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I have the one for the PS3/PS4 & PC, full Sanwa. Pretty good arcade stick that I bought new for just over 120 €.
What arcade stick do you own?
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Oh yeah, it's not too expensive, the new one costs more.
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Historically, I know that Mayflash products have been kind of shitty, as far as build quality anyway. But I was looking at this one recently, and I like the versatility. Works with pc, switch, xbox series x and ps4/5. For my casual gaming purposes, it has my attention. And I like that it has sanwa buttons. Anyone here have any experience with it, or perhaps with another comparable recent Mayflash stick?
Mayflash F500 Elite
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Mayflash F500 Elite
Arcade Stick F500 Elite
F500 Elite is built with premium Sanwa hardware components- 9 buttons and a 4-way joystick. It comes with an internal Storage Compartments. The big size and weight (two metal panels weight) makes it balanced and comfortable for steady gameplay.
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Looks a lot like the old 8bitdo arcade sticks.
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19 year old rhetorical question.
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I have a modded F300.Historically, I know that Mayflash products have been kind of shitty, as far as build quality anyway. But I was looking at this one recently, and I like the versatility. Works with pc, switch, xbox series x and ps4/5. For my casual gaming purposes, it has my attention. And I like that it has sanwa buttons. Anyone here have any experience with it, or perhaps with another comparable recent Mayflash stick?
Mayflash F500 Elite
Arcade Stick F500 Elite
F500 Elite is built with premium Sanwa hardware components- 9 buttons and a 4-way joystick. It comes with an internal Storage Compartments. The big size and weight (two metal panels weight) makes it balanced and comfortable for steady gameplay.
It's decent, the 500 is a larger version with a few extras like a headset jack.
The PS4/5 and Xbox support requires either a dongle or you hook a passthrough controller to it to make it work on those consoles.
They also only work with PS4 games on the PS5.
You can get something like a brook FGC2 adapter to skip this but those are $50 by themselves.
The new F700 is the only one to bother with if you want a mayflash stick today.
The reality is you're usually better off just putting together a custom of some sort.
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The versatility of being able to switch between all those consoles is tempting, but I didnt look into it enough to realize all the adapters and hoops you need to jump through. Guess I was assuming you'd just plug in the usb to your switch/pc/xbox and it would just work regardless. Oh, well.
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Yeah, it can be a mess.
That's why I recommended just getting/modding something custom.
My vewlix stick has a brook universal Fighting Board Fusion in it and that pretty much is plug and play.
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Does not work on PS5. Like fucking every arcade stick.Historically, I know that Mayflash products have been kind of shitty, as far as build quality anyway. But I was looking at this one recently, and I like the versatility. Works with pc, switch, xbox series x and ps4/5. For my casual gaming purposes, it has my attention. And I like that it has sanwa buttons. Anyone here have any experience with it, or perhaps with another comparable recent Mayflash stick?
Mayflash F500 Elite
Arcade Stick F500 Elite
F500 Elite is built with premium Sanwa hardware components- 9 buttons and a 4-way joystick. It comes with an internal Storage Compartments. The big size and weight (two metal panels weight) makes it balanced and comfortable for steady gameplay.
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I have a few Mayflashes just use it as a base and add your own stick and buttons to your liking. With the F500 you can print artwork or have it printed through Focus Attack
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For PS4 and 360 you need something called magic boots so you don’t have to plug a controller in
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Still doesn't solve the PS5 problem.
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New PC arcade stick received today (also bought second hand). I might use it on MiSTer too if the input lag is correct.
Roch hasn't signed in since December, but has anyone else seen this one? Looks pretty nice. They have this one for Xbox Series and a white one for PS5. I like the look of that wrist rest, and it has sanwa buttons and a swappable bat/ball stick. I haven't even heard of Nacon though, and it is a bit pricey.
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It's actually Big Ben. The PS4 Daija I have was only released in Europe and was a collaboration with Kayane. The quality is still good. The new Daija also costs 279 € here.
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I love the Daija...might be my favorite stick. Keep in mind that regardless of which console you're getting it for, it'll come with both sheets of artwork (white PS5/black Xbox Series) along with a blank white one.
