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| Kremmit:
--- Quote ---I want to have a 4 player cp with games running in MAME for anything from fighting games to the older games like Joust and Galaga. I also would like to have a 5th controller, a dedicated 4 way stick for the older games mentioned above since the 4-way is better for playing games like Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. But this leads me to another question for that as well - 3. What 4-way stick do you use? 4. Which one is better for that? (I didn --- End quote --- |
| Tiger-Heli:
I posted earlier, but you're asking slightly different questions now. --- Quote from: Hoagie_one on May 24, 2005, 01:24:02 pm ---If I was building a 4 player cab from scratch today, I'd use 2 49-ways with the GP49wiz interface and rotary attachment \ Druins interface for player's 1 and 2. I would just use Supers for players 3 & 4. --- End quote --- Agree with Hoagie here - If money were no object, I would use the GP-Wiz49's and dual 49-ways for P1 and P2, and standard 8-ways for P3 and P4, with or without the rotary adapter, and then you won't need the 4-way stick. If money were an object, I would go with separate 8-ways and 4-ways, as follows - 8-ways - Either super or Competitions, depending on if you like the fighters that need round motions (Supers) or the ones that need accurate corners (Comps). For the Four-way - The Happ Ms-Pac reunion is well liked, get it from Bob Roberts. If you don't want to top mount with a metal plate, you can mount it below panel and then get one of the GroovyGameGear replacement handles. Downside is it uses lever action micro's which might need some "tweaking" for proper feel (same goes for Supers above). The J-Stick from Ultimarc is popular, but you can hit diagonals with it. The Prodigy is extremely accurate in 4-way mode - The Omni-Stik is the same stick without the actuator, so you could use it, but the best way to mount it is with a mounting plate above the panel, which doubles the price. The Seimitsu's are well-rated, but only available on E-bay and not usually advertised as such. See them at http://www.himuragames.com/store_joysticks.php, but no prices yet. And they really need to be top mounted. |
| paigeoliver:
My personal opinions. All old type Wico joysticks (grommet or spring, microswitch or leaf switch), are tops. This INCLUDES the perfect 360, which despite being a Happ product is in the classic Wico family. Spring loaded Wico sticks do require the spring to be upgraded to a "Happ heavy spring" from Bob Roberts to keep them from being too bouncy, but the spring Wicos are rare. Happ Super is a good middle of the road joystick. The Ultimate and Competition are terrible. The main problem with them is that they are not evenly divided between diagonals are primary directions. A good stick should be 50 percent diagonals and 50 percent primary directions. The Ultimate and Competition are roughly 70 percent diagonals and only 30 percent primary directions. Try playing Robotron with them and watch the majority of shots go into the corners. I like the Universal in 4-way mode, it is nice. Not so nice in 8-way mode. The Happ's Ms. Pac-Man joystick is also a great stick and it will take the handle from a Super, so you can have all matching sticks. T-Stick/T-Stick plus. Nice sticks, really precise, but these have a TINY TINY SHORT THROW. Younger people who grew up on consoles seem to have no problems with these, older gamers used to long throw Wico sticks will hate them. |
| markrvp:
I agree with everything everybody said ;D |
| dabone:
I just built a panel with the 49 ways to replace my t-stick pluses, and good lord the difference in throw. Later, dabone |
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