Tekken 5 game/stick bundle $30 at my gamestop

Tech Talk
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Two questions about this stick:

  1. Out of box, how good/bad is the stick and buttons comparing to the real japanese arcade parts (or let’s say a HRAP)?–since I never play with HRAP or any japanese arcades
  2. The buttons do not feel as strong as the Haps buttons I have. If they got broken, will it be easy to fix them? (I used to got a stick made by blaze with the same kind of design, very hard to fix once broken)

Thanks.

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Well the employee at my EB checked the computer and it was still $84.99, so will it scan differently?

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Yeah tell them to scan it. I called up and the girl said it was like $70 or something, I asked her to please scan it and it came up as $29.99.

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Does anyone know how to change the tekken picture? i want to put a custom picture but leave the buttons and stick the same. how do i do that?

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rip that shit off!

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ok, and then what? just print a picture and cut circle holes and glue it? i think it would rip easily…

should i laminate it and then cut holes?

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They tried to charge me 60 for this same thing the other day

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Okay I’ll see.Hopefully I’ll be able to get one on Monday since my little bro has to go up to Gamestop to pick up the new Pokemon game.

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did u get one tho?

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Here is the inside of my new Hori T5.

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I love those kinds of wires. Can you buy lengths of that or did you just take em from a pc like i did? :slight_smile:

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i take em from a old Ethernen wire.

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I’m sure this has been answered elsewhere before, but is it possible to use Happ sticks or Happ buttons in this joystick?

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please help me on changing the picture, can i go to kinkos and just get a decal of the picture i want and stick it over the tekken pic?

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Which PS2->Xbox adapter does this stick works with?

Thanks :smiley:

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Ok friend bought this today and I was able to give it a try.

All I can say is, WOW, this is basically a $30 HRAP. I had a HRAP for quite some time and I personally can not tell the difference whatsoever between this and the HRAP, exact same type of stick/button/layout, exact same feel. Put it this way if you hate this stick you won’t like HRAP either. It may not be as durable (that I wouldn’t know until at least six months into it) but it sure as hell is just as good out of the box for this user.

This is an EXCELLENT stick for occassional 2 player action, the cheaper than dirt price allows you to invest in a custom stick for primary use and this is perfect for a once in a while 2 player offline action. Heck if you are new to Japanese sticks, this is good enough to get a first impression on the subject. If you get used to this stick, invest in a high end stick. Otherwise, stick to Happ competitions.

The bottomline, there are exactly two mass produced sticks that is (marginally) better than this, the HRAP series and MAS sticks. If you are not a hardcore player you may never notice. Don’t bother with SFAC or X-Arcades, they are not even close to the quality of this $30 product.

It works flawlessly for PC with the USB adapter I had, but strangely, my innovation adapter for Xbox off ebay doesn’t quite work with it. In CVS2 for Xbox (offline) I noticed a little input lag. In 3S it is basically unplayable. But for FBAXXX it works flawlessly? WTF?

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magicbox

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You can’t use HAPP buttons because there’s not enough clearance.

I just got this and WOW! It’s a great deal. The stick isn’t half bad, but to me it’s practically a free case for a custom stick.

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Does anyone know if the balltop of the T5 stick is the same diamter (size) as HRAP’s? I’m used to US sticks so the ball seems really tiny to me.

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awesome, thanks for the answers. i think im going to do the mirror top finish.