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Hammerfist:


--- Quote from: TOK on October 08, 2012, 12:37:00 pm ---I know you're leaning toward this being software related, but does your PC have a PS/2 keyboard input? I have no personal experience with this, but I remember reading that if you're experiencing input lag on a USB connection, sometimes the PS/2 input is much faster.


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Yes, the PC has PS/2 input. I could give it a try, if I don't find any reason for this from elsewhere. Thanks for the tip!

TOK:

That at least gives you a fallback option. From what I remember it was because the USB input was polled at a much less frequent rate the PS/2.


paigeoliver:

It is the stick (or a tiny chance your system isn't running the game full speed for some reason). The encoders you can buy today are more responsive than the original hardware.

In my basement I have a real Ms. Pac-Man with an original stick, a 60 in 1 with the reunion stick, and I can play it in mame using a japanese stick.

Guess which one doesn't feel right? The japanese stick.

Pac-Man really only feels right with the original stick or with the reunion stick, nothing else feels right with it.

RandyT:


--- Quote from: paigeoliver on October 08, 2012, 07:16:40 pm ---Pac-Man really only feels right with the original stick or with the reunion stick, nothing else feels right with it.

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I take it that you've never tried the game with a Leaf-Pro 4-way?

paigeoliver:

Randy, no I haven't tried your particular stick yet. It looks like a nice stick, I will think about picking up a pair next time I need to order sticks.

I have played Pac-Man with the real sticks, reunion sticks, 4-way wicos (both microswitch and leaf), 4-way nintendos, 4-way cinematronics, happ supers, happ ultimates, happ competitions, happ P360s, happ universals, whatever shipped on the Super Neo 29 candy cabinet, and several of the asian sticks that various parts sellers stock.

The real sticks and the reunion sticks have different feels but both control the game great. The Happ universal comes in a close second.

Honestly, no other 4-way game besides the Pac-Man titles seems to be so unforgiving about what type of joystick


--- Quote from: RandyT on October 09, 2012, 10:23:20 am ---
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on October 08, 2012, 07:16:40 pm ---Pac-Man really only feels right with the original stick or with the reunion stick, nothing else feels right with it.

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I take it that you've never tried the game with a Leaf-Pro 4-way?

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