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X-Arcade button & joystick bundle
HagHore:
Nannuu had bought the X-Arcade 2 stick 20 button pkg. When we started building the two minis we decided to use the X-A pkg in the miniGeekenstein cab. We gave it a hearty playtest this last weekend and they work just fine. The microswitches are a little noisy and the sticks have a bit too much throw for my personal taste (Nannuu expressed the same things) but they definitely feel sturdy and quite frankly, they play just fine. For the money you really can't beat it. If down the road you decide the switches are a little loud you can always just get cherry's from Bob Roberts to replace the ones the X-As come with. I also think the X-As play fine for 4-way games as they have a definite force/feel to them that makes them easy to use, still won't be as good as something that uses a GOOD restrictor though.
As for the Prodigy's, Nannuu ordered up one of the cool Red Balltop Prodigy's last week for a cab he's making for his mom, when that gets here you can bet I'm going to bug the heck out of him to let me try it out.
NoBonus:
So, brained, did you test out the X-Arcade stuff yet?
brained:
Nope, I haven't been able to deal with the CP. My car's computer blew up this saturday and it screwed everything up for me. I'm not having much sleep thinking about this replacement, it's expensive and it's driving crazy, right now I'm only hoping a friend of mine will be able to repair it :'(. OR ELSE :-\
Anyways the thing i've was testing the only thing bad about them was the clicks from the microswitches. I haven't tried the joystick yet but it seems sturdy enough for my taste. When I'm back to normal I'll see if I can finish my test control panel.
NoBonus:
Man, that's messed up. Nothing is worse than car troubles. I hope everything turns your way. By the way, my car's clutch shattered about two months ago and that is what soaked up all of my $$ for building an arcade console. So now I am bartering for parts and jury-rigging like a mad man.
NoBonus
brained:
Cars sometimes suck bigtime!!, once I've got some extra cash, my car seems to smell it and it get it says HEY MAN I WANT SOME OF YOUR CASH TOO, AND IT SCREWS UP :'(
that happens to me almost everytime I get some extra cash. ???