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bkenobi:
Or a Pacman cab.   :cheers:
Blanka:

--- Quote from: robertsig on February 10, 2011, 06:37:29 am ---Or you can buy the Ultimarc 360.


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For that price you have an 8-way, a 4-way and a Q*bert way, and they work in all emulators. 360 is nice for Mame, but on other software, it is often useless.
robertsig:

--- Quote from: Blanka on February 10, 2011, 04:12:45 pm ---For that price you have an 8-way, a 4-way and a Q*bert way, and they work in all emulators. 360 is nice for Mame, but on other software, it is often useless.

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There are other emulators besides MAME? 
D_Harris:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on February 09, 2011, 04:37:21 pm ---The biggest reason Why, is not software or switch related.  Those can be adjusted and dealt with.

 The biggest reason is the Diagonal shaped path of the stick.

 A lot of joysticks have a square outer edge.  If you go from Down to Left, your joystick will slam into the diagonal corner first, then you press up to change its course and direction towards the left side of the box.

 A true 4way will guide your stick directly from Down to Left in a shorter Diagonal line to that direction.  The shorter travel, and not slamming into the unused corners, equates to faster reactions and a smoother feel to the game.


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That's basically it.

An 8-way joystick on Ms.Pac-man won't effect a player like me as much as other gamers, considering the number of hours I've put into that it. But it still comes down to left, up, right, and down, without having to deal with an extra change in direction or hiccup when you go from one of the switches to another. A 4-way restrictor allows you to hit each direction more cleanly and consistently.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
CrazyKongFan:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on February 09, 2011, 10:08:11 am ---I also used an 8 way to play defender. Defender seemed to do fine with different directions being registered. So, each game handles it different.
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Defender is a bad example though, since it's only 2-way...there's no diagonals to hit, since it doesn't even look for left/right. Hitting up/left or up/right would just register as up.
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