whats your spending limit? Also do you want custom or just factory produced?Odrion said:What playstation arcade stick should I buy?
Yeah I'm definitely happy to have my Candy cab in the house, it serves me pretty well. I'm probably sacrilegious because I have it hooked up to consoles (xbox for mame and SF3, ps2 for other stuff, previously it was hooked up to Dreamcast) but I like having a range of titles to choose from.MarkMan said:^^ Nice!
Nice cab! I have an old Sega Astro City I use for playin' CPS games...
It's really nice having a candy cab... On the other hand, I also have a woody... Tekken Tag Tournament with Happ competition sticks/buttons.
he's the one that just modded my stick. All around great guy.MarkMan said:I just saw 001's mod of his VSHG that has a switch to make his VSHG compatible with BOTH PS3 and XBOX 360.... :drool:
He charges $50.00 for the work. add $10.00 if you want laminated art. You have to cover shipping and parts as you stated.Teknopathetic said:"he's the one that just modded my stick. All around great guy."
How much did it run you (Besides the stick, of course)?
im not sure how much he charges to actually build a stick? Im sure he could do it though.Teknopathetic said:"He charges $50.00 for the work. add $10.00 if you want laminated art. You have to cover shipping and parts as you stated."
Shit, that's not bad at all. I've got a spare 360 pad. I'll definitely have to hit him up about that once I buy a 360/VF5.
BocoDragon said:I'm pretty sure that the way to go is console controller converters. From what I've been told, lag isn't an issue? (which is surprising) I say invest in a great playstation stick, and with the proper adapters you can get it working on PS3, Cube/Wii, Xbox 1, etc.
360 is still the tricky one. Should I ever expect a PS->360 adapter, or does Microsoft's proprietary tech prevent this from being likely?
v0yce said:Awsome thread. I love looking at these sticks.
Question. Is there an easy way to add a bat top to the DOA 4 stick? And by easy, I really mean, can I order a bat top and just unscrew the ball and screw on a bat?
I always thought the way these guys did it would be ideal. Make the stick with just standard PC style ports and then make little specific boxes for each console you want to use. Nice and clean, and should my adapatable to any new consoles that would come out.
Any advice for absolute jealous noob? What's the learning curve for someone with zero soddering experience and circuit board knowledge? I think with a little trial and error I could get the box made well, but the guts of the thing always scare me off from trying.
Great Poster said:God, I've been waiting for this thread for like FOREVER....my needs are simple. I can tell that most of these sticks are geared towards fighters...which is cool...but I'm really looking for something that is more geared towards old-school arcade games...specifically the kind on XBLA -- stiff with good directional detection, especially in the Up-Down & Left-Right, and not as sensitive to the 45 degree axes...
I bought the Hori DOA4 stick, but was sadly disappointed (for how I wish to use it)...its a fine stick, but its really built for fighters (and I paid a decent price as it was the time many months before VF5 was announced and they were VERY scarce).
There are no commercial ones that I can find, so a custom seems the best way. Can any of you stick aficionados recommend the appropriate parts (and or complete stick) for non-fighter control that can be modded to work with a 360?
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Ryder said:What's a good site to buy one of these Hori Sticks from? Preferably a North American site? Play-Asia seems to be out of stock of all the sticks most of you guys mentioned, and I can't exactly navigate horistore.com. Help for an arcade stick noob?
UC1 said:Looks like you'd be after an octagonal gate. The restrictor in the DOA4 stick is a square, so it makes hitting corners easier, which is preferable for fighters (depending on who you ask, but it's the standard in Japan, HK, etc, not so much in USA). If you get a Sanwa stick, you can easily clip on an octagonal gate which will make it easier to hit up/down/left/right. Also helps with 360s/720s....
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/102-7570948-8262532?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=horiRyder said:What's a good site to buy one of these Hori Sticks from? Preferably a North American site? Play-Asia seems to be out of stock of all the sticks most of you guys mentioned, and I can't exactly navigate horistore.com. Help for an arcade stick noob?
just have him order from Lizardlick, Chad has excellent service, very fast.UC1 said:EDIT: I knew I read this somewhere before, turns out the info was in Jirotrom's link...
Yeah, you can actually use the Sanwa octagonal gate on the stock Hori joystick.
All you need to do is order the part (http://www.akihabarashop.com/ is a good shop, they're just doing site maintenance at the moment).
Easiest thing in the world to do, unclip the square gate, and replace it with the octagonal one.
Yes. The xfps 360.shuri said:are there any ps2 to 360 converter out there so far?
Yes, order Sanwa part LB-30-N and the corresponding screw adapter (LizardLick.com has both). You'll probably have to remove the base of the stick so that you can hold the shaft in place--no pun intended--while you unscrew the ball top and replace it with the bat top+adaptor.v0yce said:Question. Is there an easy way to add a bat top to the DOA 4 stick?
MarkMan said:I just saw 001's mod of his VSHG that has a switch to make his VSHG compatible with BOTH PS3 and XBOX 360.... :drool:
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n5/akuma001/360moddedvshg.jpg
+_dementia said:you must have thought you were getting quite a deal :lol
Wow nice... I've been really picky about getting the best converter and this has way more features than I would ever expect. Thanks.MarkMan said:Pelican's PS2 to PS3 adapter. Hands down.
If you'd like info on other ones for PS3 gaming, check here:
www.sdtekken.com/tech-area/converters
It's possible, but apparently a pain in the ass, involving filing and dremeling the case to make room for the larger Sanwa buttons. One of the links in the OP describes the process.bob_arctor said:Is it possible/relatively easy to replace the buttons on the Hori DOA4 360 stick with Sanwa ones?
BocoDragon said:Wow nice... I've been really picky about getting the best converter and this has way more features than I would ever expect. Thanks.