Mag-Stik Plus feels funny?

[deano728]

Just got a Mag-Stik Plus from Ultimarc.  I love the ability to change from 4 to 8 way.  It makes my 39 in 1 jamma board awesome.  No more running into ghosts on pac man. 

The only problem I have is that it doesn't feel right.  It feels as if it isn't too solid of a stick and it is loose and wierd. 

Anyone else have this experience?

Is there anything I can do to make it feel more solid or stiffen it up a bit?

[leapinlew]

What your experiencing is the short throw. The stick travels a very short distance before it triggers a microswitch. If you grew up in the states, it definitely does feel "funny". When I bought mine, I gave them a solid month of play before I abandoned them in favor of dedicated 4 or 8 ways.

I have yet to try the U360, but it sounds like it's the stick people are using for 4 and 8 way games.

[TheShanMan]

It's GREAT for 4 way games, but not so good for 8 way games in my experience. I treat it as a dedicated 4 way, which is a shame because the switchability is what sold me on the stick in the first place.

[deano728]

More than the short throw that you are talking about, it just feels like it is falling apart and not that solid.  I dunno, maybe I am just comparing it to the old joystick I had in there.

So there is no way to make it feel better then, eh?

[Ginsu Victim]

Does it even have a spring in it, or does it rely on the magnet as the only "return to center" method?

[TheShanMan]

Feels very solid to me. Maybe there's something wrong with yours. I assume you disassembled and reassembled it to install on your control panel? Maybe it didn't get put back together correctly?

Check with Andy.

[Ninten-doh]

it just feels like it is falling apart and not that solid.

I have a pair of these and they are very solid.   Short throw - yes.  Falling apart - no.

[Bender]

the nut on the bottom has to be tightened all the way down and if It's not put togerther just right it won't tighten down, I had that problem and had to look at the diagram on the ultimarc website to see how it went together

short throw, but works great and feels solid now