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When did Happ Supers fall out of favor?
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Crowquill:
I was just thinking. When I first started reading up on this site back in '99 or '00, it seemed that Happ Supers were the preferred all-around stick. This is why I ordered them for my desktop project at the time. While there are now many other options, it seems that most people favor the Competitions among the Happ sticks these days. When did this change?

Personally I prefer the Competitions that came on my JAMMA cabinet, as the Supers are a bit stiff. Maybe it was that heavy, rugged feel that sucked people in.

Maybe it was Oscar's review. He also did a comparison between the Super and P360.
Grasshopper:
I think the Supers have the edge over the Competitions as a general purpose joystick. The competitions tend to favour the diagonals too much which make them useless for 4-way games. Also the Super's handle is a nicer shape IMHO.

As to why the Supers fell out of favour, I think it's simply because there are so many other options available these days. They're still decent general purpose joysticks, and also relatively cheap and easy to get hold of. But other joysticks are better for specific games.
NiteWalker:
I prefer competition sticks because they're great all around sticks and work extremely well with fighting games (my favorite genre). Supers I don't like because after a while the levers on the switches can bend outward. It's easily fixable but I prefer the comps because they never have that problem.

Also available in more colors. ;D
Kremmit:

--- Quote from: NiteWalker on May 26, 2007, 05:44:27 pm ---Also available in more colors. ;D

--- End quote ---

Supers are available in the various Happ colors now, too.
NiteWalker:
I know, not in yellow or green though. Yellow I don't care much for but green I use.
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