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Solocade2008:
Hi, I am in the process of buying parts for my cabinet and looking for the best type of joystick, particularly for fighting type games which require precise control.

I've have researched several, but confused as which one is best. Price is not an issue.


* Ultrimarc UltraStik 360 Oval Top with USB cable
* Happs ULTIMATE JOYSTICK
* Happs COMPETITION JOYSTICK
* Happs SUPER JOYSTICK
* Happs UNIVERSAL JOYSTICK
* Happs PERFECT 360° ELECTRONIC JOYSTICK
Thanks!

Xam:
The ultimate is out.

I hear most people who play the fighters like the Happ 360's. Then again...the ultimarcs are relatively new...so that could change.

I personally use and like the comps and supers....but I don't really play the fighters. I just recently got my Happ 360's running, so I cannot say much about them at the present time.

I know I didn't help much, but joystick preference is pretty much a personal thing. One man's trash is anothers treasure. I personally feel that any of the sticks mentioned (with the exception of the ultimate) would suffice.

Xam

Ahigh:
I've always been partial to the supers, but if you're sure you want 8-way, the competitions are better than I expected.

Just make sure you get competitions and not imperials.  Imperials look a lot like comps but they suck big time.

You can't go wrong with the super (easy 8-way 4-way switchable by flipping the plastic underneath).  I don't know that the comps do that (I don't think they do, do they?).

The Perfect 360 is a little controversial.  There are not notches and the feel is totally circular.  It has 8-way and 4-way switchable like the super, it requires +5v power.  The optics need to be blown clear of dust only about as frequently as you'd replace a cherry switch.  Some people are huge fans of the super, but the value of your dollar is potentially lower compared to a competition.

I recently put two red-ball-top happ competitions (Tornado Terry's) on a perfect robotron that had some older wico leaf joysticks that weren't doing so well, and I've been scoring over 1,000,000 on difficulty levels that I previously couldn't do (still working on difficulty 7, but went well beyond a mil on difficulty 6).  I wasn't able to hit a million on difficulty 5 before, and the competitions make the exact switch times easy to hit with the loud clicking micros .. i'm not sure exactly how or why .. but they work great.

For a 4-way stick, I'd recommend the Happ Super, I think.  For 8-way, the comp.  And if you want the stick to make no noise and the perfect-circle thing doesn't bother you, then go with the perfect 360.  A perfect 360 is sort of bling to me, but not necessarily the best performing.

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- Ahigh

kowal:
better to buy JLW (j-stick) + circle restrictors.

Universal - incredibly hard spring
Ultimate - crap
Super - bad proportions of engagement to throw 1:3 some combinations register bad 1:2 is ideal
Competion - long throw, but install him in metal panel, and he should work OK
P360 - disastrous diagonals, it cracks (only wood panels) and has hard spring.
U360 - bad centring to center, but he records combinations superbly QFC, HCB, SRK. you have to buy circle restrictors.

Solocade2008:
Thanks for the suggestions guys.

Ultimarc UltraStik 360 Oval Top with USB cable
Ultimarc JLW (j-stick) + circle restrictors
Happs ULTIMATE JOYSTICK
Happs COMPETITION JOYSTICK
Happs SUPER JOYSTICK
Happs UNIVERSAL JOYSTICK
Happs PERFECT 360° ELECTRONIC JOYSTICK

There was another joystick called the Ultimarc Mag-stik plus that has a magnet to recenter the stick instead of springs. Not sure how it performs. http://www.ultimarc.com/controls.html

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