Pelican Real Arcade (anybody play with this yet?)

[shai hulud]

I got this joystick new for about $30 and i havent tried it out yet. It will connect to XBOX, PS2, Psone, and GC. I got it for the Neo Geo ports that are coming out in the near future mainly but i figure there will be some more games that i will use it for. I havent opened it yet and still have the receipt so if anyone knows that its a real dud let me know and i might return it.

[norkusa]

From what I've seen, there are two different versions of the Real Arcade Joystick: older ones that that have VERY tight joysticks & buttons, and newer ones that don't have tight joysticks and buttons. Unfortunately, I have one of the tight joysticks, so I don't use it as much as I'd like but it is a very sturdy and excellent controller. Someday I plan on picking up another stick with looser controls though.

[ubersaurus]

I have one, it's pretty good. Has some good weight, although if you want a better arcade experience, you'll probably have to replace the buttons and stick, as the buttons seem to be raised up a bit high, and the stick, at least on all that I've used, feels very loose. Since they use arcade compatible parts, as I hear, it's not too difficult to get replacements.

[Oobgarm]

A good stick, but linke Nork said, is either too tight or too loose. Make sure you get the Universal one. It might be $10 more than the system spefici ones, but it will save you headaches down the road. Works pretty well for fighting games, not too good with Namco Museum. The 8-way stick makes it a bit tough to play games that were designed with a 4- way one in mind.

[Kid Ice]

I used it for my MAME setup for a couple months and I thought it was a great stick. Had to give it up when I got my Slik Stick though. 8-)

[norkusa]

I have one, it's pretty good. Has some good weight, although if you want a better arcade experience, you'll probably have to replace the buttons and stick, as the buttons seem to be raised up a bit high, and the stick, at least on all that I've used, feels very loose. Since they use arcade compatible parts, as I hear, it's not too difficult to get replacements.

Hey, do you want to swap joysticks (not the entire RA, just the joystick part)? My RA joystick is pretty tight but I'd like to have a loose one instead. I opened mine up and the parts are pretty easy to add/remove.

[ubersaurus]

I have one, it's pretty good. Has some good weight, although if you want a better arcade experience, you'll probably have to replace the buttons and stick, as the buttons seem to be raised up a bit high, and the stick, at least on all that I've used, feels very loose. Since they use arcade compatible parts, as I hear, it's not too difficult to get replacements.

Hey, do you want to swap joysticks (not the entire RA, just the joystick part)? My RA joystick is pretty tight but I'd like to have a loose one instead. I opened mine up and the parts are pretty easy to add/remove.

If you come to the meet, I'll see about cramming mine into bizounce's trunk :P