Put some more time into this today, and I was just trouncing fools w/ Balrog. That was until Fei-Long smacked me around. Stage 8 is seeming to be my wall right now; I know I can 1cc this thing.
Really having a good time playing this way. My wall has been stage 6 and got owned by Ryu in the first round of stage 6 this time as well, but then won the next 2, then started cruising all the way to stage 10 where Cody was ridiculous - couldn't get near him, his anti-airs were brutal and if I played defense he just chucked rocks at me.
I kinda want to get in on this, but I'm worried about my controller options. I have a Topmax DC joystick, but it's pretty loose and clicky and feels like it's not spot-on. The regular Dreamcast pad is not all that great for fighters. I have an ASCII fighting pad, and it's pretty good, though wear is loosening the pad some. I do have a Saturn/PS adapter for the DC. Do adapters typically introduce a lot of lag? I have a PS1 joystick that's still not arcade-grade, but is better than the Topmax. And I do have my pride and joy (stick), my Sega Saturn Arcade Stick that I brought back from Japan. Can I just drop arcade replacement parts straight into that, cause the joystick really needs to be tightened up?
The buttons are soldered into an all-in-one pcb assuming you're talking about the HSS-0136 virtual stick. The stick is soldered to another smaller pcb, it isn't 4-5 wire molex connector to an out of the way PCB - it's not an easy / easy drop in. Those sticks are pretty hearty, you may just need a restrictor gate?