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Cero21:
Hey everyone. 

I've setup my arcade with 2 Happ Supers which so far I love.  Unfortunately, everyone seems to want to play pacman and donkey kong all the time, which we know aren't great with 8 way sticks.  Now I'm thinking of getting a 8way/4way stick to replace one of the supers. 

My question is, what should I be looking at? 

I saw the mag stick plus but it seems the short throw makes 8 ways games difficult. 

What about the ultrastik360?  I use gameex as a FE, and was wondering if there is an already established way to make the 4 way maps load automatically with 4 ways games?

Anything else I should look at?

shardian:
I have played Donkey Kong and Pacman on several different 8-way sticks. The games play just fine for the average person. I had my 48-1 setup with wico 8-way leafs and noone ever complained.

Long story short, if you are fine with 8-ways, then your visitors will be too. If you are not fine with it...well your visitors still will be.

Bond007:
I have to agree with Shardian. I only have 8-ways and I can play Pac-Man fine. My wife on the other hand has issues using the 8-way, it all depends on the person. I know that didn't answer your question but just my .02.

Jack Burton:
I have heard that some 4 way games act bizarrely when you hit the diagonals, like walking backwards or sideways.   I don't know which games this is an issue for, but you may want to set input in MAME to disable the diagonal directions. 

I have 2 Happ competitions in my cab in the are mostly fine for Pac man, Donkey Kong, etc.  Just takes a little getting used to.  I started out playing on Happ sticks though, and if you grew up playing on 4 way ball tops I can understand how it's just wrong to use anything else.

And I second the sentiment that whatever is fine for you in YOUR cab, is fine for your friends.

shardian:

--- Quote from: Bond007 on May 16, 2008, 01:01:48 pm ---I have to agree with Shardian. I only have 8-ways and I can play Pac-Man fine. My wife on the other hand has issues using the 8-way, it all depends on the person. I know that didn't answer your question but just my .02.

--- End quote ---

My wife stinks equally on Ms. Pac with an 8-way, or on the real machine.

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