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paigeoliver:
Ok, I FINALLY actually hooked up one of my 49-ways with the SJC interface.

Initial tests show that the 49-way could very easily become the new joystick of choice.

In 8-way games it performed just like a standard 8-way stick.

It worked very well for Crystal Castles.
paigeoliver:
Now here is the GREAT news.

The 49-way plays Pac-man almost as good as a 4-way. I was able to run my patterns flawlessly, although I did go the wrong way once when freestyling. Compare to a standard 8-way, where I have trouble even running my patterns. Note, I played speed up pac, not slow pac.
paigeoliver:
More good news.

The place where this stick really shines is on games like

I-Robot,
Sinistar
Blaster

and other games that originally used 49-way, hall effect, or analog sticks.

As for the feel?

These are a very firm stick. They have a rubber spider underneath, and feel completely different than normal happ sticks, and slightly different than Wicos. It is hard to explain, but they have kind of a texture to the movement (from the spider).

Overall, I would rate these BETTER in feel than any of the Happ/iL/ or Suzo joysticks I have used, but slightly worse than the classic Wico.

I would have to rate these as the best overall stick, since classic Wicos can't play analog games, are are only so-so for 4-way games.
paigeoliver:
One small note. You HAVE to wire a switch to switch the joystick between the 2 different types of scaling. Switch needs to be ON for most analog games and off for everything else.
whammoed:
I am not familiar with a 49 way stick.  Does it have the ability to regiser 49 different directions?  How does it do it?  With switches, optics? something else?
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