Do you collect arcade sticks

[LimitedEditionMuseum]

I just noticed there are millions of them out there.

[Sysop]

Not really, but if I come across one, I do pick it up.

[VACRMH]

Nope. Don't really need anything besides my TE.

But I have thought about modding my Tekken 5 stick, and getting adaptors so I can use it on Saturn and Dreamcast.

[sloan]

I collect any and all controllers, so if I come upon them, yes. If not, I don't go out of my way to find them. They tend to take up more room in my small home.

[kedawa]

I bought one for xbox360 and modded it quite a bit, and built a couple for old systems.
If I had more cash maybe I'd collect them, but I doubt I'd get much use out of more than a few.
I really only like the Namco Noir panel layout, too, so there are currently only a handful of sticks that I would even want to play on.

[DK1105]

The only arcade sticks I own are attached to arcade cabinets. Once I up my saturn or dreamcast collections I might buy one

[LimitedEditionMuseum]

What is the best stick for Dreamcast?

[IHatedSega]

But I have thought about modding my Tekken 5 stick.

Thats the one I have! Its awesome, and I use a converter to hook it up to my computer. They have all kinds of converters out there. You should look around for them online.


What is the best stick for Dreamcast?

The stick he has is the only one Ive sen, and it has a dock for the VMU.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dozNEX8qeas

[kedawa]

Agetec stick, I think.

[Koa Zo]

What is the best stick for Dreamcast?

ASCii Stick FT
optical joystick and built in rumble.
Going rate anymore is close to $200 :(

[LimitedEditionMuseum]

Pics please.

[IHatedSega]

Pics please.

this is whats on google images, saw one with black wrist rest, if thats what that is.

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[klausien]

It's funny that this thread popped up recently because I just modified a T5 PS2 stick with a PSX Dual Shock PCB, Seimitsu LS-58 and Seimitsu buttons. It was my first arcade stick mod and I finished it today. It was a lot of work, but it was also a lot of fun. Works beautifully. I can honestly say I've been missing out big time. Just waiting for my plexi and artwork. It is going to be Darius themed, with art I photoshopped together. I mainly play shmups, so the stick is an ode to my favorite ship, the Silver Hawk, and the swirling backgrounds of the series.

[A.C. Sativa]

I absolutely hate joysticks. I started my video gaming on a NES pad, so anything else that isn't a controller with a D-pad and regular buttons doesn't feel right to me. Hell, it was well into the PS2 generation that I would even accept analog sticks, and that was only by force (though now I can't see how I ever did without them), but a straight joystick can to to hell. Though if I had the cash I would collect them, just for completeness, and for friends that like joysticks that come over to jam on my shit.

[Jack_Burton_BYOAC]

Yes, I collect any and all joysticks.

Right now there seems to be a sentiment in the gaming that it's either a JLF, LS-32, or nothing.

However, I am attracted to a number of "inferior" joysticks for their historical and sentimental value. I'm looking to collect a JLW, older seimitsu sticks, Wico P360, and the Nintendo joysticks found on the VS sitdown cabs.

[Aussie2B]

Not intentionally so much, but I keep 'em when they end up in my hands. I think most I've gotten in lots or as gifts, but I'll occasionally buy one in the wild if it's cheap and a decent brand. The big problem with sticks is their size, but I also don't really use them much, most often preferring a pad instead. Probably my favorite is the Namco PlayStation arcade stick. Just a really solid, basic stick that's great not only on the PS1 and PS2 but also for emulation (particularly MAME) via an adapter.

[IHatedSega]

I absolutely hate joysticks. I started my video gaming on a NES pad, so anything else that isn't a controller with a D-pad and regular buttons doesn't feel right to me. Hell, it was well into the PS2 generation that I would even accept analog sticks, and that was only by force (though now I can't see how I ever did without them), but a straight joystick can to to hell. Though if I had the cash I would collect them, just for completeness, and for friends that like joysticks that come over to jam on my shit.

Theyre better for fighting games more than anything else, also bullet hell shooters at times.

[Jack_Burton_BYOAC]

The thing about joysticks is that historically, most of them suck.

