Joystick for mame

[goats]

I have recently become addicted to mame and am playing games with my gravis gamepad but am going to buy a joystick. I am considering either the 2player x-arcade stick or the Hotrod stick. I know both are quality joysticks but am wondering if anyone here has had good or bad experiences and/or opinions about either one. Also if anyone knows of other options besides those two and would share that would be great!!! I would love to build my own but sadly I have no tools.
Hotrod
http://www.hanaho.com/products/HotRodJoystick/
x-arcade
http://www.x-arcade.com/two-player.shtml

Thanks in advance
Goats

[Cauterize]

heh your in luck mate!

Do some reseach on an Ipac...

As i have a spare arcade stick and buttons from the cabinet i have recently been working on!

All youll need is an IPAC to hook them up to your pc!
(Let me know if you want pictures!)

[ddockery]

How dare you tell him to research an Ipac and NOT tell him to go to arcadecontrols.com

[Arcade Antics]

I have recently become addicted to mame and am playing games with my gravis gamepad but am going to buy a joystick. I am considering either the 2player x-arcade stick or the Hotrod stick. I know both are quality joysticks but am wondering if anyone here has had good or bad experiences and/or opinions about either one. Also if anyone knows of other options besides those two and would share that would be great!!! I would love to build my own but sadly I have no tools.
Hotrod
http://www.hanaho.com/products/HotRodJoystick/
x-arcade
http://www.x-arcade.com/two-player.shtml

Thanks in advance
Goats

Both are excellent controllers, which one you wind up going with boils down to two things:

1) Do you want to use it for anything else? If so, you want the X-Arcade, it has adapters for the PS2, Dreamcast, etc.

2) Personal preference. The X-Arcade and HotRod have a slightly different feel. Try them both and go with the one you prefer.

[goats]

i have been to arcadecontrols alot but and I would love to put something together myself however that is not and option, I am just gonna fork out the money get get something already put together. So far the x-arcade looks the best as I can hook it up to my ps2, dreamcast etc... but on the other hand, the hotrod is $50 cheaper

[AB Positive]

I wasn't personally thrilled with the x-arcade I got, but that's because it didn't use the leaf-style switches known for their "clicky". I'm used to the AES old style and NGPC joysticks where I 'hear' where I'm going with the stick. No clue if hotrod uses this style as well.

Other than that, the X-Arcade is pretty nice. Solid controls, the the stick did work properly, just not my style of switch is all :)

-AG

[robotriot]

AdamG: Hm, my X-Arcade does click when moving the stick - but maybe there's different kinds of clicks ^^

I really like the controller, but besides the high asking price, I found all the adaptors you'll need aren't exactly on the cheap side either, but maybe they're a little cheaper in the US. Anyway, you should keep that in mind when buying the controller.