Main > Main Forum
Which 4-way?
bigmoe:
Hi everyone! Great site! GREAT forum!
I'm just starting out on the MAME maze...I'm really wondering what everyone is using for a 4-way joystick and how you like it, and what you would recommend.
I spend most of my mametime playing the early eighties games, so this is one area I want to do right.
I see my options as being something like this:
a) a happ four-way ultimate
b) a happ competition with Oscar restrictor plates
c) ms pacman/galaga ball stick (I realize I'll need Oscar's mounting plate to put this on a wood cp)
d) videoconnection claims to have some wico 4-ways in both microswitch AND leaf switch (they also say they have some 8-way leafs)
It appears that the first way is cheapest, though that is of lesser concern for me. The other 3 weigh in at approximately equal.
Thanks!
bm
paigeoliver:
The only options you will really be happy with are C and D. Options A and B have too long of a throw and feel all wrong, specifically for Pac-Man.
I would go with a Reunion stick or one of the Wico Leaf sticks. (Heck, I would get ALL Wico leaf sticks if I were you).
jakejake28:
go with the ultimarc t-sitck or j-stcik. they are the best, get a few of them, they double as 8-way and restricted 4-way joysticks. no need for a dedicated. they are pricey, but weel worth it. if you don't go ultimarc, go ms. pac reunion, like paigeoliver said
bigmoe:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 23, 2003, 09:12:00 pm ---The only options you will really be happy with are C and D. Options A and B have too long of a throw and feel all wrong, specifically for Pac-Man.
I would go with a Reunion stick or one of the Wico Leaf sticks. (Heck, I would get ALL Wico leaf sticks if I were you).
--- End quote ---
Sounds like good advice!
Maybe a question I forgot to ask: Will I be able to mount the Wicos in wood, or will I need an installation plate? If I do, will Oscar's work?
Thanks again.
bm
paigeoliver:
Normal Wico leaf sticks will mount in wood, but they are way too short when done that way. I would use a mounting plate.
Some of them have longer handles than others and don't need mounting plates, but most of the ones I have seen are short.