Hundreds of joysticks were made throughout the 80s and 90s for various consoles, and most of them failed at delivering what they were supposed to: the arcade at home.

Most of them were small, cheap, and mushy. I mean, look at this:

http://www.gameoz.com.au/images/detailed/3/Super_Advantage_Super_nintendo_arcade_stick.jpg

The button layout on this is atrocious, and I'd say the joystick probably uses rubber pads rather than microswitches.

If you press a joystick in a direction and it doesn't make a clicking noise, you can probably disregard it.

By the way, a proper SNES arcade stick would be the Capcom Power Stick. 100% authentic arcade parts from the period.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee311/undamned_photobucket/Capcom%20Power%20System%20Changer/CPSF.jpg

[IHatedSega]

Yeah, I dont get why theres 3 buttons on the bottom and 2 ontop, did they not go to an arcade and look at Street Fighter?????

Hori is my favorite brand by the way.

[M.Buster2184]

I just noticed there are millions of them out there.

Huh, I never gave it much thought. Now that I am, I think it might be interesting to collect the different fighting sticks. Granted some are boring, but tracking down the higher quality ones would be enjoyable, to me anyway. Not to mention I like the design/art on most fight sticks made in the last 4 years.

[Edmond Dantes]

Yeah, I dont get why theres 3 buttons on the bottom and 2 ontop, did they not go to an arcade and look at Street Fighter?????


Maybe Street Fighter II wasn't out yet? (I know SF1 also used the six-button setup, but that wasn't an SNES game)

[IHatedSega]

Maybe Street Fighter II wasn't out yet? (I know SF1 also used the six-button setup, but that wasn't an SNES game)
SF 2 was released in 91, SNES in 1990, so they could have updated the stick, only first year model would have been bad and made the update look worth having.

[LimitedEditionMuseum]

They did not suck. They were good for the times. Not until tournaments got so big did people start being so serious with micro switches and all that modding stuff.
QUOTE=Jack_Burton_BYOAC;1953040]The thing about joysticks is that historically, most of them suck.

Hundreds of joysticks were made throughout the 80s and 90s for various consoles, and most of them failed at delivering what they were supposed to: the arcade at home.

Most of them were small, cheap, and mushy. I mean, look at this:

http://www.gameoz.com.au/images/detailed/3/Super_Advantage_Super_nintendo_arcade_stick.jpg

The button layout on this is atrocious, and I'd say the joystick probably uses rubber pads rather than microswitches.

If you press a joystick in a direction and it doesn't make a clicking noise, you can probably disregard it.

By the way, a proper SNES arcade stick would be the Capcom Power Stick. 100% authentic arcade parts from the period.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee311/undamned_photobucket/Capcom%20Power%20System%20Changer/CPSF.jpg[/QUOTE]

[kedawa]

The only authentic arcade sticks I saw for sale in the 90's were Apollo sticks, and I think they were just for NeoGeo and superguns.

[xelement5x]

The stick he has is the only one Ive sen, and it has a dock for the VMU.


There are other Dreamcast Sticks, I found 2 different types in this lot I picked a month or 2 ago:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8331/8407910409_c255ec44a7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93679370@N00/8407910409/)
Dreamcast Lot Pickup 2013-01-22 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93679370@N00/8407910409/) by xelement5x (http://www.flickr.com/people/93679370@N00/), on Flickr

One is the Official DC one, the other (purple) one is a TopMax Arcade Stick. It also has a VMU slot, status light and some other buttons on it that control slow and turbo modes I think. Both are pretty decent IMHO, I can't complain for the prices though.

[Kiddo]

I haven't collected sticks in a while, but what I have is lying around.

relevant video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJaGR3t3Ao0

[Jack_Burton_BYOAC]

They did not suck. They were good for the times. Not until tournaments got so big did people start being so serious with micro switches and all that modding stuff.


I disagree with that. There have been microswitch based joysticks for a long time. I even had one for the NES. The reason they weren't popular at first is because they were more expensive to make.

