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Competition joysticks
dhansen:
Like many of you, when I first built my cabinet, I decided on Happs Super joysticks and then never gave it a second thought. Well, I noticed Bob Roberts was selling competition joysticks on his site for 7.50 a peice. I thought I'd give them a try.
For an 8-way stick, these are perhaps the nicest sticks I've ever used, super acurate and responsive. The thinner bat takes a little getting used to but I'm glad I swithed them out. It's easier to find the diagonals because of the square actuator and 4-way games like crazy climber are much easier to play. I do keep a dedicated 4-way (wico) for the classics but for fighters these are hard to beat.
Thought I'd share
Doug
PCC:
If you like the Competition sticks but prefer the Super bat handle, then just swap the handles. The shafts are the same size - you get the best of both sticks. ;D
GroovyTuesdaY:
Oh great, i just ordered 4 supers for the four player panel im working on lol. Now i hear a rumble that the competition sticks might be better........DOH........ Did i make a mistake???? ???
heheh
dhansen:
Supers are nice too, I'm just saying if you do a lot of fighting games the competitions seem to do better. The square actuator floats so I think you can still pull off those round house moves.
Doug
spidermonkey:
Yep, Happ comps and fighting games go together like pizza and beer. Same goes for Wico leaf switch joysticks for the classics.