Main > Main Forum

Another joystick thread...yes I know

<< < (5/12) > >>

NoOne=NBA=:
And now that I got the base I needed for mine cheaply, I'd throw in that Monroe sticks are really nice 8-ways, and are probably the most durable of the 8-ways out there.
There is no plastic to wear out on them.

They were the stock sticks on Time Pilot, Gyruss, and Rampage.

Stingray:
Wico 8 way leafs, the best hands down for classics. I can't imagine playing Robotron with anything else. Plus the classic ball-top handle just looks the part.

My Neo Geo MVS came with some cheap no-name microswitch sticks which felt very sloppy and failed to register a direction fairly often. I replaced them with Happs Supers and that cab is a whole new experience. Supers are great for NEO GEO games.

The Omnistick Prodigy is a 4 way/ 8way top of the panel switchable. Works great in either mode and has a nice tight, short throw.

X-Arcade sticks are cheap and feel that way when you play with one.

For a short time I had a set of the old Atari ball top sticks that have the Fuji logo embossed in the top. I don't know if mine were just worn out or what, but they were awful feeling sticks. The throw seemed too long, they felt mushy, and they were somewhat prone to missing directions, particularly diagonals. They sure do look neat though.

-S

Tritoch84:
I play mostly fighters, and use comps.

on www.shoryuken.com the comps seem to be the best american stick for the price for fighters, although some people that play KOF (with it's harder input comands and more 360 motions) say that the Ults are better for KOF.

countchocula8:
Hello. I have a few joystick-related questions, and instead of posting a new topic, I've decided to tag on to this thread...

I've been reading a lot of posts concerning which stick to get and the more I read, the more confused I get.  I like to play a lot of fighting games (capcom and snk mostly), airplane shooting game (i.e. 1943), and metal slug type games. 

From what i've been reading, these are the top choices for my needs: happs perfect 360, happs super, happs comp, t-stik, and j-stik. Many people endorse the P360s but I think these are a bit out of my price range. People say t-stiks have "short throw" to them... i'm not quite sure what this means (short response time???) or if this is good for the type of games I will be playing.

A person I know is planning to order a few items from overseas and he can get sanwa joysticks (are these same as j-stiks?) for relatively cheap. This fact has me leaning towards getting the sanwas, but i'm confused as to how these would perform compared to the t-stiks, comps, and supers.  Toonces mentioned sanwa knockoffs...are ultimarc's j-stiks authentic sanwas?

Toonces's response a few posts up is a good summary, but I still find myself having difficulty deciding which to get. It would be great if anyone else can help me settle my inquiries.  So i guess my long-winded question is which stick will be best for my capcom-fighting, airplane-shooting, metal-slugging needs?  Much thanks.

edit: forgot to say that this will be for my mame box...if this makes a difference, if any, to the answers.

Goz:

--- Quote from: countchocula8 on April 01, 2005, 07:07:08 am ---
A person I know is planning to order a few items from overseas and he can get sanwa joysticks (are these same as j-stiks?) for relatively cheap. This fact has me leaning towards getting the sanwas, but i'm confused as to how these would perform compared to the t-stiks, comps, and supers.  Toonces mentioned sanwa knockoffs...are ultimarc's j-stiks authentic sanwas?


--- End quote ---

The J-Sticks are Sanwa joys. There are a couple of different models and vary how they are wired slightly. The Sanwa joys are really well constructed. They have a long throw which I prefer for fighters and shooters. The J-Sticks from Ultimarc are available with red ball only. When getting them from over seas you will have a selection of 5 different colors or so for the ball top.

My favorite 8 way joys are Wico Leafs followed closely by Sanwas (Genuine Sanwa). The cheap Sanwa knockoffs feel cheap and if you try one, you'll swear you'd break it on first use.

Hope this helps,

-Goz

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page

Go to full version