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Hey /vr/,

Some anon recommended me the X-Arcade stick for MAME and because it can take abuse since I explained to him that people at my house play like monkeys. Are there any other sticks with bat stick and concave buttons that can take beatings from monkeys?

Also, feel free to post sticks you guys own and what you like the most about them.

>> No.2477809
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2477809

>Bat stick

>> No.2478431

>>2477762

The X-Arcade stick is actually a pretty poor build-quality (and its guts are more "keyboard" than "game controller"). If you're going to use a bat stick and concave buttons (excellent taste, BTW!), you're better off going with either of the following:

1) The Mortal Kombat X stick for the XBOX 360. Pros: it has a usb plug and works with Mame out of the box. Super-comfy cloth bottom. Cons: Mortal Kombat button-layout only, which limits what fighting games it's good for.

2) A Pelican Real-Arcade stick from the 6th console gen. Pros: ordinary eight-button layout, super-sensitive ANALOG joystick which works just fine as a 4-way or an 8-way (easily configured in MAME). Cons: old, so hard to find, and you need either an XBOX-to-USB or Gamecube-to-USB adapter to attach it to a PC. (Weirdly, a Playstation-to-USB adapter simply will not work.)

>>2477809

>Bat stick
>Biggest pleb

Biggest Weeb.
Go suck a Sanwa ball-stick, nipfag. I bet you like convex buttons too.

>> No.2478437

>>2478431
Dude that's a pretty epic comeback. Gonna call me a cuck next /v/-boy?

>> No.2478449

>>2478437

Cuck..

>> No.2478745
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2478745

so my roomie gave me his hori fightstick 3 (soul calibur 4 model) and after strolling though google for the past 3 hours i can't get the damn thing to work anyone have any tips

>> No.2478763

>>2478745
running win 7 64 bit
honestly i thought i could just plug it in and have it work because it's for the ps3 and i'm running the SCP drivers for my controller but that's not the case

>> No.2478915

>>2478763
>>2478745
It's wierd but my recent AMD build has trouble working with arcade sticks like the MvC3 one while my old Pentium 4 Extreme Edition build has had zero problems doing anything of the sort.

>> No.2478929

>>2478915
yeah it's weird my pc detects it but i can't get anything to recognize the button presses or when i move the stick

>> No.2478931

>>2478431
X-Arcade Dual Joystick owner here, while it's pretty shit for enthusiast level gaming [fighting games, SHMUPs, games that need that fast reaction], it really can handle a beating like a boss. Dropped it so many times you can see the scuffs on the plastic edges but the wood is not showing any noticeable chipping.

>>2477762
X-Arcade line of sticks are the only american style arcade sticks on today's market that are worth the appeal but don't expect it to perform up to tournament standards.

>> No.2478937

>>2478929
Might have something to do with drivers only being available on PS3. If you still have that stick, google to see if you can stick a PS360+ PCB into it and you should have no more problems.

>> No.2478961

>>2478937
all i was able to gather from google is that some people say that the hori sticks are all just plug and play even on pc, while other people are saying that you have to actually mess with the driver files which i have no idea how to do

>> No.2478965

>>2478961
In my experience, that issue persist a lot on AMD cpus and I never figured out how to fix mine without getting a PS360+ PCB.

>> No.2478971

>>2478965
i'm running an intel, so the pcb is that something i'd have to solder in? i'm totally new to the whole fightstick thing

>> No.2478982

>>2478971
can you work with a screwdriver? that's all you need, I promise.

>> No.2478984

>>2478982
phillips or flat?

>> No.2479720

>>2478984
Philips.

>> No.2479763

>>2478745
I have a USB Hori for 360. It just werks on Windows 7.

>> No.2479775

>>2477809
Why is it every time somebody mentions the word bat stick faggots come out of the woodwork to talk about their balls and how to properly fondle them? You remind me of retarded weeb ping pong players who hold their paddles upside down and can't play for shit.

>> No.2481189

As someone looking to purchase one of these X-Arcade dual stick setups for an arcade machine build (with dreamcast/xbox/ps2 hotswap inside), is the build quality really that off? Anyone have any knowledge as to how they perform in comparison to Hori console units or the dreamcast arcade stick?

>> No.2482985

>>2481189
The build quality is pretty fucking great considering the stick and buttons are knock-off of HAPP parts. A perfect stick for casual play, I strongly recommend getting iL parts from the links below though if you want to take the quality a step up.

http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/298-buttons-il-industrias-lorenzo

http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/710-eurostick

>> No.2485084

>>2482985
As this slips off the board, thanks.I'll look into upgrading its components.