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arr4ws

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Since i bought SFIV im looking at maybe buying an arcade stick to play. There are many options out there, like the official madcatz one and Hori one.

Right now im looking to maybe buy an Hori arcade pro 3 for my ps3.

anyone own an arcade stick and wish to give us their opinion?
 
im playing on my ps3. The stick does look good but i want at least some quality in the parts... and 99$ for a 2 players stick cant be much quality
 
arr4ws said:
im playing on my ps3. The stick does look good but i want at least some quality in the parts... and 99$ for a 2 players stick cant be much quality
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I beg to differ. You do realize that the technology for joysticks has been out for decades. Arcade joysticks are a bunch of metal and plastic with primitive electronics. These companies are raping you on the prices, having you believe that paying under $100 for technology that has been out for decades would lead to inferior quality. Tsk tsk on you.
 
Are those hotrods compatible with PS3 ?

Anyway to get both sides working, or is there only one USB cable ?

I'm getting sick of waiting for madcatz TE. :(
 
Stereophile said:
Are those hotrods compatible with PS3 ?

Anyway to get both sides working, or is there only one USB cable ?

I'm getting sick of waiting for madcatz TE. :(
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if it isnt, you're going to have to dual PCB mod it or something. Which I don't know how to do :(.

I also know what you mean. I'm hoping my TE stick comes in this week... god damn Canada always gets screwed over.
 
I'm building my own now. Comes out considerably cheaper than the TE stick whilst looking better and also working on both the PS3 and 360. \o/
 
Can you buy everything you need and just put it together like a kit or is there fabrication involved ?
 
Hmm, most likely you can. But you'd probably be buying from someone who helps you solder the stuff and wiring.

Check out the Shoryuken forums, though I think most guys are backed up because of SFIV.
 
Psychotext said:
I'm building my own now. Comes out considerably cheaper than the TE stick whilst looking better and also working on both the PS3 and 360. \o/
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what did you buy and where?

building one is an idea i had by im a little lazy
 
arr4ws said:
what did you buy and where?

building one is an idea i had by im a little lazy
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I dont have the tools required to make the box and that's too time consuming cause I'm not much of a woodworker, LOL.
 
very good website!

i will make a list to see the cost of building one vs buying one.
 
Psychotext said:
I've never done any woodworking. But it's not rocket science and if you don't try... you'll never learn.

To anyone else that's interested, here's a good place to start: http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick.html
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You're my hero... My old man has a complete wood shop so what the hell - I'm going to give it a go and see what I can do! :)

It's been 14 years since shop class, but I did have some talent... Then again, making the rinky-dink things they had us make was cake.

I'll let you guys know how it goes, hopefully without pictures of amputated fingers at the end :p.
 
building one seems like a nice project... but with the release of sf4 every website providing parts are overwhelmed.

So im gonna buy one and maybe make one eventually.
 
Gamespot did a little round-up review on a couple arcade sticks. Not too bad of a read, but those homebuilt arcade controllers look pretty sweet.
 
Heres a pretty good reference on quality of sticks.
http://sdtekken.com/tech-area/arcade-sticks/arcade-stick-ranking/

I personally use a Hori RAP3 w/ Sanwa buttons modded and it works great for PS3 and PC, I love this thing. Too bad it seems out of stock at amazon.com, probably due to SF4 effect.

Rule of thumb for arcade sticks: Don't compromise price, if you get a mediocre stick, you'll want a higher-end good stick (like RAPs).
 
ihira said:
Heres a pretty good reference on quality of sticks.
http://sdtekken.com/tech-area/arcade-sticks/arcade-stick-ranking/

I personally use a Hori RAP3 w/ Sanwa buttons modded and it works great for PS3 and PC, I love this thing. Too bad it seems out of stock at amazon.com, probably due to SF4 effect.

