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Gatsu:

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--- Quote from: DarthGatsu on August 19, 2007, 01:52:54 pm ---Is there a Happ joystick attachment or full joystick that will allow me to use a balltop style instead of the teardrop? Just curious. All the Happ 8-way stuff I've seen has been teardrop.

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http://www.tornadoterrys.com/surplus.htm

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Thank you!     :notworthy:
MonMotha:
I believe the seimitsu sticks can be run without a restrictor or with a circle restrictor (or square, or diamond for 4 way or slot for 2 way) if you desire.  Unfortunately, these sticks are a bit hard to find in the USA.  The sanwa sticks are easier to find, but have to be run with some kind of restrictor.  Octagonal and square are available for the JLF series (I do prefer the octagonal), but if you were really motivated, there's no reason you couldn't fabricate or modify an existing one to be a circle, which would give you a similar feeling to a Happ stick, but with less throw and clicky microswitches.  I've not had any experience with the JLW series.

If you like the feel of the Happ sticks, use them.  Personally, I hate them - they have way too much throw, and they freaking bounce when you let go of them, momentarily hitting the opposite direction.  Really sucks for fast, tiny movements in puzzle games like puzzle bobble or magical drop.
DarkBubble:

--- Quote from: MonMotha on August 19, 2007, 02:14:44 pm ---I believe the seimitsu sticks can be run without a restrictor or with a circle restrictor (or square, or diamond for 4 way or slot for 2 way) if you desire.  Unfortunately, these sticks are a bit hard to find in the USA.

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Some of the people who sell on the various forums keep both Sanwa and Seimitsu, so it's not really difficult.  Ponyboy carries the Sanwa stuff, but his own Rollie Electronics Joystick appears to be a Seimitsu clone.  It's certainly got the same 3-in-1 restrictor.  Judging from the reviews and the price, it seems to be worth a shot.  I should have one coming my way soon to judge by.

I didn't get to touch a Sanwa until a trip to Indonesia last year.  Seems every cab had blue Sanwa balltops and buttons.  Of course, they weren't exactly keeping up with maintaining them, but I did land on a King of Fighters (maybe '01 or '02) that had a good stick on it.  I would have thought that SNK's fighters would have been more of a nightmare with a stick that had more defined corners, but I had no trouble jumping right in and wailing.

I'm sure that I'll slap together a full Happ stick myself with a Competition stick and the old concave buttons so I can have the feel I was used to back in the original SF2 days.
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