Wait, what? I've seen some hardware-methods of switching from 4 to 8 but... haven't heard of... well - this hardware method. :P
It is pretty slick, when you start a game there is a little servo on the joystick that moves a plate to either restrict it to 4 positions or un-restrict
it to 8 positions depending on the game.
Here is a video about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pbLHtLzrgg
Jeff
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