stages of completion -- everything from the Atari Star Wars flight yoke and Lunar Lander thrust controller to Bally/Midway Tapper joysticks, Atari Major Havoc dedicated cabinets and Atari Star Wars cockpit cabinets.  To get a better feel for the scope of projects we're currently working on, look at the list below and visit the project BLOG page here.

Here's a basic list of a few of the various projects we've started.  Each of these is in some stage of completion at this point in time:

The following items are currently under consideration for reproduction by RAM Controls:

Stay tuned for new products from RAM Controls.  If you have suggestions, please contact us.

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