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4 way joystick a necessity?
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leapinlew:

--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on April 20, 2007, 03:19:14 pm ---The OP also mentioned "Galaga". It is a non-issue in regard to playability with that game or any other 2-way game -- 2-way, 4-way, 8-way -- doesn't matter unless perfectly replicating the original feel is your goal, in which case you'll want a stick right off a Galaga machine.

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I suppose you could fix it easily enough, but a 8 way such as a Happs Super has too much throw for Galaga for my liking. I agree a reunion stick or an original galaga.
bfauska:
I think a lot of the issue comes down to the specific stick.  I have the omni-sticks and I can't reliably hit the 4 standard directions w/o a little bit of diagonal very often.  The omni's have a very short throw and therefor it takes very little play in either of the side directions when trying to go up to hit a diagonal, and likewise when trying to go to the side.  The sticks I have that came with an NBA Jam CP I picked up (I think they are supers or comps?) have a fairly long throw (at least compared to the omni's) I think I would have more luck on a 4 way game with these, but with my omni's I HAVE to switch over to 4-way to make most 4-way games tolerable.

I think:
Long throw 8 way = kind of playable 4-way games
Short throw 8 way = way too easy to hit the diagonals, bad 4-way game play.
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