It's like a modern-day Panthera in some regards (flip-top lid, your choice of bat or ball tops, general size/weight). I personally like it more than the Panthera because of the headphone jack and the easier artwork customization.
Also, just a heads-up...the Victrix Pro FS is on sale at woot for $219, which is down from its obnoxious $399 price. The leverless version, the FS 12, is down to $169 (purple) or $179 (white) from $399. They're both very much in the upper tier in their respective categories and offer native PS5 support.
It's like a modern-day Panthera in some regards (flip-top lid, your choice of bat or ball tops, general size/weight). I personally like it more than the Panthera because of the headphone jack and the easier artwork customization.
Also, just a heads-up...the Victrix Pro FS is on sale at woot for $219, which is down from its obnoxious $399 price. The leverless version, the FS 12, is down to $169 (purple) or $179 (white) from $399. They're both very much in the upper tier in their respective categories and offer native PS5 support.
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Hellion said to post this here, so fine, I will! Copypasta from the recent purchase thread:
All the original parts were removed and tossed, on the case I removed the laminate, sanded down the wood, rounded the edges in the front since they tend to dig into your forearms, used a combo of generic auto body filler and bondo spot putty to smooth out the surface, and primed and painted it with some leftover auto paint I had from an old project. The paint is flat black. You can't see it in the pic but I sprayed the primer with a bit of texture that I didn't sand down on purpose, with the texture and the matte paint it gives it a nice feel so you can kinda tell it's still a wood panel.
Hardware wise, I put in a Brook UFB, IL buttons, and an IL Eurostick. I'm not sure if I like the blue handle on the stick, but they were out of black at the time. Easy enough to swap out later. Works with PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One/Series, PC and emu devices. I'm primarily going to use it with a Mister. I have an adapter that will make it work with a Neo, but I'm toying with the idea of putting a DB15 port on it somehow to add native support. Also I think I need a decal or something to go in the blank black area in the upper left at least. I'm not sure what though.
All the original parts were removed and tossed, on the case I removed the laminate, sanded down the wood, rounded the edges in the front since they tend to dig into your forearms, used a combo of generic auto body filler and bondo spot putty to smooth out the surface, and primed and painted it with some leftover auto paint I had from an old project. The paint is flat black. You can't see it in the pic but I sprayed the primer with a bit of texture that I didn't sand down on purpose, with the texture and the matte paint it gives it a nice feel so you can kinda tell it's still a wood panel.
Hardware wise, I put in a Brook UFB, IL buttons, and an IL Eurostick. I'm not sure if I like the blue handle on the stick, but they were out of black at the time. Easy enough to swap out later. Works with PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One/Series, PC and emu devices. I'm primarily going to use it with a Mister. I have an adapter that will make it work with a Neo, but I'm toying with the idea of putting a DB15 port on it somehow to add native support. Also I think I need a decal or something to go in the blank black area in the upper left at least. I'm not sure what though.
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My head wants to explode over that picture…all dem buttons
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I bought a cheapo hitbox a while ago to test it out when I was starting to play Fighter's seriously and for some reason they just work really well with my brain so I made an upgrade last week.
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Bought a Mayflash F500 Elite a little while back to use on Fightcade fighters mostly. I play NTM just on a keyboard, but my 8bitdo NGCD pad wasn't cutting it for being only a regular kind of terrible at MOTW. Bought some stick and button parts too but have put off doing anything until I made an overlay. Here is what I came up with using mostly Slug Tactics art, the hoduken hostage came from the Metal Slug Attack: Reloaded website.
Let me know what you think if you want, tell me you hate it, tell me you hate me, I don't care. It is definitely crowded, maybe too much? But I think it is ok and hectic works for the Slug art and explosions and whatever. I'll probably order it this weekend unless I notice something glaring that I don't like. Once I get it and put all the parts in, I'll post a pic of that too.
Let me know what you think if you want, tell me you hate it, tell me you hate me, I don't care. It is definitely crowded, maybe too much? But I think it is ok and hectic works for the Slug art and explosions and whatever. I'll probably order it this weekend unless I notice something glaring that I don't like. Once I get it and put all the parts in, I'll post a pic of that too.
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Looks good to me.
One question though, If you were going to swap out the parts anyway why buy the elite version?
Otherwise, $15 shipped for the gutted sanwa parts.