Also, microswitches themselves didn't dominate the industry up til the early 90s. Before that, leaf style switches were more common. And I've never seen a commercial home joystick that used those.

Things like the SNES advantage might be taken on their own merits as decent input devices, but as a kid I hated them because they existed in this middle ground between a standard control pad and an actual arcade stick. What I dreamed of was this:

http://www.retroist.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/championship-joystick-ad.jpg

EDIT: looks like I wasn't the only one.


Nintendo did release an updated SNES joystick with a more SF2 friendly layout, the Score Master.

http://www.syntaxerror.nu/joy022.jpg

[kedawa]

I've never heard of the Sore Master. It actually looks pretty usable.

[sloan]

The only authentic arcade sticks I saw for sale in the 90's were Apollo sticks, and I think they were just for NeoGeo and superguns.

Not true. I picked up an Apollo 8-button clicky arcade stick that has a 15-pin PC port plug. Using it with my Atari 5200 via PC adapter cable is an awesome gaming experience.

[kedawa]

Are they like x-arcade sticks, where there's a standardized connector and different cables/adapters for different systems?
I've only used them to play in the store that used to carry them, and all we ever played there were arcade fighting games.

[sloan]

No. The Apollo PC stick I have only has a cord for 15-pin PC game port, and it is permanently mounted to the controller housing.

[kedawa]

I'm curious as to what PC games you would have used an arcade style stick with back then. I was under the impression that the gameport was limited to four buttons.

[LimitedEditionMuseum]

Huh, I never gave it much thought. Now that I am, I think it might be interesting to collect the different fighting sticks. Granted some are boring, but tracking down the higher quality ones would be enjoyable, to me anyway. Not to mention I like the design/art on most fight sticks made in the last 4 years.

This is why I just started. I already had a few of the early ones but just got the Street Fighter x Sanrio, tatsunoko vs Capcom and a pro arcade stick for ps2. Not even thinking about modding or changing anything, I just think they are cool.

[Jack_Burton_BYOAC]

I'm curious as to what PC games you would have used an arcade style stick with back then. I was under the impression that the gameport was limited to four buttons.

The gameport can support several more than that through multiplexing. The Microsoft sidewinder's I have make great emulation pads and they support 10 buttons.

There's actually a pretty good history of PC ports for fighting games, especially SNK stuff.

[StealthLurker]

Yeah I collect arcade sticks.

Mostly from 16-bit to current gen. Although I had a lot of 8-bit and prior (even PC XT) back in the day, though I no longer have them. Have quite a bit now, including exact duplicates for 2p... however these are my favorites overall below. I tend to prefer larger, heavier sticks for home use.

I started on arcade gaming first. Didn't get my very own console til the NES. Took some getting used to with a pad. Then I got hardcore into vs. fighting and shmups, so a stick was the natural choice.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/542058_546113008735335_1637084077_n.jpg


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[LimitedEditionMuseum]

What systems can those big ones be used for?

[M.Buster2184]

This is why I just started. I already had a few of the early ones but just got the Street Fighter x Sanrio, tatsunoko vs Capcom and a pro arcade stick for ps2. Not even thinking about modding or changing anything, I just think they are cool.


Ahh very nice. I agree with not modding them. I generally like them how they are stock.

[kedawa]

For the expensive sticks, I prefer to swap the ball tops for bats, but that's about it.
On cheap sticks, I would replace generic buttons with seimitsu and replace the stick if necessary.

[needler420]

Nope. They take up too much space to display and collect. I can see having a few that you use but anything more then that is just going to sit in storage. I also barely play any fighting games this generation, same with shooters. Even when I do play retro games of those genres I always prefer a D-pad.

I always looked at them as a gimmick, trying to bring the arcade into homes. Now the elitist pretend like sticks give someone the most potential but ill still kick they're ass with a D-pad.

[sloan]

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This Apollo stick, mentioned earlier, is the best Atari 5200 controller I have ever found.

[kedawa]

Nope. They take up too much space to display and collect. I can see having a few that you use but anything more then that is just going to sit in storage. I also barely play any fighting games this generation, same with shooters. Even when I do play retro games of those genres I always prefer a D-pad.

