I just like the feel of the ball better. with the ball I rest my hand on top with my fingers going down. With the bat style I grip it sideways with my fingers wrapping it vertically. I find I get better control if I hold it from the top - probably because its more like how I hold my computer mouse.
can someone give me a quick explanation of how to install a joystick(the actual competition stick). ive tried to put it together outside of the arcade box, but it feels…i dunno not smooth like they are suppose to. i know im doing something right. i had the instructions, lost them, looked on the site and that was no help, can i get a lil help plz?
brydon you asscrack! jk:p
it shoudl come with a small instruction sheet man. It won’t feel totally smooth btw, if u want smooth you should have gotten a super stick.too bad!
Serious dawg, what was the question. Thanx.
-See Ya!!!
a couple of questions
I was going to try and read through this thread so I could ask a logical question. But it is 2am in the morning and there are about 1000+ posts. So I’m just being lazy, but I got a few questions.
I started playing on a controller, and switched to a homemade stick my brother build, which had a competition joystick and concave buttons. Then I switched and started using the “green goblin” (agetec dreamcast stick). I can do a lot of things on the regular joystick, but I can do more on a green goblin. The only problem with the green goblin is the stick, and it makes dashing hard, especially in marvel.
So I want to use the japanese style layout and buttons similar to the green goblin and have a perfect 360 stick, and have that kind of arcade stick. Would building the stick be too much of a hassle? Could I pay someone on this site to build the stick for me? I just want a stick to play on, so that I can have the best of both worlds. PM me please if you can help me out.
Sorry, I’m a n00b and this makes no sense. :bluu:
So you just want a p360 with japanese buttons and jap buttons layout? It take some work but its not much more work than just a regular stick.
how can i tighten my joystick? it feels kinda loose.
i managed to get that damn thing together, fought witht he C clip, and now it feels a lil bit more loose than the actual arcade sticks at work. im using an ultimate btw, with the long little pipe, the short one makes the stick too long and it touches the bottom of my board.
first of its called an E-clip lol. You can tape the end of the shaft where the actuator goes over and it’ll make it a bit tighter.
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I think I know what happend here…
you said you have “ultimate” sticks right?
those are already loose to begin with…they usually suck.
comp or supers are better…
ehhhh:confused: 
anyone sent an IM from this aol screen name today?
“iLIKEbeingALIVE”
I wasnt home…whoever it was yes do have sticks for sale…PM from here or AIM is cool ! 
Some people prefer loose sticks (broken down feel) and they go with ultimates. What you can do is buy the hard spring and replace the spring (normal) you have in the ultimate with the hard spring. As a matter of fact, I bought 2 (one for my ultimate stick, and another for my comp) It makes the ultimate feel more like the comp joystick, and makes the comp stick feel really tight. As Sixtymhz’s put it earlier… “a stick that belongs at the Gold’s Gym” being so fucking tight and working out you arm/wrist and limiting play to about only 30 minutes. Oh yeah… Supers are alright too if you don’t mind leaf switches and shit when it comes down to maintenance.
Note: This is common sense, but… if your muscles in your arm feel kinda sore and worked out from playing, then you need to take breaks in between play or even modify it so that you won’t ever run into these type of problems. Maybe even try another joystick. I’m just throwing this in to protect everyone here who sells sticks and shit. Now a days you can get sued for starring at someone the wrong way (:rolleyes: Sad I know… Same goes for everything else ( buttons, and boards used) In other words, if you’re fucking stupid enough to injure yourself using a stick or in the process of making one, then you are to blame and if your parents were aware that you took advice from us, this site, happs or whatever, you were warned and then you got shocked or blew a port in one of your systems, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE!! Thank you.
I just wanted to add this cuz I had received an email about the wiring/port blowing thing a long time ago and was asking questions about whether or not they can sue the individual who made their stick for property damage or some shit like that cuz the individual wouldn’t pay for a new system. The stick was fine and all, but his dreamcast porst were blown and wouldn’t recognize any controllers. Whether or not it was the sticks fault is unknown, so for those sellers, I advice that whoever you sell your sticks to, let them know up front that it was tested, and worked on YOUR consoles without any damage or problems whatsoever. If you provide ‘warranties’ or such let them know also or say sold as is or whatever.
no…you blow out the ports when you connect your joystick while the system is on…thats common sense you dont plug anything while dreamcast is on(same for other consoles).
anyone who does…thats :lame: :lol:
btw…the control ports are easyly fixable…just have to replace the blown fuse.
i need help with fixing my dreamcast controller port because its burnt out, could i use a 10omh resistor to replace t he 5omh one will that harm my system in anyway if i did that? please help
Sure you can. What caused your port to be burnt out in the first place? If it’s your modified controller, then you don’t want to plug that shit back in again.
yeah it was my friend’s modiefied controller, so i will replace it with a 10omh then 
thanks
Can anyone post some pictures to the insides of either X-Arcade or MAS stick? I’d like to see the designs beneath the box before I actually commit the $$$ to buy one. Or if anyone ever hacked them and have pictures/tutorial to show.
Sorry about that, yeah I know, but they pretty well know what I meant. I’ve never had that problem now have ever had to replace fuse for my DC ports. Anyway… is there a life to the fuse in my existing DC, like old age or some shit? I hear that these type of thing like ports blowing are ‘common’ cuz almost everyone I know had problems with this for some odd reason. Are they not taking care of their systems properly or what? Well, thanks for the correction SNAAAKE.
what the heck
how do you hack mas systems joysticks ? ? ?
its all good…under,side,front,back,top
Only problem is it cost $120. :lame:
I sell the same style joystick for $70.
if you are seriouslly interested then PM me and we can work out a deal !
I have enough parts to build atleast 10 joysticks…I got 3 happs joysticks now and rest is x-arcade sticks.
Sorry for the confusion. I’m just interested to see how the X-arcade sticks are wired(maybe MAS too) … like how everything is hooked up inside the box. I’m actually quite an expert like yourself at hacking controller pads and building joystick units. I just want to verify my theory without having to spend 120 bucks buying the damn thing.