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| spectre:
well my cab is an old dynamo made cab... prolly an ikari warriors og... its 231/3 across the control panel... xarcade would be perfect fora cab of that sort... |
| armad1ll0:
I think that they suck. At work (capcom) a bunch of dudes have them and they are sorry that they traded for them. The sticks are too loose. The buttons don't feel as soft as Happ buttons with "Cherry" brand microswitches. Having a custom one built is just so much nicer. Today I tested a gamecube adaptor with the PSX digital pad and it worked. That was so cool. I've another Xbox adaptor to test w/ the Sony PSX digital pad. With all of these then you can have the effective same thing as the X-arcade. |
| zaphod:
I used an X-arcade extensively with my cabinet for 6 months with no problems. Was very solid and played nicely. Took a lot of abuse without breaking. No complaints from any users. Just no trackball, or spinner, and the 8-ways supplied make playing 4-way games more challenging. After building my own controller, I can do direct comparisons and the custom controller plays better (IMO). The X-arcade buttons have a different feel altogether and the distance between players is tight. For people that have no thoughts of building their own CP, I feel the X-arcade is an excellent choice. Economical, well-built, and ready to play out of the box. If you do buy it and decide to later build your own (as I did), you shouldn't have any problems reselling the X-a to one of your friends or co-workers. The size of your cab might also limit your choices. Just my .02 |
| rampy:
--- Quote from: armad1ll0 on June 20, 2003, 05:18:58 am ---Having a custom one built is just so much nicer. --- End quote --- Don't you just happen to make custom built control panels *wink* Re: OP: I always find it daft that people BUY an x-arcade controller to fit on to their cabinet projects because: 1. If you are going to do all the other stuff required to make a MAME cabinet get up and go --> the control panel isn't *that* much harder to do (if at all). 2. I know the fit and finish of an x-arcade panel might be attractive to some people but if you "plop" it on to an existing cabinet it doesn't match/conform/look right... Unless you do some fancy woodwork (which if you are capable of that why can't you drill a few holes to build your own cp?!) 3. The sticks as noted above are too close together for comfort if you are going to have two people play at once (although it is more convenient for robotron duelie stick action) 4. underpants! *shrug* to each his own I guess... If you want an idiot proof, pretty looking out of the box desktop controller... I'd say get a x-arcade, hotrod, or slik stik.... but I just think its a lame-o "shortcut" when you shoe horn that into a cabinet... Granted if you allready had an x-arcade I can see gutting it and re-using the parts to save money (even if the quality of the parts is less than happs by a smidge... if you're that anal buy some replacement cherry switches) blah...*shrug* Rampy Rampy |
| Stormdemon:
X-arcade sticks really suck, as well as Hotrod sticks. These models have very long travel and soft spring, which kills gameplay since you don't have any precision, specially with diagonals. If you want a good stick try the Universal stick (same as Ultimarc's E-stick or Industrias Lorenzo's Universal Stick), or even better the Industrias Lorenzo Mando Muelle 8p-4p, which is the same as Ultimarc's Tstick. This one is another story: short travel, strong spring, very solid stick, very heavy, solid and resistant. |
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