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Planning first project. X-Arcade or not?

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Jack Burton:

--- Quote from: solid12345 on March 26, 2010, 10:53:36 am ---What I never understood is why the fighting purists hate X-arcade yet will praise optical 360 degree controls, excuse me but those aren't authentic either, what 1990s Street Fighter cabinet would have had such a technological advancement? Better control is NOT the same as "authentic"

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When it concerns authenticity it's very hard to say what is right for fighting games.  Keep in mind that most fighting gamers play a variety of titles, not just SF2.  Those games were often distributed in the form of kits, and would have used whatever joystick was in the cabinet the kit was installed into.  Those sticks were probably Happ Super, Il competition, Wico 8-way, or Wico 360. 

During the 90's arcade era Wico and Happ Perfect 360s were a popular type of joystick for operators and players to put in their cabs and customs.  And now it's very much the same for the competition stick.  I would say that the Il competition is found in more fighting game cabinets in america right now than any other.  You can say that the these two sticks are the official "tournament" sticks in America aside from Sanwa and Seimitsu sticks.

However, there is a little more going on here.   If you want to be REALLY accurate you would go back and find what joystick came on cabs in Japan during the early 90's.  The cabs that SFII came out on in Japan had Seimitsu LS-32's, and later Sanwa JLW sticks.  Then Virtua Fighter came out and everyone switched to the Sanwa JLF series.  That's the current standard and is exactly what you will find in Vewlix cabinet. 

taylormadelv:
I started doing mame projects with a gutted x-arcade, then when I learned what I was doing, I bought a DIY x-arcade kit for another project. I have used ipacs and GPwiz's as well. I actually LIKE the buttons but the joysticks are inferior to Happs competition, I don't use the x-arcade joysticks anymore. It comes basically pre-configured and all your wires precrimped and molex connectors for the pcb so almost no stripping/crimping is involved when I work with x-arcade stuff.
I have noticed better preformance when using x-arcades over PS2 vs USB but this is just a personal opinion.
The x-arcade will NOT work with old Macs out of the box, you need a special, obsolete and expensive adaptor.
The x-arcade does NOT have directional keys mapped out of the box. You will have to configue a front end to use the joystick to go up and down game lists.
The x-arcade does NOT have "shift" keys but in reality, "shift keys" can just be programmed directly into mame, it's a pain but all the shift functions can be duplicated without an actual "shift" key.
They ship from PA USA and that means fast shipping for me and no international fees showing up on my CC. Good customer service, if you have a real issue, they will address it and really try to help.

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