Capcom CPS Fighter Joystick

[Nintega Grafx-16]

http://media.photobucket.com/image/c...anger/CPSF.jpg

IHMO the greatest retro joystick ever created besides the Neo Geo stick. Who else is a fan of this joystick? I play MAME32 with this plugged in my Super Joy Box USB converter.

[Kitsune Sniper]

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Is this a joke?

I owned one of those and went back to a standard gamepad after five minutes. The stick sucked, hardcore. :\

[Nintega Grafx-16]

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Is this a joke?

I owned one of those and went back to a standard gamepad after five minutes. The stick sucked, hardcore. :\

Opinionz...

[XYXZYZ]

Ehh, I liked it. I had one back when they came out; I'll never forget buying it at Electronics Boutique when, on that day, I could have taken home a boxed Turbografx 16 for $30.00 (clearance) I got the Fighter Power stick for $14.00; not bad compared to the $90.00 of hard earned money for that C&L controls Championship joystick I bought previously.

Back then, your choice of joystick for SF2 was the Capcom Fighter Power stick, the SNES Advantage, and the C&L Championship joystick. Being that the Advantage's layout was not suitable for SF2 (Remember that "ripped off a perfectly good idea" ad where they try to make you believe a Street Fighter 2 machine had the button layout of an SNES Advantage?) and the Championship stick cost a fortune, the CFP was not a bad option at all. Even today it's not bad for playing things like Ranma 1/2 or whatever. But after you've been using Happ and Sanwa hardware for awhile it's hard to take the CFP seriously. But it's still not bad for conventional platformers and stuff.

Actually I'm thinking of getting the Genesis one and converting it for use with a PC Engine DUO-RX for games like Flash Hiders and Tengai Makyo Itta-whatsits. (The Far East of Eden fighting game on PCE)

[123►Genei-Jin]

I currently have the genesis version, the stick itself is pretty good, but I never liked the size of the action buttons (too small), also check this thread at shoryuken.com:
http://www.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=189300&page=1

[Tron 2.0]

Sorry man usely when i hear any thing about that joystick it's usely how,poor it's quality is.

I think you be better off with a "mass systems joystick" or some other custom made one.

[Kiddo]

I also got the Genesis version of the stick. I didn't particularly like the buttons, but the joystick itself felt really nice to hold. I assume it's made with the same material as the SFC/SNES sticks?
I wouldn't classify the stick as "sucking" by any stretch of the imagination - I will note that it's Joystick is Japanese-style and thus may not have as many fans among the "Retro" group as it does the "Hardcore tourney fighter" group.

If the joystick is arcade-quality as it is, I wonder how possible it'd be to replace the buttons with something more arcade-like as well.

[stargate]

I have one of those buried somewhere in my collection. I always thought it was a bit cheap and flimsy feeling.

[T2KFreeker]

The stick isn't the worst, however it needs a tear drop for the stick versus a Ball. Just my preference for fighters though. Neo Geo Rocks!

[Ed Oscuro]

I think you be better off with a "mass systems joystick" or some other custom made one.

You mean MAS right? Okay, MAS Systems... http://www.massystems.com/

Myself, I have a Hori Fighting Stick II for the SFC that I use on SFC / SNES games. It's good, better than the NES Advantage by a margin.

[G-Boobie]

Not a fan of that Capcom stick. For my MAME needs, I have an AIAB custom with a Sanwa stick and Happ convex buttons. Nice and responsive.

[maxlords]

I had that stick for a while....felt it was a complete POS. I think I actually threw it in the trash rather than sell it to someone...

[stargate]

I found mine. It appears to be a SNES version. You can buy it off me if you want.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I also got the Genesis version of the stick. I didn't particularly like the buttons, but the joystick itself felt really nice to hold. I assume it's made with the same material as the SFC/SNES sticks?
I wouldn't classify the stick as "sucking" by any stretch of the imagination - I will note that it's Joystick is Japanese-style and thus may not have as many fans among the "Retro" group as it does the "Hardcore tourney fighter" group.

If the joystick is arcade-quality as it is, I wonder how possible it'd be to replace the buttons with something more arcade-like as well.

It wasn't a stick thing; I've used both ball and bat joystick versions and can use both. But the stick itself, the way it felt when you moved it, was just damn cheap. I've seen better quality construction on chinese crap knockoffs...

[WoodyXP]

It's an alright stick, but I preferred the Hori Fighting sticks of the day.

[ghostangelofcky]

Still my fav that I have found. Zero complaints

[Sosage]

You mean MAS right? Okay, MAS Systems... http://www.massystems.com/

Myself, I have a Hori Fighting Stick II for the SFC that I use on SFC / SNES games. It's good, better than the NES Advantage by a margin.

It feels like we're comparing 2010 sports cars with 1800 horse and buggies. I mean, yeah. The sticks we have access to now blow these officially licensed sticks from the early 1990's away. But these shitty sticks were all you had when the SNES/Gen versions came out (unless you knew how to build your own, which was during a time where not everyone had access to arcade hardware).

MAS is old school, but not so old school to save the western world from this piece of cheap poopie.

As for the stick we're talking about, even if the hardware is replaced with something sound the layout is a big, demented brain fuck. Imagine if this thing is sitting on your lap or on a coffee table...or you're on the floor with the thing between your legs. So in what position do you put this stick so it is "square" and even? So forward doesn't become up, forward on accident? Or charge back doesn't become charge down + back? Who knows! You only have that little piece of plastic underneath that acts as the base to try and line the thing up. Even the more Japanese friendly button layout adds that extra bit of "screw you" to the whole thing. If it was the western-style straight six, you could work out where center is. Or if they just made the damn thing rectangular damn it.

OK. I am exaggerating a bit. They did give you a line across the joystick divot to try and orient it (PFFFFT!), but this is totally design over function. :P

[XYXZYZ]

Wait, I remember reading somewhere that the Japanese version had actual Semitsu parts, while we got the Chinese knockoff shit. Anyone know anything about that?

[Nintega Grafx-16]

Wait, I remember reading somewhere that the Japanese version had actual Semitsu parts, while we got the Chinese knockoff shit. Anyone know anything about that?

Show me where you found that info since I actually have 2 Japanese CPS Fighters. The ones that came with Famicom cables.

[nectarsis]

Seems like most opinionz are decent to crap..no real raves about it eh?

There were still quality sticks back in the early/mid 90's:

Solid as a rock


Adjustable turbo,adjustable button angle, switchable 4/8 gate stick, built in muti tap