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new to joysticks, do i really need to buy one for 27$ ?
Nephasth:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on December 07, 2013, 05:01:07 pm ---Let me give you this bit of advice- the joystick is probably the single most important factor on whether or not you will enjoy your game. If you go cheap, well, ....
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--- Quote from: Nephasth on June 03, 2011, 10:23:37 am ---Buying parts is like buying oats. If you want quality oats, you have to pay a fair price. If you want oats that have been through the horse already, well, those are a little cheaper.
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If you want horse ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, buy horse ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.
Fursphere:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on December 07, 2013, 05:01:07 pm ---Let me give you this bit of advice- the joystick is probably the single most important factor on whether or not you will enjoy your game. If you go cheap, well, ....
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I put $35 MagStik Pros in my cabinet. My brother put $8 Happ IL sticks in his cabinet.
We both like the Happ's better than the MagSticks. Probably because so many on location arcades had Happs when I was growing up.
Brian74:
--- Quote from: Fursphere on December 07, 2013, 05:19:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: yotsuya on December 07, 2013, 05:01:07 pm ---Let me give you this bit of advice- the joystick is probably the single most important factor on whether or not you will enjoy your game. If you go cheap, well, ....
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I put $35 MagStik Pros in my cabinet. My brother put $8 Happ IL sticks in his cabinet.
We both like the Happ's better than the MagSticks. Probably because so many on location arcades had Happs when I was growing up.
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I have the same joys and I have to agree! I don't like the short throws. Games I remember playing were not like that. Only good thing about the magstick+ is that they can be switched from the top.
Slippyblade:
Cheap and inexpensive are completely different beasts. Just because a product is inexpensive doesn't make it cheap, and I've bought a few things in my life that were expensive that turned out to be cheap as hell.
Good quality and inexpensive simply means that the product doesn't have some of the "features" (i.e. bells and whistles) that or more expensive product has. That's why I'm a firm believer in looking for reviews, reading forums, etc. I searched a couple different forums before deciding on the Zippyy's. The only thing I found derogatory was in regards to the 4-way restrictor and it was found that a simple modification fixed the problem. So I am going with those. While I may end up being fooled, I will have spent less for 3 of these sticks than for one of the more expensive ones... that I may have not liked either.
thehammer12:
--- Quote from: Fursphere on December 07, 2013, 04:46:38 pm ---
But if $27 is too expensive for you, you're in the wrong hobby... ;)
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I hear origami is making a come back haha.