I always looked at them as a gimmick, trying to bring the arcade into homes. Now the elitist pretend like sticks give someone the most potential but ill still kick they're ass with a D-pad.

The directional input is only a small part of it, though.
Using all of your digits to press buttons is much better than just using your thumb. It's like comparing a microswitched computer keyboard to the qwerty keypad on a phone.

[IHatedSega]

For the expensive sticks, I prefer to swap the ball tops for bats, but that's about it.


Thats what theyre called? Cool, the 360 stick had that on it and I felt better using it. Gonna find a new place to buy it.

[StealthLurker]

What systems can those big ones be used for?

The ones above natively support PC, PS3, 360 and Saturn. I've got adapters for use on other consoles.

I like them the most because they're the closest to a real deal cabinet in terms of mass produced sticks. TEs, the smaller Horis, Qanbas, etc etc etc are nice too for portability/travel. However for a dedicated home console setup, bigger and heavier is better imho.

I also collect arcade machines (mostly japanese ones) and those Saturn HSS-0130s are nearly 1:1 duplicates of a real SEGA Astro City arcade machine panel.

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[scaleworm]

There are other Dreamcast Sticks, I found 2 different types in this lot I picked a month or 2 ago:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8331/8407910409_c255ec44a7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93679370@N00/8407910409/)
Dreamcast Lot Pickup 2013-01-22 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93679370@N00/8407910409/) by xelement5x (http://www.flickr.com/people/93679370@N00/), on Flickr

One is the Official DC one, the other (purple) one is a TopMax Arcade Stick. It also has a VMU slot, status light and some other buttons on it that control slow and turbo modes I think. Both are pretty decent IMHO, I can't complain for the prices though.

the green agetec is the "green goblin", a good stick and modd-able.
I LOVE arcade sticks. have many many many of them, and buy them when I find one I gotta have.
I have 5 green goblins. I do love dreamcast. My fav sticks are the new Hori Vewlix. I have both editions: red and blue.

btw, what are blue adapters in your image, and is that a VGA direct cable?

[xelement5x]

the green agetec is the "green goblin", a good stick and modd-able.
I LOVE arcade sticks. have many many many of them, and buy them when I find one I gotta have.
I have 5 green goblins. I do love dreamcast. My fav sticks are the new Hori Vewlix. I have both editions: red and blue.

btw, what are blue adapters in your image, and is that a VGA direct cable?


Thanks for the info!

The blue adapters took me a bit to figure out too but they're Dreamcast to PS2 (not the console, but the PC hardware) adapters. I'm guessing they're used for the keyboard/mouse stuff like typing of the dead if you didn't want to buy the official keyboard. The cable at the top is actually one of those serial cables that goes from the back of your DC and can be plugged into your computer for homebrew, save backups, stuff like that.

Really, out of the whole bundle the only thing I could make out was one of the sticks so I think I really made out at $43 after tax for the lot. Just need to find an extra AV cable so I can sell the extra system/controllers.

[Edmond Dantes]

My answer to this question is "No."

It's just not economical in terms of space, so my preference is to just mod a stick I already have--just grab an MC Cthulhu (http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/46572/the-official-cthulhu-and-chimp-thread-try-our-new-dreamcast-flavor), switch out the stick and buttons for ones more to your liking, do the necessary soldering and construction... this one stick becomes the only stick you'll ever need.

(If that sounds difficult... it isn't. I know nothing about electronics and I was able to mod this stick just following guides I found online. It's not difficult)

For 16-Bit consoles, I just don't care. Most home ports from this era weren't arcade-perfect anyway, so why should the controls be? Besides, it feels more nostalgic to play with a six-button Genesis controller than with an arcade stick that I never owned as a kid, especially as I sadly never got to go to arcades much.

For anything from the PS1 to more recent eras though, as well as emulation, I'm a lot pickier since the adaptations tend to be more arcade-accurate, at times even being straight emulations. I mean, I can play Fatal Fury Special with a D-pad, but it just doesn't feel right.

