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Beretta:

Jack Burton everything you mention as a positive i would personally take as a negative.

i can only speak for my self here but i pretty much hate Japanese controls, both buttons and joysticks.

the short throw is unattractive, and the convex or flat buttons just feel alien.

and those "candy cabs" those look like crap imo.. are'nt they made out of plastic?  ::)
pfft i think they make'em short just to save money on material..

i'll take good old fashion American wood cab anyday, gimmie those oldschool deep concave buttons.. they feel like home to me.

Jack Burton:


--- Quote from: Beretta on October 29, 2009, 05:58:09 pm ---Jack Burton everything you mention as a positive i would personally take as a negative.

i can only speak for my self here but i pretty much hate Japanese controls, both buttons and joysticks.

the short throw is unattractive, and the convex or flat buttons just feel alien.

and those "candy cabs" those look like crap imo.. are'nt they made out of plastic?  ::)
pfft i think they make'em short just to save money on material..

i'll take good old fashion American wood cab anyday, gimmie those oldschool deep concave buttons.. they feel like home to me.

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And there are those who would disagree with every single thing you have said.  

If you go to one of the few modern arcades still making money in America you will find candy cabs and other sit-down models.  They will almost always come with Sanwa or Seimitsu controls  They are the favorite design of players who are playing in arcades everyday, and at home.

Their desire for an authentic Japanese arcade experience is no different from yours for an authentic old school American arcade experience.  

For the record candy cabs construction materials vary a lot.  They can be made out of metal, fiberglass, plastic, and even wood.  

If you think they are cheap looking in photos your opinion will be changed dramatically if you ever have the experience playing them.

I've played on Astro City, Blast City, Naomi, and Neo 29 cabs.  They were all absolutely rock solid.  For Japanese fighting games and shmups they are best.


Beretta:


--- Quote from: Jack Burton on October 29, 2009, 09:10:35 pm ---*said some stuff*
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i knew you'd have a respones simliar to that which is exactly why i preemptively trumped you with this.

--- Quote from: Beretta on October 29, 2009, 05:58:09 pm ---i can only speak for my self here but i pretty much hate Japanese controls, both buttons and joysticks.

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to be honest i wouldn't take a candy cab if you gave it to me, unless it was for the sole purpose of stripping it for parts.

because it is completely foreign to classic cabinet design in America.

further more although i sometimes like to sit on a stool i do not want to be forced to sit down to play and in some cases i prefer to stand.

imo those candy cabs are inferior in design for the above reason, the controls you can argue a personal preference if you like.

if you wanna say it's the most preferred then you need to provide some proof to use that argument cause quite frankly i dont believe that's the case.. in Japan probably, in America HIGHLY doubtful.. and anywhere else i have no clue.

i'd guess what you said was true you'd find a lot of people selling them.. you dont.. but you can find Happ like mad, perhaps it's cause they're cheaper but what ever the reason you dont see convex buttons gracing most cabinets in the wild or even on this site.


EDIT: couple typos

mytymaus007:

When in doubt with HAPP  :puke there is always LEAFSWITCH buttons :notworthy:

kowal:

first thing:
- old candy cab is the same oldschool how american, different is only style not age.
candy cab is closer to coctail oldschoolcab, candy is only natural evolution metal coctail cab in japan, shape candy it is not a "modern" style cab
- seimitsu is very old firm how Wico, LS32 is evolution LS30 this stick is very very old (beginning of '80). HAPP super and competion is "new" construction (beginning of '90) - present american stick is "modern" ;D
- japanese cab are more durable 80%
- and jap stick it is not short throw stick, short is only Suzo stick and other Euro old style fashion stick like Competion Pro
- american "old fashion" it looks how confessional from Ireland or Poland, only W/O priest in inside :lol



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