Sega Gear: ASCII Fighter Stick SG-6

[Melf]

You're playing Mortal Kombat 3 or Street Fighter II CE and you just can't take the controller's unsuitable D-pad. What's a gamer to do? Why, get himself a real fighting stick, that's what! There are plenty of candidates available (as evidenced by our Accessories & Peripheral Guide), so which to choose? There's the stellar Sega Arcade Stick, but those can be hard to find and are sometimes even pricey. A good alternative is the ASCII Fighter Stick SG-6, which gives you plenty of options to get the best out of your fighting game experience. Check out our Sega Gear review (http://www.sega-16.com/2006/11/sega-gear-ascii-fighter-stick-sg-6/) and see if this is the stick for you!

[Rusty Venture]

ASCII made great controllers back in the day. The quality rivaled that of what both Sega and Nintendo put out.

[Joe Redifer]

The Genesis was not good enough for true ASCII products, so we got the cheap ASCIIWARE instead.


You're playing Mortal Kombat 3
NEVER!!!!!


you just can't take the controller's unsuitable D-pad.
Then perhaps I should be using an official Sega 6-button pad. Can't be beat.

[Flash1087]

Isn't this the joystick in those "HOW I SAVED THE WORLD FROM CROCODILE PEOPLE" (or something similar) ads?

Always wanted one as a kid so that maybe I too could fight crocodile people. I never actually owned any Genesis games that would be any better off with an arcade stick, at least not at that age.

[Rusty Venture]

Yup Croc people ad.

I have a ASCIIPAD SG that i bought years ago and still use to this day. Solid as a rock and my weapon of choice when playing SOR2.

It's a shame they never made a 6-button pad that *WASN'T* using the SNES button placement, the SG d-pad is far better than the stock Sega 6-button controller.

[Thierry Henry]

Got me one of these just the other day. They don't go for a whole lot nowadays. Mine cost the equivalent of $15.
So far I reckon it's a great stick. Very responsive and the whole unit feels very solid to me. That's always a plus in my book. I mean you get these really great looking arcade sticks but that don't have that arcade type feel because there's no real "weight" to them. This one is different. Thumbs up!

[GohanX]

Does this thing use real microswitches?

[Thierry Henry]

^^

AFAIK, the Japanese version of the stick does use actual microswitches.

[GohanX]

But the US one doesn't? Meh. My quest for the Capcom Genesis stick continues...

[Zz Badnusty]

I purchased the Capcom Stick and hated it. Returned it for the ASCii stick. The capcom stick had a really loose stick with a wide swing angle iirc. And the whole capcom unit felt hollow, light, and cheap.

The ASCii sticks are my default Genesis/Sega CD controllers.

The opical sticks they made for Dreamcast are some of the best home joysticks ever imo.

The joysticks they made for Saturn were cheap and junky though.