NeoGAF Arcade Stick Thread

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Flipyap said:
Yay, BUT I'd remove the tiny picture in the corner (the artwork is busy enough without it), move the exclamation mark logo away from the stick (you don't want to cover it) and use the same shade of green.
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Thanks for the advice. Moving the logo would be tough but doable, question is, where would it go?
 
What's with "Bat" sticks? are those good for a fighting game?
Or should I buy the JLF-TP-8YT?

Why are people complaining about Sanwa quality? I thought it was the best of the best for fighting games.
 
Wizpig said:
What's with "Bat" sticks? are those good for a fighting game?
Or should I buy the JLF-TP-8YT?

Why are people complaining about Sanwa quality? I thought it was the best of the best for fighting games.
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A little backgroud: are you building a stick? Modding one? What are you playing with it, fighting games? Shooters? Arcade games?

Sanwa is the "best" for a lot of people, but sometimes their QC stinks. Seimitsu is "best" for a lot of people, but more expensive so they are rarer to find in home console sticks.
 
Sweeetness, ordered a full spread of 8 PS-14-P's in Purple from Gamingnow.net's clearance, along with a U.V. and a Clear bubbletop. Gonna put the PS-14-P's in my Femme Fatale TE stick along with the U.V. Bubbletop, should look hot. I might put the clear one on my O.G. TE stick.

I wish he would have added the LS-32-01s if he did get them in stock, but I can wait on getting the stick for later.
 
Chorazin said:
A little backgroud: are you building a stick? Modding one? What are you playing with it, fighting games? Shooters? Arcade games?

Sanwa is the "best" for a lot of people, but sometimes their QC stinks. Seimitsu is "best" for a lot of people, but more expensive so they are rarer to find in home console sticks.
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Fighting games, that's why I thought Sanwa was better.
 
Wizpig said:
Fighting games, that's why I thought Sanwa was better.
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It's all down to the feel, honestly. If you get the chance to play with Seimitsu's, I recommend you do. You might find that you like the feel more, I found out I did.

Overall though, they're both pretty much the same as far as quality goes.
 
My SE stick got the dreaded rubbing joystick of doom last week. Shame, as I didn't have a problem with the stock parts at all - far better than the shit that HORI use. I've totally Sanwa'd her up now:

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Chorazin said:
It's all down to the feel, honestly. If you get the chance to play with Seimitsu's, I recommend you do. You might find that you like the feel more, I found out I did.

Overall though, they're both pretty much the same as far as quality goes.
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Thanks, and on an unrelated matter should I keep the little switch on LS (left stick) or DP (d pad) on the Arcade Stick when I play a fighting game?
 
MarkMan said:
It sucks because Sanwa feel is inconsistent at times. :(
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If I were to go the seimitsu route for the TE, what would you recommend as a replacement stick? Also, any additional info I should know about installing one of those, or is as easy as installing a sanwa replacement?
 
vocab said:
If I were to go the seimitsu route for the TE, what would you recommend as a replacement stick? Also, any additional info I should know about installing one of those, or is as easy as installing a sanwa replacement?
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Fairly easy.

Go after a Seimitsu LS-32-01.

You can use the existing 5-pin connector on the TE stick already.
 
vocab said:
If I were to go the seimitsu route for the TE, what would you recommend as a replacement stick? Also, any additional info I should know about installing one of those, or is as easy as installing a sanwa replacement?
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LS-40!

Honestly, the LS-32 is so overhyped. And, it has a deep rooted design flaw with the pivot which the LS-40 does not suffer from.

Also, people that I've had over that have used both my LS-32-01 sticks and LS-40 always comment on how rough the LS-32 feels when compared to the LS-40.

If you do buy an LS-40 you will need to buy an S mounting plate for it.

If you want to read up on all brands and models check slagcoin.

http://slagcoin.com/joystick/attributes_brands.html
 
Labombadog said:
So I have a Hori Real Arcade Pro. 3 SA and I noticed the talk of 'DP' which is digital control, correct?

Do my stick have this?
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Just looked on my HRAP. It should be there in the top left corner where the turbo is. You'll see the switch there. It should be set to digital as default already.
 
"The HRAPs don't have that."


Uh, yes they do.

There's a slide next to the turbo button that says "D L R." D-pad, left stick, right stick.

I saw that pre-edit!
 
Teknopathetic said:
"The HRAPs don't have that."


Uh, yes they do.

There's a slide next to the turbo button that says "D L R." D-pad, left stick, right stick.

I saw that pre-edit!
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nooooooo!!!! lol I honestly never paid attention so didn't notice it there. Sorry about the wrong info.
 
_dementia said:
FSTE-SE for Deathsmiles' North American release would be godlike.
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OOOooh! You just made my eyes pop out and my breathing and heart rate accelerate a little bit. A Seimitsu version TE would be pretty awesome.... MarkMan? :D
 
GeoNeo said:
LS-40!

Honestly, the LS-32 is so overhyped. And, it has a deep rooted design flaw with the pivot which the LS-40 does not suffer from.

Also, people that I've had over that have used both my LS-32-01 sticks and LS-40 always comment on how rough the LS-32 feels when compared to the LS-40.

