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Kremmit:


--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 25, 2005, 09:17:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: Timstuff on May 25, 2005, 01:20:56 pm ---Happ's "Perfect 360" is apparently the cream of the crop, but at $40 a piece they're not exactly wallet friendly. Retroblast.com speaks fairly high of the Happ Competition joysticks, and those are the ones I plan on using.

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Hee hee, they are over $50 once you put repro Wico handles on them. Still, they are the best, and that is what I run in my good cabinet.

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Happ usually has a sale on the P360 about once a year, when they become affordable.  If you want them, hold off on buying them until the sale comes around again, or you get everything else built.

Tiger-Heli:

You're mainly dealing with personal preferences on the joysticks, largely related to the amount of travel (throw) which is largely a preference thing.

For an encoder, the I-PAC/2 is good, but you should also consider either the KeyWiz or the GP-Wiz from www.groovygamegear.com.  Any of the three is a good solution, depending on what features you want.

BTW, from what I have read, I think the 49-way's throw is about comparable to the Super or Happ P360, not Double, although it may well be triple the T-Stick Plus (if that makes sense).

--- Quote from: maxxonline on May 25, 2005, 02:35:24 pm ---Now another question, for the 49-way stick - its pretty much the same as the regulare sticks except you just have to use a floppy cable to hook into the GP-Wiz49 and then that runs out USB to the computer right?

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Errrm- yes and no - see the 13-page thread about the GP-Wiz49 - it doesn't hook up anything like the other sticks - 7 pins IMS, as opposed to 4 microswitches.  Also, it is seen by the computer as an Analog joystick, not as 4 switches.  Also, you can set it up so games think it is a 2-way (vertical or horizontal), 4-way, rotated 4-way, 8-way, or analog (49-way) stick.  Also, the GP-Wiz49 gives you 23 buttons per interface, so you may not need a separate (I-PAC or KeyWiz or GP-Wiz) encoder.

--- Quote ---Im not so much worried about players 1-4 having to run any 4 way stick games... at least I dont think there is any... because isnt most of the 4 way stick games turn based, where player 1 goes and then player 2 goes after them?

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Yes, that is correct.  I can take your comment one of two ways, though.

If you are asking if you can get by with one 4-way stick and 4 8-ways rather than the 49-way, the answer is "Yes, but you lose the rotated 4-way, 2-way, etc. modes that the 49-way stick affords."

If you are asking if you can ditch the 4-way stick and use a single 49-way stick for P1 and 8-ways for P2 through P4, the answer is "Yes, but you will want the throw on P2 and feel to match P1 for any 2 player simultaneous games".  Your best bet is dual 49-way sticks, and a 49-way Stick for P1 and a T-Stick for P2 would be a terrible option.

Bursk:

I'm particularly interested in how the 49 Ways compare to the p360s for fighting games.

maxxonline:


--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on May 26, 2005, 07:21:15 am ---You're mainly dealing with personal preferences on the joysticks, largely related to the amount of travel (throw) which is largely a preference thing.

For an encoder, the I-PAC/2 is good, but you should also consider either the KeyWiz or the GP-Wiz from www.groovygamegear.com.
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fl0yd:


--- Quote ---It looks like there is software that comes with the 49-way that you can load on your pc that will allow you to change the setup functions of the 49-way joystick to be a 4-way or an 8-way or what ever you want, does this actually work in the games running through MAME?

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To date I haven't heard of direct mame or front-end support.  I would expect front end support for this to come very soon though. 

Some people have setup their own batch files to esentially do what the front end support will do.

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