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Why a 49-way?...?
Boz:
Stingray, what is it that you don't like about the feel of them? I'm very curious.
I get the fact that with the 300 or so *true* classics, each game requires a specific movement in the joystick. A joystick for Q-Bert doesn't move the same as one for Donkey Kong which doesn't move the same as one for Gauntlet which doesn't move the same as one for Joust. I have been very hesitant to buy a 49-way due to comments I've read about the "feel" of the joystick (not "functionality") against what my brain remembers from the original cabinet. For instance...
If I fire up Donkey Kong, I distinctly remember using the 4-way restriction of the original joystick as an aid to timing my climbing transitions. I wasn't "slamming" the joystick to each direction, but there was certainly a big help provided by the fact that my joystick would only move in a diagonal direction as I changed from right ---> to up ^. As a result, I was very good and quite confident in my gameplay. It made playing the game fun. If I were to get an expensive 49-way joy and found the movement to feel "sloppy" -- not that it would actually *be* sloppy, but my brain, recalling the original joystick feel, would *perceive* it as sloppy -- I would feel kind of ripped off.
Yeah... feel of a joystick is a subjective thing, and I probably won't know until I play DK on a 49-way at least once. But, if the result is anything like I suspect, seems like an awefully expensive test (time *and* money). The other thing we face as Mamers is the truly impossible task of building a single cabinet to mimic the hundreds or thousands of control panels we used as teenagers of the 80's
I'll probably end up giving one a try, spending a hundred hours installing and configuring all my games for it, then selling it on E-Bay when it doesn't suit me.
Just my $0.02
-Brian
buks:
If I decided to switch my Ultimarc sticks for 49-ways do I assume that my Ipac will be replaced by the gp-wiz ? If so, will my opti-pac plug into the gpwiz board ?
Buks
Timoe:
If you have the 49-way stick you will need a GPwiz instead of the Ipac.
You'll still need an opti-pac for your spinner and trackball though. Groovy Game Gear does have an Optipac alternative called the Optiwiz that is a bit less expensive If you want to get all your gear from the same place.
buks:
But does the opti-pac plug into the gpwiz ? Or do i have to go all GGG boards if I switch sticks ?
Duster72:
I didn't like the feel of the 49-way, either, but to each his own. It's worth trying. I thought about keeping it just for the analog games, because it's great for those.