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David J.
02-17-2007, 08:00 PM
I got one of these earlier this week, and it rocks! I just got done playing some Robocop VS Terminator, and it held up pretty good.

Does anyone else own one, and think it's pretty awesome? I do wonder why they put a 3 button/6 button switch on the stick, when there's the mode button.

They are rather tough to find, but worth the hunt. :)
Joe Redifer
02-17-2007, 11:48 PM
I have one. Works great with Ghostbusters, even though that's a 3-button game. I imagine they put the 3 button switch on it because their customers were too stupid to figure out the mode button.
KnightWarrior
02-18-2007, 02:06 AM
I have one...Havn't played it for a while
retrosega
02-18-2007, 07:55 AM
Picked up one of these brand new, sealed in box about 3 months ago. I opened it though and gave it a go. Pretty sweet, but I still use the pad for most games.
GEN ESIS GAMER
02-18-2007, 02:31 PM
I use to have one a long time ago.
NAE1000
02-18-2007, 08:04 PM
i have one, and oh yes it rocks! want another for sf2. i guess the mode and 3 button are there to accomodate varius set ups icluding 4way play and the team player and such. i`d like to take mine apart to clean it like i did with my 3 button but i'm not too sure about all the switches!
Flash1087
02-19-2007, 01:12 AM
I have one. Works great with Ghostbusters, even though that's a 3-button game. I imagine they put the 3 button switch on it because their customers were too stupid to figure out the mode button.

Do elaborate. What's so special about playing Ghostbusters with it?
capi1010
02-19-2007, 03:18 PM
Yes, that stick is real good. I had a 6 button arcade stick from Capcom and it sucked. The alignment of up,down,left,right of the stick was rotated slightly clockwise, I don't know why.
Joe Redifer
02-19-2007, 05:45 PM
Do elaborate. What's so special about playing Ghostbusters with it?
Ghostbusters is very tough for me to play with a pad because if you hit a diagonal you come to a dead stop. Much easier to deal with when using a high-powered joystick designed by God's favorite videogame company.
Flash1087
02-20-2007, 02:17 AM
That is true. I guess I just got used to it, is all.
Hidden_Darkness
03-03-2007, 11:19 PM
I just got one today, definately a awesome arcade stick. its a blast playing streets of rage 2 with it.
GEN ESIS GAMER
03-04-2007, 01:20 AM
I know i got rid of mine i have to find one on ebay now.
NAE1000
03-05-2007, 07:59 AM
well i took my 6 button arcade stick apart to give it a wash, and to my suprise-it was actually a lot easier than doing the three button!

i thought the sticks would have pretty much the same architecture-so the amount of switches seemed daunting, but there's acually no physical sliders (no idea what the technical term is) on the circuit board whatsoever. so nothing difficult to line up. plays even better now it's clean-and looks just ace!
Elusive
03-05-2007, 03:32 PM
well i took my 6 button arcade stick apart to give it a wash, and to my suprise-it was actually a lot easier than doing the three button!

i thought the sticks would have pretty much the same architecture-so the amount of switches seemed daunting, but there's acually no physical sliders (no idea what the technical term is) on the circuit board whatsoever. so nothing difficult to line up. plays even better now it's clean-and looks just ace!

Does the stick use microswitches (little square objects with a circle on top that clicks), or the plastic mesh regular controllers use?

I prefer microswitches, as you can feel when you've made contact properly. I'm that hardcore.
Joe Redifer
03-05-2007, 08:15 PM
It does not use microswitches. No clicky-clicky. I can't even remember any arcade games that clicky-clicky, though I'm sure there are plenty.
Elusive
03-06-2007, 01:41 PM
It does not use microswitches. No clicky-clicky. I can't even remember any arcade games that clicky-clicky, though I'm sure there are plenty.

I'd have guessed microswitches would hold up longer in a cig smokey, sweat and foot-smell arcade atmosphere than plastic membranes simply due to their simplicity and size, is all; you don't need to disassemble the unit to scrub out the crust that develops under membranes.
Joe Redifer
03-06-2007, 06:12 PM
I like how the NeoGeo control pad uses microswitches. It feels great (same with the NeoGeo Pocket Color). However sometimes one direction or another will fail to work on my NeoGeo until I wiggle the hell out of the d-stick for awhile. So while it should be more reliable, I'm not convinced that it is (but I wouldn't have that Neo pad any other way).