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Felice:
As the topic starter I'm looking for a stick that never miss the diagonals for 100%. I don't know if this is the case with f.e. the Happ competition with the square bottom or with another stick. I've now a X-arcade stick (it's like the Happ super) which is ok but I don't feel if I hit the diagonals so sometimes I miss them.

TalkingOctopus:

--- Quote from: Felice on March 27, 2005, 05:52:23 pm ---As the topic starter I'm looking for a stick that never miss the diagonals for 100%. I don't know if this is the case with f.e. the Happ competition with the square bottom or with another stick. I've now a X-arcade stick (it's like the Happ super) which is ok but I don't feel if I hit the diagonals so sometimes I miss them.

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You probably want to avoid the Happ P360s then.

KenToad:

--- Quote from: Felice on March 27, 2005, 05:52:23 pm ---As the topic starter I'm looking for a stick that never miss the diagonals for 100%. I don't know if this is the case with f.e. the Happ competition with the square bottom or with another stick. I've now a X-arcade stick (it's like the Happ super) which is ok but I don't feel if I hit the diagonals so sometimes I miss them.

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--- Quote from: paigeoliver on March 25, 2005, 06:16:34 pm ---I will second the idea that there is no BEST. Different games play better with different joysticks. So there is no BEST, but I can tell you the WORST, Happ's Ultimate and Competition are pretty much the worst joysticks commercially available at the moment. Both use a defective design with diagonals that are much larger than the primary directions, no games NEED that, and it makes a lot of games really hard. Circle games like Robotron especially suck with those sticks.

No one ever talks about the Happ's Universal, but I like it, it has been growing on me over the years. It is especially good for Q*Bert.

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Felice,

I also started with X-Arcade sticks from their DIY special and wasn't happy with the way they felt playing Street Fighter games particularly.  I also checked out the Retroblast joystick roundup and did a lot of research on these boards and decided finally on Happ Competition joysticks (Paige's opinion seems overly harsh, as I also have played a lot of other types of games, including Robotron, although I'm no master, with these sticks--however, he may be just comparing the performance of these types of sticks to the performance of the actual sticks on the actual machines).  These feel a lot better for all the fighting games I have tested.  I currently have no desire to change again, although The GPWiz49 with a Happ 49 way joystick seems like a very possible alternative, as far as having great controls for the widest variety of games.  So, I don't know about best, but the Competition will let you and your friends play SFII type games and many others without thinking the controls are holding you back.  Good luck with finding a replacement that suits you.

KenToad

Flinkly:
i'd have to say p360.  their great and silent.

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