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| wallyworld:
For those of you who have gone with one of the two mainstream 2-player joystick panels, which do you prefer? I |
| paigeoliver:
X-Arcade has crappier joysticks in it. My real suggestion is to avoid both and build your own. Cabinets with those prefab control panels slapped on the front always look terrible. |
| wallyworld:
Down the road, I'll probably get a customized SlikStik Quad, or even build my own panel if I've learned enough by then. But for now, I've got to make sure I enjoy this hobby enough to dedicate that kind of time/money so I've got to go with the X-Arcade or HotRod. Thanks for the tip on the crappier joysticks, though. |
| paigeoliver:
You are talking about buying a prebuilt cabinet kit in the same breath as saving money? Just buy an existing dead cabinet and work from that, it will come out about $400 cheaper. |
| aterlecki:
Just my thoughts on the X-Arcade: I'm new to this also and I recently bought a 2-player X-Arcade. About a week later I was on the Ultimarc website ordering the bits I needed to build my own CP. I thought the x-arcade was just a bit cheap - the joysticks were useless for the old 4-way games like Pacman and Donkey Kong and the controls were a bit too close together for proper 2-player games. Even the buttons felt a bit off - a bit pingy and uncertain. I knew nothing about building a CP, and have no carpentry skills at all, but with a few basic tools (saw, drill, hammer, nails, etc) and some MDF I managed something quite acceptable within about 5 hours. The finishing is nothing like as polished as the X-arcade (I can improve for future designs as my woodworking skills improve and all for the cost of just a bit more MDF and maybe some vinyl covering or paint) but the quality and layout of the controls are much better than the X-Arcade and playing the classics is far more enjoyable. If you are wanting to decide whether you enjoy the hobby enough to spend more money then the X-Arcade is not a good choice IMO. You'll either end up spending further money to get a CP with quality controls or it will put you off altogether. |
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