We have a “worst sticks you ever seen thread” where people posted up some ugly, oddly made and poorly designed retail sticks. Which is fine, we got to show people what a bad stick looks like.
But the opposite is true too. We already have a “Check Out My New Arcade Stick!” and a
"What Stick/Controller Should I Buy? guide" thread. I am hoping this will tie in with the other 2 threads, and maybe give me some insight on edits and updates for the “What stick/controller to buy guide”
Also I think it is always good to give modders and stick builders a good morale boost.
I propose [S]we make a Artificial Anus[/S], I mean a Best sticks you have seen thread.
I think that was because that particular Wico stick was an early Analog stick. Made analog due to hardware constraints on the port they where forced to use on the Apple II. Now having to constantly calibrate analog sticks would not be tolerated, back in the day, such adjustments were necessary. Modern analog auto calibrates every time you turn the console on or plug in a controller. Its why when you plug in a PS2 controller with the analog thumb stick pushed to a direction and the PS2 is turned on, the Analog would be off center until you replug that controller.
Topic change.
Here was a great master stick builder back when most arcade sticks was crappy gimmicky plastics (and they are still good to this day)
MAS systems Arcade Stick, they been making Arcade sticks with arcade parts since the SNES/ Genesis era.
I am only saddened that I can’t find a good example of one of their old SNES sticks.
Mas started one of the earliest Multi-console sticks, and one of the first on the market to start using authentic arcade parts. MAS has paved the way for the stick builders of today.
I was not personally sure about the old SNES Capcom stick since as you said sticks back then use the cheap rubber dome and membrane circuits.
But if they used leaf or micro switches, even if the parts aren’t 100% authentic is a diffident gain over the completion.
And oh my god, the Namco Arcade stick. That Stick is a example how more sticks should be made. One day I need to acquire a Namco stick.
Closest thing I could find to the arcade that wasn’t outrageously out of my price range. Found it in the back of an EGM if I remember right. I think I paid $80 or $85, which had to be sent in via mail order, and took a couple months to come. In stock form, it’s an SNES stick. I’m not sure when MAS went into business, but the stuff I couldn’t spring for looked very similar.
Capcom Power sticks came with either an actual Sanwa JLW or a Seimitsu LS-40-based stick AFAIK.
The buttons were Japanese-style microswitches with cylinder-less plungers.
It’s impossible to top the Namco for me. Six button, PS2, sexy PS-14G wanna-be buttons, and slick color scheme that is void of character art. VSHG gets a close second. The HSS-0130 is awesome but impractically expensive for most peoples.