This is only for fighting games though. I honestly can't see how people play shmups or platformers with anything other than a D-pad.

[kedawa]

I'm the exact opposite. I refuse to use a control pad for anything unless I absolutely have to.
I started out on joysticks in the arcade and at home, and those twiddly little thumb controllers have never felt right to me.

[M.Buster2184]

Curse you all! At work this topic has been popping up more and more and I keep thinking it'd be fun to collect them, plus the fun I'd have in tracking them down. Mainly due to me being at a standstill with my "have to have" game list.

[klausien]

As promised, here is a picture of my finished PS2 Hori Tekken 5 stick mod. It was a rather expensive endeavor, but the finished product has truly exceeded my expectations.

I only used the cable and the case from the original stick when all was said and done due to input lag with the Hori PCB on my converter for the original XBox, but that's fine. I went with the T5 because it was affordable, I intended to modify it from the beginning, and I love the shape of the earlier HRAPs. Unmodified, it was not a great stick. (Sorry there's no shot of the internals, but I forgot and didn't want to take it apart again)

I photoshopped the artwork using a cool painting of Jupiter's clouds from deviantart, pictures of a Silver Hawk garage kit, and the logos of course. It took some time (especially the rocket exhaust), but it came out awesome. The picture is a bit blurry because I took it with my phone, but the artwork is super sharp in person.

Now I just need to avoid getting addicted to stick building!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/klausien/T5/darius.jpg

[StealthLurker]

As promised, here is a picture of my finished PS2 Hori Tekken 5 stick mod. It was a rather expensive endeavor, but the finished product has truly exceeded my expectations.

I only used the cable and the case from the original stick when all was said and done due to input lag with the Hori PCB on my converter for the original XBox, but that's fine. I went with the T5 because it was affordable, I intended to modify it from the beginning, and I love the shape of the earlier HRAPs. Unmodified, it was not a great stick. (Sorry there's no shot of the internals, but I forgot and didn't want to take it apart again)

I photoshopped the artwork using a cool painting of Jupiter's clouds from deviantart, pictures of a Silver Hawk garage kit, and the logos of course. It took some time (especially the rocket exhaust), but it came out awesome. The picture is a bit blurry because I took it with my phone, but the artwork is super sharp in person.

Now I just need to avoid getting addicted to stick building!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/klausien/T5/darius.jpg


That stick looks absolutely gorgeous. Fantastic work sir!

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[123►Genei-Jin]

I love arcade sticks, I play any game not requiring analog controllers on arcade sticks (can't stand most gamepads).
I used to collect sticks but ended up selling a bunch of them for space/room reasons.
I currenlty have:
Advantage (NES)
KBM Championship Joystick (SNES)
Super Advantage (SNES)
Capcom Fighting Stick (Sega Genesis)
Neo-Geo Kidney style sticks x2
Sega HSS-0130 (SS, modded for PS1/PS2)
Street Fighter 2 Anniversary Joystick (PS2/XBOX, modded for PC)
Neo-Geo Stick MOTW Edition (PS2)
Hori Real Arcade Stick 2 (PS2)

And I tihink that's it.
I play most current fighting games with my HRAP2 using a Pelican PS2 to PS3 adapter (works with PS3 and PC)

[Edmond Dantes]

As promised, here is a picture of my finished PS2 Hori Tekken 5 stick mod. It was a rather expensive endeavor, but the finished product has truly exceeded my expectations.

I only used the cable and the case from the original stick when all was said and done due to input lag with the Hori PCB on my converter for the original XBox, but that's fine. I went with the T5 because it was affordable, I intended to modify it from the beginning, and I love the shape of the earlier HRAPs. Unmodified, it was not a great stick. (Sorry there's no shot of the internals, but I forgot and didn't want to take it apart again)

I photoshopped the artwork using a cool painting of Jupiter's clouds from deviantart, pictures of a Silver Hawk garage kit, and the logos of course. It took some time (especially the rocket exhaust), but it came out awesome. The picture is a bit blurry because I took it with my phone, but the artwork is super sharp in person.

