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pbj:
That joystick has been 40% off for months. 

haynor666:
Well, ok but I hadn't been on their site for very long :)

I bought mine long time ago. Two actually.

pbj:
How do you like it?  The shipping cost keeps killing the deal for me.

haynor666:
Easy will be copy/paste my review from their site "


--- Quote ---"Great joystick with a room for improvement.
For a start two issues:

- the first thing most important in fact is SOFT TWIST of knob - during playing You can accidentally twist knob very often and that is really annoying. Using 8 way knob reduces this a bit but that's not that how SNK games should be played. Imagine shooting in front then stopping (because You have limited ammo in Gondomania or Ikari Warriors) and starting again just to realize that You are shooting on the back :/

- joystick has weak component and it is cable from shaft - very thin and fragile. Connector is glued to prevent cables from damage very close to connector but still can be damaged.

Asides from this is GREAT joystick. Plastic and metal components are in my opinions very high quality. Maybe it even better than orignal LS-30 from SNK :) Unlike spinner from tsticks (jtag to USB cable) this joystick uses standard USB-C cable which can be easily replaced. Of course it's also high quality and it's longer than cable that I received with spinner. Joystick rotation can used even as spinner (smooth rotation like normal mouse after You set it correctly) which is quite handy in such games like Forgotten Worlds (originally designed to play with separate spinner, needs sensivity boots in MAME), Caliber 50 or even Disc of Tron or Zwackery (yes - this stick has push/pull option just like tsicks spinner). It can be used nicely even in Arkanoid (it has some inertia just like spinner but I prefer to play with separate spinner from tsicks):D Aim'n'fire mode from such games like Wild Western or Sheriff also works great and again this is the only replacement option that I know for those games. For some people setting but be a bit pain but there is additional small PCB that helps (never used actually - I figured hot set games using just rotation).

Would be nice for future (impatient) customers to provide examples/tutorials hot to set each game in MAME. It's not that hard. It took me about 1 hour to understand how it works.
Also some sort or small commandline program that could set joystick in desired mode would be great.
Maybe some other knobs shapes and/or colours ?

Box I treat as bonus - it's thicks but made from paper so it's good for testing but for long term it's better to use dedicated metal (it has spacer for this) or wood box.
Buttons supplied are good - standard Baolian (chinese) product. I also treat those as bonus"
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negative1:
Got the joystick for $40, came to $70 with shipping and tax.

getting ready to set it up.

the only game i play that uses a rotary stick is xybots.

it had a twisting stick, so will try it with MAME.

later
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