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Title: Ultimarc vs. Happ
Post by: Mah_Freend_Amee on June 17, 2004, 01:37:17 pm

Hello, I am working on building my first cabinet and need to order the joysticks and buttons.  I was wondering what people prefer the happ super or the T-stik plus.  If I do order from Ultimarc i was wondering if the trackball there can be wired to the computer with an mouse hack instead of the  opti-pac.

Title: Re:Ultimarc vs. Happ
Post by: Hoagie_one on June 17, 2004, 01:43:44 pm

i havent used it yet but teh t-stick plus is going into my player 1 side for sure.  the reviews on it are nice and i need a functional 4-way\8-way switched joystick

Title: Re:Ultimarc vs. Happ
Post by: big_garryb on June 17, 2004, 01:44:31 pm

im very happy with my t-stick  plus from ultimarc. but i bought my trackball from happ and it came with a usb connection which seems to work ok for all the games. so i didnt need a mouse hack!!!!

im happy!

Title: Re:Ultimarc vs. Happ
Post by: Tiger-Heli on June 17, 2004, 02:42:46 pm

Quote from: Mah_Freend_Amee on June 17, 2004, 01:37:17 pm

Hello, I am working on building my first cabinet and need to order the joysticks and buttons.  I was wondering what people prefer the happ super or the T-stik plus.  If I do order from Ultimarc i was wondering if the trackball there can be wired to the computer with an mouse hack instead of the  opti-pac.

Apples and oranges -

Happ Super is long throw, fairly light spring pressure, a little sloppy, good for circular motion in 8-way games.  Difficult to switch to 4-way mode and not good for 4-way games.

T-Stick Plus is extremely short throw, moderate to stiff spring pressure, precise, okay for 8-way games, good for 4-way games, and easily switchable between the two.

Title: Re:Ultimarc vs. Happ
Post by: vputz on June 17, 2004, 04:57:25 pm

Plus I've heard great things about the Happs Perfect 360 optical stick for many games.  OTOH, I got two T-stik pluses and couldn't be happier--only used the 8->4way switching once or twice, but it makes a huge difference when you need it.

Good stuff-->VPutz

Title: Re:Ultimarc vs. Happ
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on June 17, 2004, 06:24:40 pm

The T-stiks are more versatile than the Supers; so, given a choice between the two, I'd go with the T-stiks.

Title: Re:Ultimarc vs. Happ
Post by: TalkingOctopus on June 17, 2004, 08:29:34 pm

I think that the RetroBlast! reviews do a good job of showing the differences between the Ultimarc and Happ joysticks.

http://www.retroblast.com/reviews/joysticks/happsuper.html (http://www.retroblast.com/reviews/joysticks/happsuper.html) - Super
http://www.retroblast.com/reviews/joysticks/ultimarc_tstik.html (http://www.retroblast.com/reviews/joysticks/ultimarc_tstik.html) - T-stick