Now I just need to avoid getting addicted to stick building!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/klausien/T5/darius.jpg

.... I can't say it.

I'm not gonna say it.

I want to say it.

I can't resist saying it.

I'm gonna say it.

I always wanted a thing called tuna sasimi

WARNING! A huge arcade stick is approaching fast!

[LimitedEditionMuseum]

I want the Neo-Geo Stick MOTW Edition sooooooo bad.

[Edmond Dantes]

I want the Neo-Geo Stick MOTW Edition sooooooo bad.

There was also a KOF one, included with (I think) the Chapter of Orochi compilation (which isn't the same as North America's "Orochi Saga" compilation)

[klausien]

Tuna Sashimi indeed. \m/ Thanks for the compliments guys!

I collected seriously for about 15 years (from around 1995 to 2010) and most of it now sadly sits in climate controlled storage. I used to have it all set up ROD-style, but we moved to a smaller place because I went back to school. I have a 4-drawer particle board dresser filled to brim with peripherals. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it all. However, I still have the ability to play almost everything I need to with a combo of an XBox 360, a softmodded original XBox, a chipped PS2, and an NES and Vectrex with flash carts. Still, there are things I will never sell if I can help it. I'm sorry I'm digressing a bit here, but my point is that the custom stick is the first time since I bought my modded Duo-R from D-Lite ages ago, or got my Vectrex from my groomsmen that a gaming item feels truly personal. It may even be more personal because I built it to my own specifications. I highly recommend building a stick as a project for anyone who has an interest in a genre that can benefit from it.

Oh, and the Epyx 500XJ for the Atari 2600 is probably my favorite joystick of all time other than the one I just built. It was so before its time. I only had ever used one with a Commodore 64 at a friends house back in the early 80's until I purchased a pair of my own a couple years ago.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/klausien/T5/epyx.jpg

Oh so aptly named. Fishing Derby will never be the same.

Anyway, now that I've finished the paper I had to write tonight, it's time for a little T's Music ragedown via Super Darius II before dreamtime.

[kedawa]

There's a local guy who still sells NOS of both the red and the yellow(2 button) Epyx sticks for cheap, but he only sells at computer shows, and I always miss them.
I'd really like to grab a pair for my Amiga.

[M.Buster2184]

I love arcade sticks, I play any game not requiring analog controllers on arcade sticks (can't stand most gamepads).
I used to collect sticks but ended up selling a bunch of them for space/room reasons.
I currenlty have:
Advantage (NES)
KBM Championship Joystick (SNES)
Super Advantage (SNES)
Capcom Fighting Stick (Sega Genesis)
Neo-Geo Kidney style sticks x2
Sega HSS-0130 (SS, modded for PS1/PS2)
Street Fighter 2 Anniversary Joystick (PS2/XBOX, modded for PC)
Neo-Geo Stick MOTW Edition (PS2)
Hori Real Arcade Stick 2 (PS2)

And I tihink that's it.
I play most current fighting games with my HRAP2 using a Pelican PS2 to PS3 adapter (works with PS3 and PC)


Nice collection Genei. How do you like the kidney style Neo Geo sticks? Is there any difference or advantage over the regular AES arcade sticks that come with the system? That's all I have so I don't have a lot to compare. Also I'm incredibly jealous of your Mark of the Wolves stick. Very nice.

[XYXZYZ]

I don't collect arcade joysticks per se, it's just that I started playing video games with the NES, and the gamepad made my hands hurt. Plus, it was different than the arcade controls at the arcade, and I wanted consistency; I hated how I played with my fingers and wrists at the arcade and played with my thumbs at home. Fortunately, there was a cure: On my birthday, when I finally had enough money, and my mom took me to Target (Or maybe it was K-Mart, but I think it was Target) where I was united with my greatest companion:

http://www.atari2600.com/ccp7/media/ecom/prodxl/NESCON0022LX.gif

...and I never touched a gamepad again. Not unless I had to, anyway. When the SNES came out I was in hell because there were no arcade sticks for it. I never saw an SNES Advantage, and wound up dropping $90 on that C&L Controls arcade stick because it was the only SNES joystick I'd ever seen. It wasn't until later that I found an SNES Advantage and started using it as it's more practical. But from then on, I would not get a game console unless I could also get an arcade stick for it.

