Does Anybody Own an X-Arcade Joystick?

Post by **racketboy** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:48 am

I know I've read reviews of them, but I usually take them with a grain of salt when they are from a general gaming site that isn't usually very picky? Does anyone have one that they could compare to other joysticks?

Post by **dudex77** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:06 pm

I don't own one but have talked to people who do and they all say it's not worth the money. Your best bet is here That way you get real arcade parts which is guaranteed quality and you get the joy of making it how you want to.

Post by **Gamerforlife** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:33 pm

I was actually researching these things recently. Reviews for them all over the net are overwhelmingly positive. However, every single forum I've been too mercilessly bashed them for using cheap parts rather than arcade quality ones

Really shows how out of touch major gaming sites are with the gaming community.

Post by **InfectedZero** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:55 pm

Yeah I read that its not worth it. If your looking for a PC arcade stick(can be used with the 360 also for whenever I play SF4, kept mine even though I dont have a 360) buy the xbox 360 hori stick, its pretty high quality, but not like arcade quality. Plus you can mod it(tutorials can be found online)with some real arcade parts you just buy online and install using some tools and whatnot. Plus its only $60(online and if you can find it in stores). Or you can just go with making your own if you have the skills required, or just get someone to make you one. Browse these threads in this subforum for Shoyuken since alot of people try to get the best and use the best for fighting games there. http://forums.shoryuken.com/forumdisplay.php?f=177

Post by **nickmasterx** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:53 am

I own one. It's not bad, I just used it for MAME games on PC. Getting the buttons set up can be tricky sometimes. I think it seems to work pretty well though.

Post by **fastbilly1** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:01 am

The components are not arcade quality, unless they have changed recently. But if are handy with a screwdriver, you can switch out all of them for real components - if you do want to do this I can set you up with the guy I work with out of BYOAC.

If I was going to buy a standalone unit, I would buy the Hanaho Hotrod SE. All happs parts, keyboard encoder, and pinball flippers, which I used as coin. The only downside is you cannot reprogram the encoder, so player 2 has shift as one of their keys. Mame will recognize that, but not all emulators. Well that and it is PS/2 only.

http://www.hanaho.com/Products/HotRodJoystick.php
Cheaper to boot.

Post by **racketboy** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:27 am

dudex77 wrote:I don't own one but have talked to people who do and they all say it's not worth the money. Your best bet is here That way you get real arcade parts which is guaranteed quality and you get the joy of making it how you want to.

Except, I wouldn't want to have to build one myself.
I just don't have the time to learn how to put one together.
I'll build my own PC because I could do that in my sleep, but joysticks are something I've never dealt with.

Post by **fastbilly1** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:13 pm

Racket if you just want the controller for the pc it is pretty easy. The days of hacking keyboards are long gone - now we just send some money across the pond and a magical box shows up that does all that hard work for us.

Post by **slag** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:03 pm

I have one. Picked it up at a thrift store for $20 without cable. the P2 joystick was broken by the prior owner, but it was a quick fix.

How well it holds up depends on how much you use it and how hard your using it, just like anything else in the gaming world.