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| markrvp:
I bought the single-player X-arcade in January of 2005 directly from X-arcade. It was advertised as coming with a handful of ROMS and with a 30-day money-back guarantee. When I got it, it did not have any roms, but rather a link to a French ROM download site. I discovered that X-arcade offered a BYO kit with a harness that could be used to hook up your own controls. I called and asked if I could buy the harness so I could expand my controller to 2 players. That flat out refused. Since I had had it less than 30 days I asked to return it for a refund then and I would go with another 2 player solution. They told me they would e-mail me the RMA# and never did. Based on my personal experience, I feel the X-arcade people are not people of high moral/ethical character. They misrepresented their product and then refused to honor their guarantee. Just my 2 cents. |
| PacMon:
I would like to add that my experience with X-arcade was good. I ordered the '2 player' arcade stick and a trackball. The (new) trackball did not work, so they sent me a new complete trackball right away. Once I received a working trackball, they told me to return the non-functioning trackball. Good customer service on a bad situation. I am eagerly awaiting an xbox 360 adaptor. Hopefully soon they can get a license for it or whatever they need to do..... |
| Teebor:
I've dealth with the X-arcade UK reseller and they seem nice enough. I bought the BYO kit and I couldn't fault it. Its nice and simple and as I intend to fit an xbox - PS2 - gamecube - anything else that will go in, it will be a good system for me. Actually only ---smurfette--- I did have was that some wires were too short for my panel, but thats easily fixed with some crimping |
| zaphod:
I bought an X-arcade and found no fault with it during my six months of heavy use. Yes, it has a different feel that some people translate into feeling cheap. It also has a slower response than the Ipac (and Keywiz). But for someone who had been out of the arcades for years and had no other controller for comparison, it worked great. However, it was lacking a trackball, so I built my own custom controller. If they had offered this proto back then, it might have been quite a bit longer before I investigated building my own. |
| Goz:
I really like the Xarcade BYOA kit. As mentioned above the only shortcomming with it is that the wires on the harness are too short for a couple of buttons. Other than that it is a really nice solution if you are going to mix PC/MAC and consoles with one controller. Most of the negativity in the past has only been about the controls themselves (buttons and joys) as they are inferior to HAPP parts. Don't get me wrong... I wouldn't mount one of their CP's to a cab but as a stand alone solution with a little tweaking its a good solution. |
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