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Hoopz:
Scott at Mamemarquees is great to deal with. 

http://mamemarquees.com/

Fozzy The Bear:
This whole question is a total no brainer.....

NEVER touch SickSlick stuff if you can avoid it!! I'm not going to say the product is bad. Because it's OK... BUT!!! He has a terrible reputation for delivery times. He has the worst reputation on here for absolutely terrible customer service and for coming in here and insulting his competitors and the members of this forum!! DONT GO THERE IF YOU CAN AVOID IT!

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
jefftse:
Ok, I think I have made up my mind about DIY my 4player CP.  I have a question about the the width.  When I see the slikstik 4 player cp, I think player 1 and player 2 are too close for fighting games (i.e. Street fighter) and the 3rd and 4th are too close as well.  Can anyone give me some feedback about your 4 player cp?

I talked to Andy from ultimarc (very nice guy) briefly on the phone and I think I probably order everything from him except the happ ball because I think I can get it somewhere cheaper and he said he will have some illuminated buttons coming in 3 weeks which I will also want. 

He also said I don't need a dedicated 4 way for pac man or any old games because the mag stik plus can switch 4-8 way.  Can anyone give me some feedback with that?

One more thing,  he suggested the opti-pac for trackball and spinner.  Should I do that instead of getting USB trackball and spinner which I think it's easier to install?

I'm so excited!!! Getting all material ready to build by ultimate Arcade!

Thanks Guy!
Kaytrim:
I would suggest that you get dedicated 8-way sticks for player 3 & 4 then get the Ultrastick 360 for players 1 & 2.  The U360 are programmable for 2,4,8,49 and analog.  This gives you the most flexibility for all kinds of games.  Most of the popular front ends support automatic programming based on the game chosen.

I used the T-Sticks from Ultimarc which were the predecessor to the Mag-Sticks and I was unhappy with the performance in 8-way mode.  I had a real difficult time hitting true up/down/left/right.  I purchased Happ Competitions to replace them and have had no problems with 8-way games since.  My T-Sticks work excellently as 4-way sticks though.  I am in the process of setting up 49-way joysticks with the GPWiz49 interface from Groovy Game Gear.  This gives me almost the same functionality as the U360s, just not true analog.

TTFN :cheers:
Kaytrim
jefftse:

--- Quote from: Kaytrim on April 03, 2007, 12:41:24 pm ---I would suggest that you get dedicated 8-way sticks for player 3 & 4 then get the Ultrastick 360 for players 1 & 2.  The U360 are programmable for 2,4,8,49 and analog.  This gives you the most flexibility for all kinds of games.  Most of the popular front ends support automatic programming based on the game chosen.

I used the T-Sticks from Ultimarc which were the predecessor to the Mag-Sticks and I was unhappy with the performance in 8-way mode.  I had a real difficult time hitting true up/down/left/right.  I purchased Happ Competitions to replace them and have had no problems with 8-way games since.  My T-Sticks work excellently as 4-way sticks though.  I am in the process of setting up 49-way joysticks with the GPWiz49 interface from Groovy Game Gear.  This gives me almost the same functionality as the U360s, just not true analog.

TTFN :cheers:
Kaytrim

--- End quote ---

Wow.  What an advice!

Isn't T-sticks usb joystick? or I can't find it on his page.  I think I will re-consider a lot of things here!

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