412 in 1, 4 way or 8 way joysticks?

[pappascw]

I build a cocktail cab over the holidays.  Need to go in today and mount a few buttons and want this to be the last time I open it back up for now.  I have the joysticks set up as 8 way now, thinking about changing over to 4 way.  Kids mostly play Ms Pacman but are there any games on the Veritical boards the need the 8 way config?

[Sarver Systems]

I found that normal 4-way games are next to impossible to play with the sticks set in 8-way mode.

8-way games will not work AT ALL with the sticks set in 4-way mode.

See my review in the reviews section for more info.

[mgb]

With those xxx in 1 boards, you've got to think about the games that most  important to you and
Figure which way to go, 4 or 8 way. Personally to me, I'd prefer having proper play for the many 4-way vertical games.
You're best off with physically restricted joysticks too, rather than happs with flipped actuators.

[DeLuSioNal29]

Why not pop Ultimarc Servo Sticks in there, set them up for "Hardware mode" and then simply press 2 buttons down on the control panel to switch between 4 and 8 way?

http://www.ultimarc.com/servostik.html

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[newoski]

+1 for ServoStiks

[behrmr]

If pac-man and other 4-way games are your target just put the sticks in 4-way mode and leave them.  Most likely no-one will even notice.  But if you put them in 8-way they will notice that the 4-ways don't play right.  There's already enough lag on the 412-in-1 pac-man to make you nuts as it is without throwing an 8-way stick on there.   A servo-stick would be nice but they're all little pricey and don't you need to add 2 more buttons (or a toggle) to your control panel?  So if you're almost done that would add a lot more work.

[DeLuSioNal29]

don't you need to add 2 more buttons (or a toggle) to your control panel?  So if you're almost done that would add a lot more work.

Not really too hard to add a toggle switch.  Maybe even hide it inside the coin door.

[pappascw]

Im gonna try the 4 way mode..  Maybe change out to the SANWAS with the balls.  Kids are used to playing on my fathers MS Pacman machine and are complaining about the different top..

[mgb]

 While the Sanwa is not the greatest 4 way stick, it's pretty darn good.
And you can always modify it like the omni2 so you can reach under and change to 8 way if desired or add the servo stik kit in the future.