Rule of thumb for arcade sticks: Don't compromise price, if you get a mediocre stick, you'll want a higher-end good stick (like RAPs).
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How much did you pay for your hori?
 
arr4ws said:
im playing on my ps3. The stick does look good but i want at least some quality in the parts... and 99$ for a 2 players stick cant be much quality
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Happ Parts are not quality? You must a complete noob when it comes to arcade stick.
Now that I realize this, I would probably just save your money and get the $20 stick since you probably can't tell the difference between a good and crappy joystick.
 
Ladic said:
Happ Parts are not quality? You must a complete noob when it comes to arcade stick.
Now that I realize this, I would probably just save your money and get the $20 stick since you probably can't tell the difference between a good and crappy joystick.
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Wow ... my guess is that there were no other way to say this that being a total l33t dude.

seriously... come on ...
 
arr4ws said:
Wow ... my guess is that there were no other way to say this that being a total l33t dude.

seriously... come on ...
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From the research i did on sticks sanwa and siemetsu are more durable than happ. For the most part though i think it boils doen to personal preference. Happ is gonna be easier to aquire in the US.
 
arr4ws said:
How much did you pay for your hori?
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Fortunately for me, I knew a person coming back from Japan so I got mine for about 6700yen(about $60-70 US i think + Sanwa buttons from www.lizardlick.com for about $25 more).

The regular price of RAP3 on amazon.com is/was $99. And there are the smaller and cheaper Hori Fighting stick(PS3) or Hori EX sticks(360) which are about $60 i think.

In [H] terms, its like would you pay $150 for a 9800GTX or $250 for GTX260...the difference is these arcade sticks are a pretty stale market and the prices never seem to go down.
If you could afford a RAP(or the TE stick), buy it, be happy and never look back
 
ihira said:
Fortunately for me, I knew a person coming back from Japan so I got mine for about 6700yen(about $60-70 US i think + Sanwa buttons from www.lizardlick.com for about $25 more).

The regular price of RAP3 on amazon.com is/was $99. And there are the smaller and cheaper Hori Fighting stick(PS3) or Hori EX sticks(360) which are about $60 i think.

In [H] terms, its like would you pay $150 for a 9800GTX or $250 for GTX260...the difference is these arcade sticks are a pretty stale market and the prices never seem to go down.
If you could afford a RAP(or the TE stick), buy it, be happy and never look back
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I actually decided to build my own stick too. Im waiting for the part from lizardlick. Its going to be a full sanwa stick with a chtulhu PCB.

cant wait to build the case!
 
arr4ws said:
Its so easy even i can dot it? how? with the Cthulhu PCB. Its actually a solderless pcb wich is why i decided to build mine.

Check out http://www.lizardlick.com/ and slagcoin. Even a noob like me can do one!
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refraxion said:
It's making the case that I'm worried about. I don't have the tools required and/or the time to build it :(
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This. I have wired plenty of sticks and such. I plan on getting a 360 TE and modding it to work on PS3 also. But I would blow my house up trying to make something like that with power tools. I cut myself last week playing with a drill...
 
I'll post some pics when I start working on my case. You'll be able to see what an absolute woodworking noob is capable of. ;)
 
Design is based on one of the ones on the slagcoin site I linked on the last page. I prefer light woods so I'll likely be using something like ash, beech, birch, lime or pine. I'm getting hold of some samples to see how well it works first though.

Can see different types here: http://www.2easy4woodfinishing.com/which wood.htm

My missus is making a stick too... though she has considerably more woodworking skill than I do (* chuckles *) so she'll be coming up with her own case design, probably loosely based around this: http://byrdo.org/Album231.htm
 
i found the sanwa button pretty slim for the thickness of the top panel... i ordered 6 sanwa osbn-30 but im disapointed about the fact i can only use 8mm thick stuff for the panel.
 
its the ps3 version.


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Psycho , i just decided to go with Cherrywood. I love the wood grain and it will fit exactly what i have in mind. The plank cost me 17$cad.

cant wait to cut it!
 
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