So, my collection comes out of necessity rather than novelty. Here's most of what I've accumulated over the years-

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa56/XYXZYZ/gameroom/ConsoleJoysticks_zps766120d5.jpg

[M.Buster2184]

I don't collect arcade joysticks per se, it's just that I started playing video games with the NES, and the gamepad made my hands hurt. Plus, it was different than the arcade controls at the arcade, and I wanted consistency; I hated how I played with my fingers and wrists at the arcade and played with my thumbs at home. Fortunately, there was a cure: On my birthday, when I finally had enough money, and my mom took me to Target (Or maybe it was K-Mart, but I think it was Target) where I was united with my greatest companion:

http://www.atari2600.com/ccp7/media/ecom/prodxl/NESCON0022LX.gif

...and I never touched a gamepad again. Not unless I had to, anyway. When the SNES came out I was in hell because there were no arcade sticks for it. I never saw an SNES Advantage, and wound up dropping $90 on that C&L Controls arcade stick because it was the only SNES joystick I'd ever seen. It wasn't until later that I found an SNES Advantage and started using it as it's more practical. But from then on, I would not get a game console unless I could also get an arcade stick for it.

So, my collection comes out of necessity rather than novelty. Here's most of what I've accumulated over the years-

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa56/XYXZYZ/gameroom/ConsoleJoysticks_zps766120d5.jpg


Nice collection XYXZYZ. Is that a TurboGrafx controller in the bottom right of the picture? I'm still trying to track one down. I imagine it would make most the games on TG more enjoyable. Also, what is the white controller in the top right? I don't recognize that. It looks it has two sticks?

[XYXZYZ]

That is an official TG16 joystick, I got it on eBay though I don't remember if it came with the TG16 console I bought or if it was a separate purchase. It is a nice comfortable joystick, comparable to the NES Advantage. I see one on eBay now for $30 and one for $40, on average they usually go for about $40. The one next to it with the green buttons is a PC Engine joystick made by Asciiware, who also made the NES Advantage and as you can see it's basically an NES Advantage for the PC Engine.

The white joystick at the top right is a little Frankenstein project I'm working on. As mentioned above, I don't like gamepads and this is an attempt to make an analog arcade joystick for the Xbox 360 so I can play analog control games more comfortably.

It's an "Ultimate Fighting Stick", (UFS) a wireless controller for the PS2 and Xbox made by Nakiworld.
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z51/derkoi/joystick.jpg

It's the second worst joystick I've ever used, just behind the InterAct Shadowblade. The stick and buttons are terrible, but it has those little trackball-looking analog controls, which are half-sphere caps sitting on a normal analog stick. I've taken the board out of one of those Atari 2600ish Xbox 360 joysticks (You can see one on the shelf there next to the Super Mario Bros.2 glass) and wired it to the UFS, added LEDs, a Home button and a toggle switch for autofire. I had an old SNES Advantage that doesn't work (bad IC) so I gutted the joystick and drilled a small hole to fit the analog stick into.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa56/XYXZYZ/projects/UFS360_zps9ec045f0.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa56/XYXZYZ/projects/UFS_guts_zps4843a3fd.jpg

It works, but the analog stick isn't very comfortable. I picked up an old IBM compatible joystick at a thrift store and I like it a lot, I'm trying to figure out how to use it instead of the SNES stick.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa56/XYXZYZ/projects/IBMJS_zps10812a8c.jpg

Also, I still need to replace the digital stick and buttons with Sanwas or whatever. I haven't actually worked on this project in a long time, I need to pick it back up and finish it. But I just don't play modern 3D games enough to provide any motivation. :|

[M.Buster2184]

That is one hell of a project, though it sounds like it'll be worth it when you're done.

