Opinions on the X-Arcade Stick

[TR0N]

Well, the guys over on Toon Zone gave me a thumbs up over the X-Arcade so it looks like I'll be putting the order down for it.  I also talked with a rep online and he told me that it takes 7-14 business days for it to ship from Illinois to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  Not too bad considering that I need it by late May.

Good luck then give some feedback here when ya get the joystick.Like i said if you don't care for it stock,it can be modded etc having the buttons replaced and so.

[Golgo13]

I had the X-Arcade Solo and I was not happy with it for fighting games, it had a good build but the sticks responsiveness was not good and sometimes it would stick in the left position and get me killed every now and then, I bought mine on Ebay, and I would not buy one again.  I don't know what a good alternative would be other than maybe swapping the parts out like somebody else said.

[Duo_R]

your original idea sounds cool, but here is the problem I see. You are going to have this large screen projector, but have two guys playing elbow wars with each other on the X-arcade stick. I vote for 2 seperate arcade sticks, maybe two of these:




http://cgi.ebay.com/Ultra-PS2-Super-Pro-Duo-Arcade-Joystick-Playstation-1-2_W0QQitemZ390018840310QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item390018840310&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50

[Turbo D]

I have one of those for snes from back in the day! lol! It is very sturdy, good product.

[TR0N]

I have one of those for snes from back in the day! lol! It is very sturdy, good product.

That joystick are the ones made by mass system the person that makes them,is a one man operation.
http://www.massystems.com
He can also make it work for more then one console but it cost extra.

[Golgo13]

Is it better than the X-Arcade in Terms of Construction?

[rolins]

Is it better than the X-Arcade in Terms of Construction?

Absolutely. Mas joysticks are custom built too.

[Duo_R]

Much better in construction. Of course I don't think things could get better than my wireless 360 joystick with real HAPP parts. I will post pics once I add some new artwork.

[paladinken]

Visiting a video game tournament many years ago. X-Arcade was there showing off their joysticks. They were hooked up to various video game systems and the game was street fighter 2 or 3 (don't remember). I could not, no matter how hard I tried, throw a single fireball. It was 2-player joystick, so I decided to try the 2nd player joystick. Same results. I muttered really loud, "I can't even do a fireball on this joystick, it sucks!!" so that the X-Arcade people heard me.

I currently have a joystick from http://www.massystems.com/ which works for Neo Geo, Dreamcast, Sega Saturn, and Playstation (with an adaptor for use on my X-Box). You can specify the layout of your joystick, if you want convex or concave buttons, etc. It's a wonderful, sturdy joystick. Heavy as hell but it feels and performs like an arcade joystick. It's a bit on the pricey side, but it was well worth the money for me.