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tcleary:
retroblast has some reviews of these things:
http://www.retroblast.com/reviews/jakks.html
pretty cool for cheap, but one bad thing is that they are not exactly like the arcade versions.
MinerAl:
My only complaint with the Ms. Pac is that the joystick is an 8-way. I've occasionally had the usual 8-way-stick-in-a-4-way-game problems.
The twisty stick for Pole Position is fun. It is a self-centering 270
Grasshopper:
--- Quote from: MinerAl on September 17, 2004, 12:55:31 pm ---My only complaint with the Ms. Pac is that the joystick is an 8-way. I've occasionally had the usual 8-way-stick-in-a-4-way-game problems.
--- End quote ---
They did the opposite thing on the Pacman units. They fitted a 4 way joystick that plays Pacman surprisingly well, but Bosconian (one of the other bundled games) needs an 8 way stick. D'oh.
Still for the price you really can't complain.
tep0583:
My brother's Pac-man unit has an 8-way.
Its REALLY hard to hit the diagonals, though. It might as well be a 4-way.
Gunstar Hero:
Those things are great.
When I took my Pac-Man one over to show to my mom, she wouldn't let me leave with it. She said "This is mine now! You can find another!" Thanks Ma. =)
When I got a Ms. Pac-Man one, the colors were all bad. I imagine it was a defect, but ehh, I was starting on the MAME project and it was returned for another $30 in cabinet parts!