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CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: 97thruhiker on July 13, 2006, 10:18:08 pm ---In my humble opinion (take it for whatever its worth) I would go with four Happs Competition Sticks for your four players
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This is a good idea (although of the two, I prefer Supers) -- get a reasonably inexpensive, but decent set of 8-way sticks for use in the meantime.
Then, if you want to upgrade in the future you can and won't be out a ton of money (and you can always sell the old sticks ... or save them for your next project).
Cheers.
Wicked:
The reason I picked the 360's is because they seemed to have garnered a lot of praise and seem to work easily with the majority of mame games and all the posts seem to praise the feel of them. I have looked at some of the other happ and ultramarc sticks, all have varying opinions. since I dont know anything about any of these sticks I informaly decided on the one that had the most consistant opinion. as a newb I am open to all opinions and suggestions (i'm still trying to find a nice 27" multisync monitor) I realy do appreciate all of you guys input on this. :cheers:
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: Wicked on July 13, 2006, 11:24:24 pm ---The reason I picked the 360's is because they seemed to have garnered a lot of praise and seem to work easily with the majority of mame games and all the posts seem to praise the feel of them. I have looked at some of the other happ and ultramarc sticks, all have varying opinions. since I dont know anything about any of these sticks I informaly decided on the one that had the most consistant opinion. as a newb I am open to all opinions and suggestions (i'm still trying to find a nice 27" multisync monitor) I realy do appreciate all of you guys input on this. :cheers:
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The 360's are indeed good sticks.... that is, depending on what games you plan on playing. And therin lies the problem. What games do you plan on playing? Sinistar? Qbert? To answer the obvious - there is no perfect stick for every game.
Wicked:
mostly fighting games and shooters, SFII Samsho, ikari, xmen TMNT, those types.
I just read that games like NFL Blitz require 49 way sticks and some games require analog sticks, is that what the Ultimarc 360 geared towards dual purpose digital, and analog?
97thruhiker:
As Cheffo said you won't be out much money with either one. Last time I looked I think Ponyboy had them for $10 - $15 range. Lizardlick Amusements sells them (just purchased a stick from him and was very happy with the service)
http://www.lizardlickamusements.com/pages/joysticks.shtml
You could purchase one of these and put it in a temporary box (or your blank control panel if you already have it), hook it up to your computer and give it a try. If you like it great, if not your only out $15 - $20 with shipping and you could probably get most of that back selling it if you didn't want it.
Look I'm not trying to change your mind. Go with what you want. I just went through the same agony when it came to purchasing joysticks for my Mame Cabinet and about gave myself an ulcer trying to decide which stick to use. I was thinking along the same lines as you (from your original post) about going with the 360. It recieves high praise and rightfully so from what I understand about. In the end I just gave the Competitions a try and have not been sorry. Like I said before to me they have a very nice feel / spring pressure / range of motion. While I'm not a big fighting game fan the few I play with my friends (street fighter series) feel right. Good luck and let us here know what you end up with (with your own review).