I LOVE HAPP Competion's

[mytymaus007]

I love my happ comp's but wish i has 8 way Wico's for my MAME control panel DAMM! I just beat the crap out of them playing thirty games of Robotron I nearly broke my hand smashing them together! WOW they take a beating!!!!! But if i had Wico's I probably would score Higher then i wouldnt have to beat them up.

[mytymaus007]

how does the U360 joystick's hold up to beating anyone have them that treat them how they should be treated

[severdhed]

i have u360s, but being an adult, i dont feel the need to abuse them. a nice precision motion is far superior to large violent motions.  i do know that when my wife plays anything with them, she treats them alot harder than i would like, and i have not had any problems with them.  (when she plays pacman, the whole cabinet shakes).

personally i hate wico sticks, they are way too stiff.  i just installed  a NOS 4way wico in my donkey kong cabinet and i had to pull it out because you had to push really hard to use it.  i like a stick that i can easily manipulate with just my thumb and index finger, without moving my hand...the u360 is that stick.

[Zebidee]

I don't like Happ competition joys as they often "bounce" back the opposite direction, making playing certain old skool games very hard (e.g. Ghosts n Goblins, because Arthur keeps looking backwards after firing forwards, and this interrupts my mojo, so he dies).

However, they seem pretty good for fighting games like Streetfighter & MK etc. Some people who mostly play these games luv 'em (Happ comps) and probably think I'm a whinger. So if that is what you play, then go for it.

[mytymaus007]

no doubt a 4 way wico is way to stiff for donky kong but great for pacman. And a Wico 8 way is a must for robotron. It sounds like U360's are similar to Sanwa sticks which i like for fighters. BUT the reason I love my HAPP comp because they take a beating and still keep playing. ANYONE know Robotron is a joystick BUSTER  

[Ginsu Victim]

how does the U360 joystick's hold up to beating anyone have them that treat them how they should be treated

I beat the utter ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- out of mine and they hold up fine.

[Beretta]

dont have a u360 but if they dont hold up then they aint worth bothering with..

who wants a stick you gotta be careful with? thats one of the things i like about arcade games is they're large and you can beat the hell out of them.

there are some games that encourage button mashing joystick twisting cabinet rockin action.

lot of wrestling games for example, heck 5 min game is like 30 mins in the gym, hell of a workout

[severdhed]

It sounds like U360's are similar to Sanwa sticks which i like for fighters.

U360s do feel similar to sanwa sticks, because they are sanwa sticks.  the u360 is a modified sanwa JLW

[Ginsu Victim]

dont have a u360 but if they dont hold up then they aint worth bothering with..

who wants a stick you gotta be careful with? thats one of the things i like about arcade games is they're large and you can beat the hell out of them.

Not a problem. The U360 is a badass mofo.

there are some games that encourage button mashing joystick twisting cabinet rockin action.

lot of wrestling games for example, heck 5 min game is like 30 mins in the gym, hell of a workout

Yeah, Blazing Tornado is freakin' workout!

[mytymaus007]

Bottom line is every stick is good for it own reason. except X-Arcade unless your comparing them to  a keyboard So all in all they all have a purpose hence the reason to have hot swappable panels