Thanks for the responses, brook universal board seems great except the price is more than double what I was looking at.
I'm not quite sure what a pad hacked 360 is.
Is it safe to say that a basic mame board won't work?
Like this one: Arcade Game Controller USB Interface PCB Kit for Pc (Mame) / Ps3 to Mame - 1 Player Only Plus
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UDHS63I/?tag=neogaf0e-20
That looks kinda like the $12 one on Focus Attack, kinda curious how the latency on that one compares.
In theory it'd work, but presumably it shows up as whatever standard USB controller input, while iirc SFV only supports Xinput or whatever (i.e. Xbox controllers). You could map it to a keyboard with whatever software to work but some people have mentioned they introduce some extra latency. Whether it's noticeable or not I have no clue.
Hi all, I'm a novice at arcade sticks. Can anyone recommend a good general purpose stick for PC and MAME? I mainly play shooters, beat em ups and arcade classics, plus casual offline play of fighters. Something with quality parts would be nice (I read Seimitsu may be best for the genres I like?), a fairly compact base that isn't wide or huge, and a minimal look that doesn't look busy.
Price isn't a big factor, but maybe I'm best off getting an easily modifiable budget stick and later swapping in better parts? I've no idea and that's why I'm here. Thanks in advance for any advice!
Quality parts in a compact base is increasingly rare it seems, so yeah your best bet might be a budget stick (seems like the only compact ones left are those) and modding it yourself. I'm not sure what the current options are, but an older one is the MadCatz SE, which came in at least SFIV and WWE versions (...just look into how to rip off the artwork). Don't limit yourself to looking for that one though, you might like one of the fancier larger ones if you see them. And as long as something is moddable easily enough, don't worry about whatever system it's for cause you can drop in whatever controller board.
Online prices tend to be inflated for older sticks, but people have had good luck with used ones on Craigslist, like someone recently here got a high end one in great condition for pretty cheap I think.
Otherwise there's the full custom route if you have the tools for it, make whatever the hell you want.
Hey gaf I need some help and this seems like the place.
Today is my birthday and I ordered a Pro Xtension Sit Down Cabinet. It comes with their own board. Halfway through my party yesterday, one of the leds on Player 2 went out. It was the "Select" button. Is anyone familiar with this board that they could help a newbie with fixing the problem? Here are some pics. Thanks!
Huh never seen that stick. But those controller boards look awfully like the PS360+, look up the wiring diagrams for that thing and that might be a start.
What else is lit up on the stick? The PS360+ LED functions are just for the player 1-4 indicator (I think?) so it might be relying on something else. Could be a basic loose wiring thing or LED for the button going out, trace the wire from the button and see if something seems off I guess.
