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Choosing the right joystick...So many options

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Gatt:
You may want to look at MDO,  it's plywood with a layer of MDF on top of it,  much much easier to work with and takes paint/art easily,  and easily takes the T-molding.

You may also want to look at some other sites than Happ,  you can purchase Happ Ultimates or Competitions with the microswitches already on them. 

You may also want to seriously consider at least 1 servo stick,  IIRC Karate Champ is a double 4-way game,  it's not going to play well with 8-ways.

Dekieon:
After putting some thought into it, I am guessing I want the main 8way sticks choosen for the fighting games like Mortal Kombat, and Street Fighter.
What about the Happ perfect 360? I have read some good things about these, but are a bit pricy. Would they be good for fighting games like street fighter and MK? CAn i pull out the shaft and replace it with somthing else?

CheffoJeffo:
The answer you seek really does lie in the games that you want to play. For my money, if I had to have a single cab with only one choice of stick to play a wide variety of games, I would choose Wico 8-way leafs. But, if I had a couple of games that were really important to me (like, say, Donkey Kong), I would look into options better suited to those games.

I used Ultimates on my first build as a little Cheffo. They are very sloppy sticks, I hate them and I am not alone:

Threads here talking about Happ Ultimates

I like plywood, *especially* for panels. I've never seen warping as an issue. The plywood Midway, Nintendo and Williams cabs in my basement have held up pretty damned well. Big showcase cabs are built with plywood. Those pinball guys ... they're just CRAZY because all of their cabinets and playfields must be warping all over the place.   :P

Plywood good. Happ Ultimate bad.

Answer to your original question depends on what games are important to you.

shponglefan:
IMHO, Happ Super's make a good, all-around inexpensive joystick.

However, for 4-way games (i.e. Pacman), they play better with a dedicated 4-way stick.

For fighting games specifically, however, I'd look at Sanwa JLF's.

Dekieon:
Hmmm, I keep reading the JLF's are great for fighting games. I think I might get a couple of those from ParadiseArcade. Along with the translucent ball tops to light up.

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