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Can someone please school me on the U360 by Ultimarc??
zmartin34:
I have a cab with a 2 person control panel; I recently upgraded my computer and now I can run virtually everything I want. I currently have 2 8-way joysticks, no analog control at all. I am running Hyper Spin FE and am looking to emulate Dreamcast, PSX and N64; they are the only ones I have left.
The reason I haven't set them up yet is because most of the games on those systems required the use of an analog stick. Is this what you folks are using the U360 for? In general what is the consensus in terms of the how well they work?
I prob won't have room to set-up 2 of them complete with buttons on my current control panel so I'll prob just go with 1 stick and buttons but at least I can enjoy those other systems.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated :cheers:
Ginsu Victim:
There's nothing on those systems I run that would need analog. I use U360s and apart from analog games in MAME, I run all consoles with 8-way maps.
For ease of use, though, I highly recommend the U360.
zmartin34:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on September 03, 2009, 09:00:14 pm ---There's nothing on those systems I run that would need analog. I use U360s and apart from analog games in MAME, I run all consoles with 8-way maps.
For ease of use, though, I highly recommend the U360.
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Thanks Ginsu :)
But the vast majority of the games on dreamcast and psx all used the left analog stick correct? Nearly every game I can remember playing on those used the analog stick... Sure you could control some of them with the d-pad but it limited the gameplay as you lost the analog control that was programmed into the game. Someone tell me what I'm missing...
Also, could you elaborate on the ease of use? I'm already setup with 8-ways and they're working just fine if analog is not needed for those emus...
ivwshane:
The benefit of the U360's is that you can use them like a dedicated 4, 8, and analog stick. With the proper software the stick will auto configure itself based off of the game you are playing.
If you get a U360 you really don't need your other sticks.
Some standard upgrade options people get are stiffer springs and resticter plates (I myself just have the stiffer springs).
I love this stick!
Franco B:
--- Quote from: zmartin34 on September 03, 2009, 09:43:03 pm ---But the vast majority of the games on dreamcast and psx all used the left analog stick correct? Nearly every game I can remember playing on those used the analog stick... Sure you could control some of them with the d-pad but it limited the gameplay as you lost the analog control that was programmed into the game. Someone tell me what I'm missing...
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AFAK there is still no solution for using the U360s for analogue N64/DC games.
I'm not so sure about the N64 but there are lots of great DC games (mainly fighters and shmups) that you can use the d-pad for, and hence arcade controls.