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| sk8ersublime:
Im sure I will :) On my DK cab I was using the joysticks from Mike's Arcade, and I actually liked the way it felt. But built a 2 player panel with my extra joysticks I had in the house which are X-arcade bats :\...then the girl my wife watches was playing Ms.Pacman and pulled the joystick down and it broke off the panel, so i replaced it with a cheap stick i got on ebay, which is suppose to be a galaga/ms.pacman replacement that I had on my old cab. Anyway...it was time for me to upgrade, I cant wait for them to get here! coming from ParadiseArcade, Great site, awesome shipping! I ordered at 11pm Sunday night EST, and the next morning it was on its way, actually processed from the post office.... Monday I mean...i forgot I was off work on Monday screwed up my sense of time.... |
| rubberpoultry:
Once I got the joystick in 4 way mode, I'm happy as can be. Love the joystick so far! |
| severdhed:
you went with the JLW? it is truly an awesome stick...and i've got good news for you. if you install some plastic washers on the screws that hold the restrictor plate on, you can set it so that they are tight enough to hold the plate in position, but loose enough to reach in and rotate it manually with your fingers. the JLW in 8way mode is fantastic for qbert. you have to reprogram qbert's inputs to hit two switches for each direction, but since the restrictor is square, it naturally wants to stop in the corners perfectly. we do this on our panel at work all the time, the JLW stays in 4way mode all the time, but when we want to play qbert, just lift up the panel and rotate the restrictor...it is amazing how well it works. |
| D_Harris:
--- Quote from: sk8ersublime on March 16, 2011, 08:29:32 am ---Im sure I will :) On my DK cab I was using the joysticks from Mike's Arcade, and I actually liked the way it felt. But built a 2 player panel with my extra joysticks I had in the house which are X-arcade bats :\...then the girl my wife watches was playing Ms.Pacman and pulled the joystick down and it broke off the panel, so i replaced it with a cheap stick i got on ebay, which is suppose to be a galaga/ms.pacman replacement that I had on my old cab. Anyway...it was time for me to upgrade, I cant wait for them to get here! coming from ParadiseArcade, Great site, awesome shipping! I ordered at 11pm Sunday night EST, and the next morning it was on its way, actually processed from the post office.... Monday I mean...i forgot I was off work on Monday screwed up my sense of time.... --- End quote --- ?!? I've never actually seen a joystick break off a panel. And I've seen and played on a lot of bad ones. So it's surprising a little girl could do that. I adapt very well to different kinds of joysticks, as long as they are ball-top. Probably because I'm never looking for that "perfect" stick. The original joysticks for Time Pilot '84, Indiana Jones, Ms. Pac-man. etc. probably didn't fell the same, but I was too into the games back in the 80s to notice it on a conscious level. Even though I'm an old school gamer, micro-switch joysticks don't bother me, but I decided to stick with leafs for other, non-game play related reasons. And I would never play a Williams game without the original sticks.(ie: Joust, StarGate, & Robotron). By the same token I would never play Mario Bros. with anything outside of the original micro switches. In other words there is no "best" joystick for all games, but I stay with what I've gotten used to for each game. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. |
| sk8ersublime:
I guess I should be more clear about the joystick breaking...the corner snapped from mounting it incorrectly a while ago. I glued it back together and I personally never had a problem with it. However, I dont beat up the thing. The kid just got a little excited pulled really hard and it broke the plastic again and the screws came out of the wood. If i had room I would have original everything...but i live in an apartment and I made a DK scratch build cab that I try to get the best experience i can out of. sorry for the thread jack haha |
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