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Ultrastick 360 vs Mag Stik Plus : My review
Mental:
You might want to try the new servo stik. They're similar to the U360 and their build quality has improved recently.
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: 007craft on March 02, 2013, 02:22:59 pm --- A little background about me: I played arcade machines maybe a handful of times growing up. My parents never gave me quarters as arcades where money pits.
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You know what's an even bigger money pit? A MAME Cabinet. :laugh2:
--- Quote ---So my experience with joysticks prior is almost nill. The reason I built my machine was more of the challenge of restoring something, and I built it to showcase games I did grow up with (mainly NES and SNES games).
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I see the problem. You are expecting gamepad performance out of joysticks. I pulled all the console stuff from my first MAME cabinet, and I will never add them to any future builds of mine unless I have gamepads attached.
Dawgz Rule:
I have nothing but great things to say about Andy and Ultimarc. I use the mag stik plus and love it....especially for shmups.
DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on March 02, 2013, 06:18:08 pm ---I see the problem. You are expecting gamepad performance out of joysticks. I pulled all the console stuff from my first MAME cabinet, and I will never add them to any future builds of mine unless I have gamepads attached.
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You beat me to this. I was going to add that spending the money on an Ultrastick for NES and SNES games is overkill. It's a fine joystick, I think, but are suited for those quirky arcade sticks that all have to be so different all the time. Next time, just glue an NES Advantage* to your CP and call it day.
(*Warning: Don't actually glue an Advantage to anything.)
007craft:
You elitists need to relax. I'm an average person giving a real review. People who come to my house and play are even more average than me and my friend who helped me build it felt the exact same way about the sticks, and was happy when I changed them out.
Expecting console controls to work perfectly? Hardly, but I want them to work decently, and they DO with the U360 once I spent all the money on the extras. No I don't have "alternatives", but that doesnt mean I cant review what I have. Maybe there is nothing better? But I doubt that, and it would be a shame if that were the case.
What alternative would I use to ultimarc? I don't know. I have no plans to order anything else. But there are other sites out there. I would try one of the other sites and give my review of it too. I liked the ipac I got from ultimarc. I would order another one of those, but sorry If I'm a critical person when it comes to my finances. Your community love for Andy and his support is great and all, but the man runs a business, and as a customer, I have the right to my opinion about my experience with that business.
So get off your high horses. Me and my friends happen to like playing street fighter. Thanks.
Good thing MAME cabinet building is not a sport, you fellows sure like to form a niche club here and denounce newcomers. I had alot of fun building my cab, and it turned out great. While I wouldn't build another for myself, I would deff help a friend if they wanted to build one. I honestly don't play many games at all these days (former gamer mostly). I only play about 1-3 hours a month. I built this thing because I liked the idea of restoring something and I like projects. I was looking for the best all around controls as i'm running hyperspin with over 30 Consoels + Mame. I even added pinball buttons to the sides of my machine. I also have 2 xbox controlers attached for use on the more complex systems, like N64 and higher. Future plans are to possibly add a light guns (When the dust has settled and spending the money wont be such a hit)