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NoOne=NBA=:
Some 4-way games are more picky than others.
If you give Donkey Kong any 8-way information during a game, Mario just stops wherever he is until you get back on a cardinal direction.
Other games seem to not mind it as much, and will either continue in the direction they were going, or switch directions when the diagonal is hit, depending on how they were programmed to respond to accidental 8-way info.

My current pick as a 4-way is the T-stik Plus, after you do the RandyT mod to it.
It doesn't have the huge travel of most of the other sticks (Wico, Pac-stick, Happ, etc...), and doesn't have the cloverleaf restrictor of the Nintendo and Seimitsu.
The short throw is probably why TOK doesn't think it feels like a 4-way, but I actually prefer the shorter throw because it feels more responsive to me.
Without the RandyT mod on it, the spring tension is a killer after a few games though.
arzoo:
If you did a side-by-side comparison playing with a 4-way and an 8-way, you'd see a significant difference with some games. That being said, most mamers seem fine with using an 8-way.
Dexter:
Install a 4-way. They take up very little real estate on your panel and you can mount it central for equal comfort for left and right handers. I use a ms. pac man/galaga reunion 4 way and its brilliant.....

http://www.happcontrols.com/joysticks/5060841125r.htm
Kook:
There is a significant difference in some games. I really like my Ultrastik 360's. Using Mala as my frontend, a profile is loaded into each joystick automatically each time a game starts. So, for Mortal Kombat, the sticks behave like 8-ways, for Pac Man they behave like 4-ways, for QBert they behave like rotated 4-ways, etc. They can even behave as analog instead of digital. Quite remarkable. The downside is that the "physical" feel never changes... you don't feel the restricted movement of a 4-way or notchiness in the corners like an 8-way stick. Despite that, these sticks are a good one-size-fits-all solution if that's what you need.
RayB:
How about playing 8-way games using a 4-way?   ;D

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