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TheShanMan:

--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on August 28, 2008, 12:20:11 pm ---As far as games that use joystick, I tend to mostly play Donkey Kong, Ms Pac-Man, Defender, Dig Dug, Street Fighter Alpha 3, 1942 series, R-Type, Rastan, Strider, King of Fighters series, Metal Slug series, Robotron, Smash TV, etc, etc

As for the perfect stick, the U360 is staring you dead in the face. It's as close as you're going to get.

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He's not easy to convince for sure! I tried to tell him that the mag stiks don't have "light touch" and I'd imagine there aren't any posts here from users claiming this problem. But while you haven't convinced him, you've just about convinced me, and I haven't even given thought to switching my joysticks! I might replace my 8 way competitions since it looks like they have the same footprint. Quick question: do the u360's allow for putting the dust washer under the control panel? In other words, can the dust washer be removed from the shaft? On the mag stiks (at least with the ball top) you can't remove the dust washer and therefore it has to go on top of the control panel.

I wholeheartedly agree with the suggestion that you get the best joystick for your application (within reason price-wise of course). The worst thing that could happen after getting your CP built and overlay installed, is to realize you should have spent a few extra bucks to get what you truly wanted - especially if it has a different footprint. If you really can't spring for the stick you want right now or you're just not 100% sure that you'll want it, then try to get really cheap ones that have the same footprint as the ones you think you want so it's easy to switch later. Looks like you could do that with the comps and the u360's.
cadmium:

--- Quote from: TheShanMan on August 28, 2008, 01:21:59 pm ---He's not easy to convince for sure! I tried to tell him that the mag stiks don't have "light touch" and I'd imagine there aren't any posts here from users claiming this problem.

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Hey, I resemble the remark :)

I'm not that one that needs convincing, it's my wife who controls the purse strings. I was all ready to by a u360 until she had the we're broke speech with me  :(.

So I've been trying to find a cheaper alternative that gives me adjustable 4-way/8-way control. It looks like the mag-stick is the best of that bunch.

As for the light touch, that's what it claimed on the mag-stick website, so I was just going by that. I've never tried one myself.

And as for the lack of clickiness, I don't know how I'd ever pull off Ryu's Shoyruken without being able to tell when I've hit F+D+DF without the clicks  :-[ (yes, I suck). And if I tweaked out the mapping on the stick to make it easy, then I'd get ---my bottom--- handed to me if I ever did venture into a real arcade again.

Ginsu Victim:
You can't really map it to make the game easier, only more precise.

Also, there are no real arcades anymore. Quit telling lies. ;)
javeryh:

--- Quote from: cadmium on August 28, 2008, 01:36:47 pm ---I'm not that one that needs convincing, it's my wife who controls the purse strings. I was all ready to by a u360 until she had the we're broke speech with me  :(.
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I get that speech 3 times a week - just ignore it.  Buy the U360, she will be mad for a bit and then get over it.  Either way you will be getting the same "we're broke" speech soon enough.   ;)
cadmium:

--- Quote from: javeryh on August 28, 2008, 02:18:41 pm ---I get that speech 3 times a week - just ignore it.  Buy the U360, she will be mad for a bit and then get over it.  Either way you will be getting the same "we're broke" speech soon enough.   ;)

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Something tells me that wouldn't go down too well in our household ;)

Can someone with a u360 tell me how map changes work? Does it automatically pic up different games, or is it something that can be controlled via my Front-End (maximus), or do I have to launch another program to do it?
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