[rob black]

Arcade sticks are awesome. I have about 25 myself but there is a guy who has over 200 of them, google "markman arcade stick collection". Holy shit

[123►Genei-Jin]

Nice collection Genei. How do you like the kidney style Neo Geo sticks? Is there any difference or advantage over the regular AES arcade sticks that come with the system? That's all I have so I don't have a lot to compare. Also I'm incredibly jealous of your Mark of the Wolves stick. Very nice.

Thanks man!
The NG Kidney sticks feel kinda awkward if you're used to bigger/stantard arcade sticks mainly because of their shape and size. The kidney sticks are too small for me, but other than that they're fine. The buttons and stick are very responsive and feel very well made and sturdy. The original NG sticks are better IMO.
Sorry for the late response BTW, didn't notice your post until today.

[MarkMan]

I collect arcade sticks and gaming controllers. :)

I'm at or around 400 arcade sticks right now. Trying to catch em' all!

[MarkMan]

Wanted to post a bit more about arcade sticks, namely pictures. Arcade sticks have been a big part of my life the past 5 years. I love them so much <3 !

Enjoy the random pics from my instagram (http://instagram.com/markman23) / twitter feeds lol.

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[JakeM]

I wish instead of collecting whole new sticks I could just get new cover tops plates. Itd be awesome and cheaper.

[blue lander]

I bought a Pelican Real Arcade Pro for the PS2 from Gamestop a few years back, which was supposed to have "authentic" arcade parts in it. The stick and buttons were definitely arcade style, but they weren't of the highest quality. The buttons were actually pretty good , but the joystick used leaf springs which I don't like. I replaced them with a Sanwa joystick and button. I had to drill out a panel and use an adapter to make the Sanwa stick fit, but an American style stick from Happ would have fit without any modification.

[Cers]

Hey MarkMan....

sell me that boring uninteresting casual mediocre golden TE ;)

I will give you.......mmmh....lets see....50$

Deal ?!?

lol

[MarkMan]

I wish instead of collecting whole new sticks I could just get new cover tops plates. Itd be awesome and cheaper.

You can do this already! A lot of people in the arcade stick/modding community do this.

Check this site out for starters: http://www.tek-innovations.com/arthobbies/



Hey MarkMan....

sell me that boring uninteresting casual mediocre golden TE ;)

I will give you.......mmmh....lets see....50$

Deal ?!?

lol

haha, I thought about it... nope sorry :(

[StealthLurker]

Man Mark, I knew you had a lot of sticks... but 400?! You are the freakin' god of sticks haha. Insane collection!!


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[MarkMan]

I really love it. It's art to me.

Speaking of which... This is probably one of my favorites. Hori's EHRGEIZ Arcade Stick!

https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/167529_488116573882_591865_n.jpg

Comes with Yoko's Yo-Yo!

Also some other random pics I saw on my fb page...

https://scontent-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/62916_433864563882_7121238_n.jpg

^ imagine if they came out with a black HSS-0130 :O !

https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/164161_476329628882_2568604_n.jpg

Konami HyperStick for PS1! :O

https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s720x720/480022_10150969197138883_1408240249_n.jpg

Prototype EVO FightStick with flighting lights :)

[MarkMan]

http://madcatz.com/mad-catz-and-capcom-team-up-to-fight-for-relief/

This is for a good cause and given it's limited nature, will probably fetch a high price.

[bb_hood]

http://madcatz.com/mad-catz-and-capcom-team-up-to-fight-for-relief/

This is for a good cause and given it's limited nature, will probably fetch a high price.

That is awesome. Capcom is so awesome

[DK1105]

The only stick I have for consoles is the 6 button genesis one. I just took it apart and cleaned it so I could enjoy some gunstar heros action. A local shop has a saturn fight stick that I might pick up some time soon but i'm in no hurry considering it's been sitting on that same shelf for two years now.

[StealthLurker]

http://madcatz.com/mad-catz-and-capcom-team-up-to-fight-for-relief/

This is for a good cause and given it's limited nature, will probably fetch a high price.


Cool collab with Capcom Mark!

Nothing fancy, but have always been a fan of the stick below. Happy to have finally gotten an import one boxed in nice condition:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/BigJune2013/Megadrive_zpsf238a95e.jpg


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