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The One Joystick to Rule Them All?
processedmeat:
Hi all, after trying to play 4 way joystick games with an 8 way joystick because I didn't know any better, I'm on the market for an easily switchable (4 to 8 way) joystick. Then I figured that it would be great if there was one that was a rotary joystick as well so I can properly play. Does one exist?
After building one cabinet, I've quickly realized that having proper controls makes a big difference in your enjoyment of these old games. However, I'm limited to one cabinet so I'm trying to get something that can accommodate as many of these games as possible.
EMDB:
Most switchable sticks can only be switched from the bottom. A MagStik Plus (http://www.ultimarc.com/controls.html) can be switched between 4- and 8-way from the top. A Servostick (http://www.ultimarc.com/servostik.html) can be switched automatically between 4- and 8-way driven by software. An U360 (http://www.ultimarc.com/ultrastik_info.html) can be mapped via USB to be any kind of stick (2-way, 4-way, 8-way, 4 way rotated 45 degrees for QBert). This can be automated based on the game you select in your frontend: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,134128.0.html
Drnick:
Unfortunately there is no 1 stick to rule them all. I would recommend you look into either servo sticks (Which have an automated restrictor to swap between 4-8 way) Mag stick Plus sticks which are 4-8 way swappable from the top. Then there are some more expensive options ultrastick 360 for example.
As for Rotary joystick, If you look around the site someone did a modification to add rotation and I think top firing to their existing stick.
@EMDB Looks like you got in there just before me,
Felsir:
I can vouch for the servostik: I have two of them in my cabinet and I'm very happy with the automated switch mechanism. I would either go for an automated option or a programmable stick like the U360.
Manaul (top) switchable sticks are nice on paper but in my own experience I didn't bother switching them because I had no clue if the restrictor was in 4 or 8 way mode without having to twist the stick again. Also people playing on my cabinet had no clue about the switching mechanism, and ended up calling a 8 way game 'broken' because they didn't know the stick was still in 4 way mode. So they ended up nearly permanent in 8 way mode.
What are other people's experience with these type of manual switchable sticks?
EMDB:
--- Quote from: Felsir on March 06, 2014, 03:59:32 am ---I can vouch for the servostik: I have two of them in my cabinet and I'm very happy with the automated switch mechanism. I would either go for an automated option or a programmable stick like the U360.
Manaul (top) switchable sticks are nice on paper but in my own experience I didn't bother switching them because I had no clue if the restrictor was in 4 or 8 way mode without having to twist the stick again. Also people playing on my cabinet had no clue about the switching mechanism, and ended up calling a 8 way game 'broken' because they didn't know the stick was still in 4 way mode. So they ended up nearly permanent in 8 way mode.
What are other people's experience with these type of manual switchable sticks?
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I started with a MagStick Plus and indeedd although it works prefect you don't know what mode the stick is in so you don't know when to switch and you can't (and won't) explain to guest about the switching. I switched to an U360 and am perfectly happy with it. Especially because it can also handle the 45degrees rotated stick of QBert.
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