If you do buy an LS-40 you will need to buy an S mounting plate for it.

If you want to read up on all brands and models check slagcoin.

http://slagcoin.com/joystick/attributes_brands.html
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Can you explain the pivot problem?
 
35 minutes to buy a TE stick.

I'm still going back and forth. I know once I buy it, Amazon's going to have them for $90 again. :lol
 
vocab said:
Can you explain the pivot problem?
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When you move the stick on the LS-32 and it hits the restrictor you will feel the stick do a small jump which slides the shaft up. A very distracting flaw of the LS-32.

Also, I find the LS-40 more precise stick compared to the LS-32.

Hopefully this helps you out. Don't overlook an LS-40. IMO, it is a gem of a stick. :)
 
Has anyone tried Seimitsu buttons in a Hori EX2? I'm going to mod one for a friend of a friend, and I'm wondering if there is more clearance for the PS 14 buttons compared to the OBSFs.
 
viewtiful_dru said:
Has anyone tried Seimitsu buttons in a Hori EX2? I'm going to mod one for a friend of a friend, and I'm wondering if there is more clearance for the PS 14 buttons compared to the OBSFs.
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I have put in PS-14-KNs in one of my EX2s, but they're about the same depth as PS-14-Gs and OBSFs.

If you're looking for extra clearance why not try the significantly shorter PS-15?
http://lizardlick.com/images/ps15_g.jpg
 
robot said:
Finally got some artwork/plexi for my hori ex-se - apologies if you've already seen the image posted in the pickup thread.

The artwork is based off of a new astro city cab panel. Though it was an existing psd from a shoryuken.com user, I realigned some of the assets. Was originally planning to replace the ball/buttons with pink/green to mimic the astro panel even further, but I love the buttons this hori came with.

IMG_1714-1-1.jpg
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That's great looking artwork. It has that retro arcade style to it. Could you provide a link to the PSD?
 
knee said:
35 minutes to buy a TE stick.

I'm still going back and forth. I know once I buy it, Amazon's going to have them for $90 again. :lol
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sounds like a good price. i wish i would have waited and picked one up over the se.
 
Noob question, but a friend of mine is getting rid of his MadCatz TE stick for pretty cheap. From my understanding, it should be fine to take the parts from that stick and put them into my MadCatz SE stick?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
ryuen said:
Noob question, but a friend of mine is getting rid of his MadCatz TE stick for pretty cheap. From my understanding, it should be fine to take the parts from that stick and put them into my MadCatz SE stick?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Sure....but why the hell would you want too? The TE stick design is so much better.
 
Yeah it sounds ridiculous but the one he's selling is the 360 version and my stick is for PS3.

Thanks for the confirmation though!
 
ryuen said:
Yeah it sounds ridiculous but the one he's selling is the 360 version and my stick is for PS3.

Thanks for the confirmation though!
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You're welcome!

I bet you could just transplant the PCB of your PS3 version SE into the 360 TE stick and everything would work just fine. The PCB in the SE and TE are, AFAIK, the exact same.

EDIT: Hell, you should able to remove the turbo switches box from the SE and swap it with the one from the TE. You should be able to make it into a fully functional PS3 stick!

And keep the 360 PCB as well, you might want to dual mod it down the road....
 
Hello again guys.
I'm going to order the spare parts now, but I still have doubts (heck, I even have doubts on the website).

Full sanwa?
Or maybe some seimitsu parts?

Again, I'm going to mod a SF4 Standard Edition and I'm going to use it for Super SF 4.
I dunno, tell me your experiences; Chorazin already said it's down to the feel, but I haven't tried Sanwa or Seimitsu parts... what I can say is that the default MadCatz parts felt pretty "good" to me, but due to some problems with "Y" and other stuff I'm going to mod the stick anyway.
 
yes, it totally comes down to feel
generally most prefer Sanwa for fightans, myself included

i loathe playing shootans with Sanwa though, way to loose for my liking.
 
I really dislike Sanwa. Way too looooose.

I would love to install HAPP buttons in my joysticks...but they don't make them in 30mm?
 
_dementia said:
yes, it totally comes down to feel
generally most prefer Sanwa for fightans, myself included

i loathe playing shootans with Sanwa though, way to loose for my liking.
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Guess I'm going with Sanwa then.
The rare times I play shootans on the 360 I use the 360 pad.
 
Having used an LS-32-01 stick in my first MadCatz SE stick and now using a full Sanwa setup in a TE stick I have a pretty good feel for the differences. Sanwa is smoother but has a longer throw while the Seimitsu is a little more mechanical feeling but with a VERY short throw. I enjoy both setups but give the overall nod to the Seimitsu just because it does everything well. Fighters and SHMUPs' will work beautifully on it while the Sanwa is really best suited to fighting games. That just my opinion, mind you. Everyone has their preferences.

In other news my BlazBlue CS TE stick arrived today and it's a beauty! Like most items of this type the screen caps don't do it justice; it really has to be seen in person to be fully appreciated. I got number 493/1500 PS3 version and have already set the (gorgeous) box on my display shelf so it can be appreciated by anyone coming into my gaming room. Thanks MadCatz and Aksys for getting these out so quickly!
 
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