Wow
yeah so I usually carry my astrocab in my backpocket… cuz arcades are so portable. WHO said they are supposed to be portable? I like something I can plunk down in front of me that won’t move around a lot.
And there’s no need to insult the stick, it’s great.
You’re paying ~$45 for it with the bundle compared to like $120 or more for an import.
thx to jaime
Yeah I don’t get it.
I’ve had no problems with the T5 US fake arcade pro stick. I even plugged it into my laptop via a USB adaptor and did a handful of R-Mika visms. Other than that the stick pulls off standing 360s with no buffer like a dream. Hell now I’m stuck looking for a PSX to Saturn adapter because I wanna trash my saturn pads.
Checked Play-asia links.
$75-80 is all well and good, but then you get hit with $50+ shipping. I got the T5 bundle from Gamestop for $110+ with Overnight shipping and the Game/artbook/dvdcase.
Props to Namco for giving the US an affordable way to get into the FAP scene. :tup:
Right now though where can I find the SC2 stick for $40? I only see it for 60 or above. That makes it even a better deal because you get probably the best Hori stick released in the US for under $50? Yeah the stick was still a good deal, stop whining about it
What’s fake about the T5 stick?
Unlike a Hori Real Arcade Pro, the stick isn’t a Sanwa.
If it were a Sanwa, would it still have the square gate? Because I’m not sure i can pull off supers with ease (especially in GGXX#R) with a square gate. How do you get used to not feeling the sides?
I liked it even better when I sold the game back and used EB’s buy 2 get one deal for MGS3, Ratchet and Clank: UYA, and Phantom Brave for just 12 more bucks. I switched the sticks last night with little trouble. So now for about 140-150 I got a good 3 game bundle, a spiffy, sturdy stick, and a stupid art book I can roll up and beat people with when they say they’re tired of VF4 and want to play tekken.
I’d love to hear what you did to mount the stick. Any information or pictures here would be wonderful.
I don’t see how that makes it “fake,” it’s just not Sanwa. Sanwa isn’t the only official Japan stick manufacturer…
Sanwa sticks come with square gates by default, but they do make an octogonal gate you can easily replace them with. As for not feeling the sides, there’s nothing that says you can’t move the stick all the way to the edges on a Sanwa with a square gate…
It’s a play on the Real Arcade Pro, since the stick in that is a real arcade stick and the T5 one isn’t. :rolleyes:
I’m not sure where it is on the board Toodles, but if you search for ‘splffyshoes method’ or ‘catch 22s method’ you should be able to find it.
You need to take apart the stick itself and drill/countersink holes in the piece of plastic so you can fasten it to the holes in the metal plate. I had some screws laying around that fit just right w/o countersinking.
My camera is on AWOL. If it comes back I’ll post pics.
-tuelpo
Actually I did that search, and did see the post I think you mean, about screwing in just the black piece. What I wasn’t sure of was if the two farthest holes in the black piece could be used solo, or if other holes in the black piece needed drilled (I asked this question in the other tekken bundle thread, didn’t get a specific answer). If the conclusion is that two screws used in hand drilled holes in the black piece will hold everything together solidly, then no problem, this should be easy.
anybody looking to sell theirs?, I’d happily buy it, if you haven’t done much to it…
It’s simply using the same mold as the RAP. Hori has been recycling joystick molds for years; see Real Arcade PS/T3/T4/SC2 sticks for example. There isn’t anything “fake” about the T5 stick, it just doesn’t have a Sanwa in it. By that logic every Japan style console stick that doesn’t have a Sanwa is a “fake”.
Beautiful
hey, thanks, but I’m just looking for the stick (my fault, shoulda been more specific)
if I wanted the whole bundle, my EBGames still has 'em for $100
Yeah I understand your needs, thats why on my auction I give the option to subtract $45 for the game and I keep the game…