Venom arcade stick PS4/PS3

[MMK_Tatsu]

yes, sorry

[KewreL]

Hey guys, amazing thread, really made some question clear for me. I’m new to fighting games, and specially arcade sticks, so I decided to buy this one, since it was relatively cheap and the reviews were positive. It’s fine, especially at my skill level (non existent), but I can’t help but feel the buttons are not up to par, so I tough I might as well change it up, maybe even add a new joystick and some custom art, to really make it my own, so I have a couple of questions if you guys would be so kind as to answer.

1. Just to confirm, the buttons are 30mm right? I plan on using sanwa.
2. Would a Hayabusa stick work with this? And if yes, would it be possible to add it with plug and play using those cables mentioned in the thread, or am I better served just going with a jlf, because I can’t really solder and I saw no info on here if I needed to make additional changes to the fightstick for it to work with a hayabusa.
3. Is the original art glued in some way to the stick, or just stuck with the glass. Is it easy to remove?
4. And finally, I live in Europe, and on Amazon the buttons are ridiculously expensive, 60 quid for 8 buttons, any Eurobros know any site where I can get this stuff on the cheap, maybe even the cable and the joystick? Alternatively, are the ports from USA stores to EU very expensive?
   Cheers!

1. Yes, the main buttons are 30mm. Most people tend to go with Sanwa. The PS button is 24mm I believe, if you ever would want to swap that one. It’s better quality than the others though.

2. Unfortunately, I’m too much of a stick noob to answer this.

3. On the Venom, the art is just lying there under the plexi glass. No glue. On the older Mayflash V2 (on which the Venom is based) the art was glued to the glass, or so I’ve heard.

4. Try arcadeshop.de (Germany) or akishop.jp (Japan). Akishop is cheaper but the risk of getting stuck in customs (and having to pay extra) is much higher. Akishop is usually faster though as they tend to keep more stuff in stock.

[johnnytoxic]

I got mine from here.

arcadeworlduk

JST XH

[Wulfsmasher]

Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately, amazon doesn’t sell the female cables to Portugal, but I’m sure I can track them down somewhere else. Need to compare shipping prices, but arcadeworlduk seems like a solid choice for the rest of the parts, ordering from Japan has crazy expensive ports and I risk customs trouble.

[johnnytoxic]

Think I’ll order some more and sell the leads for people.

[Microphonic]

while i not done it myself, i see no reason for the hayabusa not to fit since there is a good amount of room in the stick. And yes, with the female-female harness, the hayabusa is plug and play too

[Plaid_Unicorn]

Reading this thread made me zero in on this as my first arcade stick. Been playing fighters since SF2 days, but all local stuff with friends, never preferred a stick over a controller. I now want to give an arcade stick a serious try but not break the bank just in case I decide I want to go back to a controller. So this seems perfect, I am sure when mines come in I will have a bunch of questions (especially if the buttons stick as much as previously posted I would want to swap those out ASAP). thanks again to everyone who posted, you made my decision a lot easier.

Also anyone who has made the transition recently, how long did it take you to adjust? (apologies if this is in the wrong thread)

[JamboGT]

Have the same story, been thinking about getting an arcade stick for a long time and finally decided to jump in with this one after reading this thread. I have also ordered the sanwa buttons and stick to go along with it. Really looking forward to getting them together and then sucking for a long time

[Plaid_Unicorn]

Have the same story, been thinking about getting an arcade stick for a long time and finally decided to jump in with this one after reading this thread. I have also ordered the sanwa buttons and stick to go along with it. Really looking forward to getting them together and then sucking for a long time

Which stick did you get, was it the JLF-TP? I was thinking about grabbing that as well but didn’t go fully into the in and out of the swap so I was going to hold off. Now looking for some art work to throw on this bad boy

[Wulfsmasher]

while i not done it myself, i see no reason for the hayabusa not to fit since there is a good amount of room in the stick. And yes, with the female-female harness, the hayabusa is plug and play too

That settles that then, thank you. Just for information sake, so I can start learning a bit more about how these sticks work, why can’t I just use the cable that comes with the hayabusa? Is it because the stock one is soldered and I need a special thing to connect to another place in the pcb?

[pokemonblaze234]

Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately, amazon doesn’t sell the female cables to Portugal, but I’m sure I can track them down somewhere else. Need to compare shipping prices, but arcadeworlduk seems like a solid choice for the rest of the parts, ordering from Japan has crazy expensive ports and I risk customs trouble.

Have you found any places that sell fem-fem cables that ship to portugal yet? Cuz i can’t seem to find any >_>

[Wulfsmasher]

Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately, amazon doesn’t sell the female cables to Portugal, but I’m sure I can track them down somewhere else. Need to compare shipping prices, but arcadeworlduk seems like a solid choice for the rest of the parts, ordering from Japan has crazy expensive ports and I risk customs trouble.

Have you found any places that sell fem-fem cables that ship to portugal yet? Cuz i can’t seem to find any >_>

Not yet, ebay listings are out of stock, and it’s not even available on Amazon anymore.

[JamboGT]

Have the same story, been thinking about getting an arcade stick for a long time and finally decided to jump in with this one after reading this thread. I have also ordered the sanwa buttons and stick to go along with it. Really looking forward to getting them together and then sucking for a long time

Which stick did you get, was it the JLF-TP? I was thinking about grabbing that as well but didn’t go fully into the in and out of the swap so I was going to hold off. Now looking for some art work to throw on this bad boy

I got this one http://www.arcadeworlduk.com/products/Sanwa-JLF-TP-8YT-Ball-Top-Joystick.html as well as a female to female 5Pin Solderless Flexible JST XH Connector Cable. Should just be plug and play as far as I can see. I hope…

[Wulfsmasher]

5 Pcs 5Pin 2.54mm Pitch Female to Female JST XH Connector Cable Wire 30cm 12" |...

Found this one, will it work? The only difference I see is the cable length (pls don’t finish the stock out before I buy one :P)

[JamboGT]

I ordered these, http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00QC2GTXC/ref=pe_385721_37986871_TE_item look like the same item to me.

[pokemonblaze234]

I ordered these, http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00QC2GTXC/ref=pe_385721_37986871_TE_item look like the same item to me.

“Currently unavailable.”

Well, i think that one on eBay will work, so everything is fine

[JamboGT]

I think so, if it doesn’t give me a shout, looks like it is a pack of 5 so will have 4 spare!

[Wulfsmasher]

I ordered the EBay ones, it’s only 5 euros anyway, so no big deal.

[Microphonic]

while i not done it myself, i see no reason for the hayabusa not to fit since there is a good amount of room in the stick. And yes, with the female-female harness, the hayabusa is plug and play too

That settles that then, thank you. Just for information sake, so I can start learning a bit more about how these sticks work, why can’t I just use the cable that comes with the hayabusa? Is it because the stock one is soldered and I need a special thing to connect to another place in the pcb?

The cable that come with most sticks only has one female end, the other being plain wire. To connect the stick without soldering, you need a female connection for the pins on the stick itself, and another for the pins on thr pcb

[choo]

This store has fem to fem cables as well.

http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/jst-connector-wires/1562-diy-25cm-two-headed-jlf-harness.html

Shipping for me costs twice as much as the actual cables though.