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Speedy245:

 Hey guys im just planning my christmas list for my first build and im looking into pushbuttons. From what i have found Happ Ultimate look best but im still unsure. i know its all down to personal preferance but what do you guys use? I am looking for a streetfighter feel (guess your bored of hering about streetfighter style haha) i deffo want the click and vertical microswitch are better from what i have read. Concaved also is a must. If not happ has anyone used seimitsu buttons? they do pink like the old style SF machines i used to play on but unsure if they are any good. Its not just build around streetfighter so i am willing to other options as my machine will be for every type of game really.
Thanks in advance
(also joystick advice if you want but there are loads of different threads im currently looking through so dont matter if not)

versapak:

I'd say that vertical would definitely NOT be what you want for Street Fighter.

The vertical buttons are more stiff, which doesn't cater nearly as well to the style of play that you have in fighters.


Unless you are looking for the Japanese feel, then your best bet would be going with the Happ Horizontal w/ Pushbutton.




Speedy245:

ahhh now im confused lolz, im sure i read that vertical were more responsive, how much difference does it make? as i said im going to be playing all sorts of games from Street Fighter to Mario to Pac Man to Space Invaders, its going to be a multi purpose cab, i keep finding myself wanting so many different things (i get excited too easy haha)

What is the difference with the japanese feel? as i say i just remember some arcade machines having pink buttons and those seimitsu buttons look like how i remember

opt2not:

If you're going to be playing fighting games, I'd go with some nice Seimitsu or Sanwa pushbuttons. They're more responsive with less effort to push, as well they're really solid feeling. These are the buttons commonly used in Japanese fighting game cabinets.


versapak:

The way the vertical buttons work, is that the switch is mounted into the button vertically with screws. A leg on the plunger then slides beside the switch and a little hump on the leg presses the button on the switch to activate it.

The horizontal buttons have the switch mounted horizontally with pegs built into the button. One of the legs on the plunger then presses the button on the microswitch down directly activating it.

Over time the little plastic hump on the vertical switch can wear down, and it can become less responsive. I dunno how likely that is to ever be a concern with only home use, but it is a potential problem that the horizontal buttons just don't have.






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