Main > Reviews
P360 vs. Super review complete
OSCAR:
I have completed a comparison review of the Happ Super and the Happ Perfect 360 joysticks. This review was done very much like the Super/Comp/Ultimate review I did a while back, which includes a tear-down of the joystick and looking at the base construction, shafts, springs, & actuators.
The review is at http://www.oscarcontrols.com/joycompare/joyreview2.shtml
Questions or comments are always welcome! :)
Dave_K.:
Oscar, once again thanks for a great, indepth, review!
My personal aside: I wish this review was avilable before the happ sale ended, but after reading the review, I'm glad I didn't buy them. I've never had any major problems with my Supers (besides one jerk hitting the joystick in rage and bending one of the actuator blades). I bent it back and still works fine. Obviously this is a disadvantage with the Supers.
I have a couple 49-way sticks (were left over in one cab I have) and the shaft looks identical to the p360. I bet the feel is very similar too.
I do have a question though. Oscar, are the "throws" similar on both sticks? The circle of movement on my 49-way seems wider than the Super. Just wondering if the P360 is the same way.
OSCAR:
Thanks for your comments, Dave. I wish I had the review finished before the sale ended, too. Unfortunately the time I have to do these extra things is pretty limited, and I kinda feel bad that I didn't have it ready in time.
The throw of the Super and P360 is nearly identical. I will definitely add that to the review, it was kinda an oversight to not include that. Another thing I see I forgot to mention is the shaft diameters and I will add that as well. The Super has a 10mm shaft and the P360 has a 3/8" (9.5mm) shaft in case anyone wants to know now.
The lever arms on the Super are somewhat of a disadvantage, but not quite so bad in a home environment as in an arcade. Most arcade games I've seen in the US use Ultimates because operators find the Supers to be a bit more high-maintenance due to bent levers, like you mentioned.
Amra:
Very good review! Thank you much OSCAR!
CthulhuLuke:
I'm still pissed I missed that sale! I was either going to buy this radar detector from a guy for super cheap or the joystick, so I brought the cash to the guy at school on monday, and he forgot to ask his dad about it, so I decided I was going to risk it, and say bye to the perfect 360s (I was going to get 2 of em) and instead get a really nice radar detector, then he comes to school the next day and says his dad's getting way more than I was going to pay for the detector, so I got jacked! Still mad bout that, I was going to build a 2 player CP with perfect 360s much like Met4lSlug's minus the L-30s. Well if anyone has any used perfect 360s, gimme a jingle, cause I'm still looking.
-CthulhuLuke
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
Go to full version