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Author Topic: Are the xgaming x-arcade controls any good?  (Read 1393 times)

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Are the xgaming x-arcade controls any good?
« on: June 05, 2003, 10:27:07 am »
they have a deal on ebay for parts and i wanted to know if there sticks and buttons are good quality

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Re:Are the xgaming x-arcade controls any good?
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2003, 10:30:28 am »
I ordered the 20 buttons and 2 sticks from them, but after shipping it turned out a little cheaper if I just bought the parts from their website (under Arcade Gear) so I did.  I don't have them installed yet, but I like them a lot.  The buttons are a bit shorter than Happ's buttons so routing the underside of your control panel may be necessary.  Also, the when the switches are pressed they have a boingy sound to them unlike the Cherry switches...  kind of a hollow sound instead of a clickety sound.


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Re:Are the xgaming x-arcade controls any good?
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2003, 10:36:12 am »
This has been asked alot.... I've used them before and are using them on my current project.

The joysticks are "clones" of happs supers.  The buttons are shorter thread/length (I mounted them  on 3/4" plywood just fine... if I had used lexan on top of that, i'd need to flip around the nuts to make it work)

The microswitches aren't cherry, but are functional...  The buttons seem a little bit "thinner" plastic (that's what I attribute to BJ's clickier/hollower ness sound) compared to happs...

They come in any color you want, as long as it's black...

*shrug* at 50 cents a button and 5.00 beans a stick, consider it the k-mart/walmart brand compared to the "Tide" / "pepsi" of happs/IL/wico

YMMV (and i'll dig up one of the threads on this)  EDIT linkage to older thread  *shrug*

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« Last Edit: June 05, 2003, 11:20:31 am by rampy »