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Ginsu Victim:


--- Quote from: RandyT on July 30, 2010, 04:12:36 pm ---From the review someone left..." I keep it in 4-way all the time and it works great! The best part is you don't have to switch it back to 8-way to play those games...You can still get all the movement you need in 4-way mode! "   That's gotta make you wonder......

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All that did was make me laugh. :lol

Thanks for pointing that review out.

RandyT:


--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 30, 2010, 04:49:02 pm ---All that did was make me laugh. :lol

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I got a kick out of it too.  I think I actually have one of those sticks here, but the bottom drawing at the site is way off, which is throwing me.

If it's the one I have, flipping the restrictor on the bottom actually does cause it to rotate to the diamond shape, but it still allows for all of the switches to activate as easily as though you hadn't even bothered.  There would still be another piece required to turn it into a decent 4-way, that being a different actuator... or at least different switches.  I haven't tried changing the switches yet to see how that affects things, but the ones that come stock have non-standard actuators.  They make it a decent 8-way, but 4-way, not so much.

RandyT

alfonzotan:


--- Quote from: RandyT on July 30, 2010, 05:58:28 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 30, 2010, 04:49:02 pm ---All that did was make me laugh. :lol

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I got a kick out of it too.  I think I actually have one of those sticks here, but the bottom drawing at the site is way off, which is throwing me.

If it's the one I have, flipping the restrictor on the bottom actually does cause it to rotate to the diamond shape, but it still allows for all of the switches to activate as easily as though you hadn't even bothered.  There would still be another piece required to turn it into a decent 4-way, that being a different actuator... or at least different switches.  I haven't tried changing the switches yet to see how that affects things, but the ones that come stock have non-standard actuators.  They make it a decent 8-way, but 4-way, not so much.

RandyT

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That review quote is seriously goofy, but it does work properly (at least mine does) as a 4-way with the restrictor flipped.

RandyT:


--- Quote from: alfonzotan on July 31, 2010, 10:26:25 am ---That review quote is seriously goofy, but it does work properly (at least mine does) as a 4-way with the restrictor flipped.

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I think the word "properly" is being used a little subjectively.  A "proper" 4-way doesn't allow more than one switch to activate at any given time.  A tiny amount of crossover is usually acceptable as well, because the amount of time the two are engaged simultaneously is very small and usually won't affect gameplay.  If your stick has those switches with the large concave actuators on them (the ones designed for it), I think you'll find that neither of the above can be used to describe the function of it.  The diamond plate (it's hard to consider it restriction if it still allows full access to all of the switches) may help you get to the switch you are looking for, but you are still rolling through all of them in a big way to get there.  In fact, on mine when going from UP to RIGHT, the UP switch doesn't disengage until the stick is almost in it's right-most position and RIGHT engages just a very short distance out of it's up-most position.

RandyT



darcyp:

for my cab i bought tornado terry's ms pac man stick. for $20, it is a great physically restricted 4 way and looks great too.

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