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Best 3rd party control panel
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: brianoneill on April 01, 2003, 09:30:50 am ---Hi,
I'm building my own cab and am not building my own control panel.
Iwas wondering if anyone has had any good or bad experiences with any of the following ?
a> X-Arcade
b> HotRod
c> OzStick
Cheers,
Brian.
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Haven't had any first-hand experience, but here's what I consider the pro's and cons:
X-Arcade - Sometimes go for about $130 on E-bay or something like $150 direct. Is programmable. Uses a proprietary programmable interface. Uses similar buttons to the Happ Horizontal and similar to the Happ Super joysticks. Best controller to buy if you also want to use your cab for console games.
HotRod - Goes for around $100 on E-bay as opposed to $200 direct. Uses Happ Super joysticks and Happ horizontal buttons. NOT Programmable.
OzStick Ultimate - Goes for around $150 U.S. plus Austrailian shipping. Uses non-Happ joysticks, although most reviews seem to like them. Uses the I-PAC interface, which is probably the best on anything in a commercial product.
There are also differences in construction/appearance, but that's a matter of opinion and fairly obvious, so I'll let you sort that out
GroovyTuesdaY:
From what i can tell, the SLIKSTIK looks to be one of the BEST out there! Just go take a look at their site and compare theirs to everyone elses. Those things are made to STOMP on. lol I think if you don't mind spending a little extra it seems like the slikstik's design is one of the best.
I have ordered one and am just waiting to receive it. I will post my own personal review of it once i get it and check out all the bells and whistles. I'm excited and can't wait to get it.
2slk:
Just out of curiousity, why would you be building a cabinet but not the panel?
brianoneill:
I'd love to build my own panel but don't think I have the knowledge/skills :P required to wire/hack together a panel.
Drexdamack:
I have had my X-Arcade for many months. The customer service is great, and so is the product! All I can say is, it IS the reason I wanted to build my own cabinet. Not because the control panel sucks...because it reminds me so much of real arcades and how much fun it is. It IS limited, it IS small, but to drunken friends that come over to get they're but whooped in KoF98...you cant go wrong. I plan to sell mine after my cab is built. It allows me to be very patient in building it though.
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