Arcade stick or Joypad?
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Neo Gold
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Well i must say that i am more geared towards joypads these days...although used to be a joystick junkie!!,...but hey...i cannot play Ikaruga with a stick...i need a precise joypad....same with R-type final... a stick & i play badly!!...Although with the neo i need to use a stick!!...weird huh?...
Btw....battle garrega , radiant silvergun, kingdom grand prix...ALL my saturn shooters i use the pad....
Btw....battle garrega , radiant silvergun, kingdom grand prix...ALL my saturn shooters i use the pad....
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I never used a stick until I got one for my DC, and before that I though it would be a pain in the ass to use a stick when I was used to using a joypad... Anyway, I use my stick for the fighters, and don't ever want to use a joypad ever again for figthers! I guess it's a matter of getting used to... It's all about teh micro anyways 
Well, my Soul Caliber II stick is from Hori, I also have a Japanese Tekken 5 Real Arcade Pro stick from Hori. The Stick is Sanwa and I've replaced the hori button for Sanwa ones.NEO GOLD said:What type of sticks do you use ord?...recently just purchased an x-arcade & was totally unhappy with it....(too much play in the stick )....anyway just sold it on ebay!!...good riddance!
My Horizontal cab has all Sanwa parts, while my vert cab has Seimetsu Sticks and Sanwa buttons. I find that they are a nice combo for shooters.
I generally prefer sticks (currently use a SCII, just ordered a Neo Stick 2, really wan't a RAP 
) but find that with some shmups (Ikaruga and RTF especially) a pad yields much better results.
Can't imagine playing something like Espgaluda without my stick though.
Ord, did you mod your SCII yourself or do you know of a place that offers such service for the technically incompetent ?
) but find that with some shmups (Ikaruga and RTF especially) a pad yields much better results. Can't imagine playing something like Espgaluda without my stick though.
Ord, did you mod your SCII yourself or do you know of a place that offers such service for the technically incompetent ?
Nah I didn't replace the buttons or stick on my SCII stick, and it was really my mate that did the Tekken 5 HRAP.Shibusawa said:
There are some excellent tips with the odd photo tutorials (I think) at Shoryuken.com
Check it out.
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Sticks are better for games in which you have to press more than one button at a time.
ord1000 said:
Cheers Ord, not too confident in my own assembly skills though
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I use sticks for all of my games (not only shmups) if possible.
I have an ASCII psx stick for PSX, PS2, GC, PC and Xbox, and an Agetec stick for DC shmups, plus a Neo adaptor for DC.
My movements are 100x more accurate with a stick, and firing speed also is way higher. That's not important in games with auto-fire but not all shmups have it.
I have an ASCII psx stick for PSX, PS2, GC, PC and Xbox, and an Agetec stick for DC shmups, plus a Neo adaptor for DC.
My movements are 100x more accurate with a stick, and firing speed also is way higher. That's not important in games with auto-fire but not all shmups have it.
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Hmm, I've been using a NGCD pad for my NG shooters (and have to say it works pretty good but not perfect). Somehow it felt more natural for me to choose the pad from the beginning... The next time I play I will try with my old school stick for sure 
