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| mumbles:
which joystick shold I choose for my Arcade cabinet. I cannot deicde between the Ultimate J-Stick, Happ super, Happ Ultimate or the t-stik plus. I like the t-stick plus as you can chage from 8 way to 4/way from the top of the control panel. That brigns me to my next question though - how important is it to switch to 4 way mode for 4 way joystick games?? can they just be played in 8 way mode?? Thanks |
| paigeoliver:
FYI, this question is asked roughly twice a day, search for the word joystick and you will find about 1000 threads about this. My mild advice. Forget the Ultimate even exists, the quality is low and it favors the diagonals making some games more difficult for no good reason. Most 4-way games are terrible with an 8-way stick, some are ok, a few are completely unplayable. In general using an 8-way stick with a 4-way game will be a rather crappy experience. |
| SideShow Rob:
The Happ Ultimate should be had under the trade-descriptions act...Ultimate it is not. Best to forget it. The Happ Super is a good stick...for 8 way games, but like most 8 way sticks, it doesn't cope too well with 4 way games. Ditto for the Ultimarc J-Stick....great for 8 ways, not so good for 4 ways. The Supers and the J-Sticks will have to be changed between 8 and 4 way from under the panel too. The T-Stick Plus sticks offer the best of both worlds - great 8 way, and good 4 way - the ability to change between 8 and 4 way from the top of the control panel is inspired. Having said that, its 4 way action, whilst being good, cannot compete with a dedicated 4way stick...if you want the minimum of fuss, and less cramped control panel, and an easier time hooking up the controls, the T-Stick Plus sticks are a great compromise. Check out the Joystick reviews section here: http://www.retroblast.com/hardware.html As for playing 4 way games with a 8 way stick...it can be done, but a lot of the time, in my experience, it can be very frustrating...if you intend to play alot of 4 way games, get a dedicated 4 way stick, or a T-Stick Plus... These are only my opinions, others may have different experiences and recommendations - Joystick performance is very much down to the individual...if you can test the sticks first, or have the luxury of making a test control panel, to make comparisons, so much the better... |
| Hoagie_one:
i have a t-stick plus and even though i like teh stick, it has an extrememly short throw....like really short. AFter reading about teh 49 way encoder that Randy is selling, I'm thinking about getting one of those. After i hear how they are working out. |
| paigeoliver:
In my opinion Happs only has 5 joysticks worth using (not counting various trigger sticks and analog sticks). The Super (4-way mode on this is suitable only for puzzle games, nothing else, 8-way mode is very nice). The Perfect 360 (even better if you swap the handle for a Wico balltop handle). The Universal (I actually like this stick, it is really precise, and it switches to true 4-way mode). Ms Pac-Man/Galaga replacement stick. The Space Invaders/Qix replacement stick (same as the Ms Pac, but handle is long enough for a wood panel, the Ms. Pac has the better feel though). Ultimates and Competitions are fatally flawed because they do not equally distribute the directions, if you sweep one in a circle it will be on an angle almost twice as much as it is on a straight direction, this means you get things like missed shots in Robotron when sweeping a circle (instead of Downright, right, upright, up you get downright, downright, upright, up and other things like that, exact effect depends on the speed of your sweep, but the faster the sweep the more likely it is to miss the primary directions altogether and send ALL the shots into the corners). |
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