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why no top switchable joystick that has a long throw?

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severdhed:

yeah, but you can't do that from the top of the panel, which makes it no better than a jstick or any other bottom switchable stick. i dont want to have to open my panel to switch my stick....i just want a good top switchable stick that doesnt have a short throw...and i dont think i am alone.

i'll probably buy the u360 and just try to adjust to not haveing a physical 4 way restrictor...but it is less than ideal

daywane:

I have the old "T"stick
i forget what it is called now.
but I like it just fine.
plays MsPac fine
did I have it on my MsPac , no, I use a real MsPac joystick
but I did use it in other cabs for the same game.
only thin I noticed was the darn click click noise

Bender:

first off the U360 is a great stick, I've been using several of them for over a year and haven't had any problems

the complaints, as far as I can tell, are from abuse (bent washers, ect) or people who don't take the time to set them up right, it is a little complicated precisely because they are so versatile
Plus Ultimarc's customer service is top notch to help out if anything does go wrong

on the other hand I bet there is a way to modify a j-Stick to make it switchable from above or from the side of a CP
seems like you could attach a "L" shaped piece of metal to the restrictor and have the top of the "L" come through the top of the CP

it would take some work but very possible



severdhed:

I am just worried about the u360 holding up to the abuse of being used by children.  i know i can take care of them very well, but i have  22month old who loves to bang around on my cabinet.  if he breaks my x-arcade stick, i am out $20 or something...i am just worried that he may break my u360 and then i am out $70. 

also, for those of you using the u360...are any of you using the wire harness to attach buttons to the built in interface?  or are you using a separate ipac or somethign?  i am planning on buying two u360s and using the built in encoders for my buttons, but i would like some feedback from someone who is doing this....  also does it support shifted buttons like the ipac?  i need 6 buttons per player, plus coin,start, and would like pause and exit buttons.  i plan on making p1 buttons 5 and 6 mouse buttons, so that would free up the inputs on the u360 that i need...but if there was shift functionality, that would make me feel better about this...

Ginsu Victim:

I'm using a minipac for the main buttons and the U360 encoder for hidden admin buttons. The U360 does feature a shift button (button 8 ). You don't have to buy the wire harness for it if you have a firewire cable (the one that plugs to the motherboard) laying around. Plug the mobo end into the U360, lop off the other end, and wire it to the buttons. You might have to move some of the connections around on the plug (use a razor blade to slide the ends out).

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