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GregS
06-27-2013, 07:51 PM
Hello everyone, I found this arcade stick on my local CL variant and picked it up today :
http://imgur.com/ZoD1JDC

It's a very nice SNES/Genesis stick with wood casing. I have tried finding out about it, at first I thought it was made by Beeshu as they made a few under the name Superstick back in the day but they seemed to be made with plastic and not the best quality from the ads I've found. After asking on another site and doing some more searching it seems to be either an MAS or MAS clone. I found this thread from a while back on here http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?115425-Best-SNES-Arcade-Stick where DreamTR mentioned that MAS used to make a dual Genesis/SNES stick but have been unable to find what it looked like or even much mention of it on Google other than that.

So I ask the wise users of digitpress for their assistance, anyone know anything about my new arcade stick? :)

Thanks all.
Edit: my apologies for the horrible phone cam picture, it's the only thing I have to take pictures with.

wiggyx
06-27-2013, 08:00 PM
Looks like it might be one-off. Have you opened it up yet?

GregS
06-27-2013, 08:47 PM
Looks like it might be one-off. Have you opened it up yet?

I was thinking that might be the case as well, the seller said he had picked it up around 17 years ago from a company that went out of business which made me start wondering about Beeshu. I haven't opened it up as it works great and I was busy gaming with it lol, but could there possibly be a clue as to the manufacturer inside?

Compute
06-27-2013, 09:36 PM
I remember seeing those for sale back in the day. Typically in magazines, near the back with the other import and odd stuff. Check Gamepro or EGM circa 1995.

wiggyx
06-27-2013, 10:32 PM
I was thinking that might be the case as well, the seller said he had picked it up around 17 years ago from a company that went out of business which made me start wondering about Beeshu. I haven't opened it up as it works great and I was busy gaming with it lol, but could there possibly be a clue as to the manufacturer inside?

I was thinking that you/we might at least be able to get an idea of the "handmade-ness" of it.