The PC Engine 6 button arcade stick

[Drakon]

Here's the current version:









Here's a video of the very first version in action (I shot this video before rebuilding it into what it is now)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... IcMUQpVAiI

[Breetai]

It's cool that you did that (honestly, it really is!!!!!).

But, why not just get this?:



It uses the same Sanwa parts. Although I suppose what you did does save space.

[Drakon]

What I did was much cheaper and the stick I'm using is very heavy which I love plus it looks way better. Also my stick has a seimitsu ls32 installed. I already had this stick straight wired for padhacks and my supergun so really the cost of this project was a 2$ printer cable, some electrical tape, hot glue, zip ties, and patience.

[Breetai]

What I did was much cheaper and the stick I'm using is very heavy which I love plus it looks way better. Also my stick has a seimitsu ls32 installed. I already had this stick straight wired for padhacks and my supergun so really the cost of this project was a 2$ printer cable, some electrical tape, hot glue, zip ties, and patience.

Well, I guess that makes sense. The PC Engine stick I just showed isn't light either, and looks are relative. Actually, this is the one they used for a basis for the stick you are using!

I wonder what the stick in the Hori Fighting Stick PC is? I'm kind of assuming an LS32, since that's what Hori used in a lot of their sticks in the mid-90s. Perfect for those shoot 'em ups.

[Drakon]

I'm pretty sure my hrap 2 sa came with a sanwa jlf and once I got my hands on a seimitsu I never looked back.

[bacteria]

My TurboGrafx controller (working off memory here) is only A and B button and dpad, nothing fancy; yours is 6 button and d-pad?

[Hobie-wan]

My TurboGrafx controller (working off memory here) is only A and B button and dpad, nothing fancy; yours is 6 button and d-pad?

In Japan there were 2, 3, and 6 button PCE pads. I think Forgotten Worlds was the only game configured for 3 button and I'm not sure that anything other than Street Fighter II used 6. Perhaps some later JRPGs or something.

[Breetai]

My TurboGrafx controller (working off memory here) is only A and B button and dpad, nothing fancy; yours is 6 button and d-pad?

In Japan there were 2, 3, and 6 button PCE pads. I think Forgotten Worlds was the only game configured for 3 button and I'm not sure that anything other than Street Fighter II used 6. Perhaps some later JRPGs or something.

There are a good number of other games that used the 3-button pad. The 3rd button just gives you a choice of mapping either select or run to the 3rd button, so it is definitely nice to be able to use that extra action button on some of those games. The Avenue3 pad was sold as a pack-in with Forgotten Worlds.


Martial Champion, Strip Fighter 2, Art of Fighting, World Heroes 2, Fatal Fury 2, Fatal Fury Special all use the 6-button pads in addition to Street Fighter II: CE. I'm not sure what else does off the top of my head.

I'm pretty sure my hrap 2 sa came with a sanwa jlf and once I got my hands on a seimitsu I never looked back.

Depends on what you want to play. Sanwa is usually better for fighters, while Seimitsu is better usually better for twitch stuff like shoot 'em ups.

[Drakon]

I'm pretty sure my hrap 2 sa came with a sanwa jlf and once I got my hands on a seimitsu I never looked back.

Depends on what you want to play. Sanwa is usually better for fighters, while Seimitsu is better usually better for twitch stuff like shoot 'em ups.

I've heard people mention this but I play a looot of fighters and even with fighters I easily prefer the seimitsu.

[Breetai]

I'm pretty sure my hrap 2 sa came with a sanwa jlf and once I got my hands on a seimitsu I never looked back.

Depends on what you want to play. Sanwa is usually better for fighters, while Seimitsu is better usually better for twitch stuff like shoot 'em ups.

I've heard people mention this but I play a looot of fighters and even with fighters I easily prefer the seimitsu.

Well, there ya go! Most of it has to do with the springiness of the joystick and how soft/hard it hits at the extremities.