Posted by Tripps on September 04, 1999 at 14:41:45:
In Reply to: Everyone uses different guts... but what "FEELS" best. posted by Jim on September 03, 1999 at 23:50:33:
I have used two different hacked Gravis programable pads and just now this week got the Hagstrom KE24 and I like it much better. The quality is much better and it doesn't have the little problems that are associated with the hacks (difficult sldering jobs, wires falling off, comp occasionally not recognizing it, etc..). I can't tell any difference in the "feel" of the encoder vs the hacks, speed is about the same on both. As far as controls, I prefer the WICO leaf joysticks because to me they feel just like the arcade joysticks I used as an arcade addict in the early 1980's. I have found the gameplay with the WICO's to be flawless.
: Everyone here has come up with some ingenious methods for creating our controllers
: and cabinets... and all the guts are different... but I was looking for people who
: have tried multiple input methods and what "feels" the best. Do keyboard controllers
: respond better than hacks or are joystick hacks more playable. I think the most
: important thing about any of our projects is that the controls and gameplay feel
: right. For those of you with the real arcade collections.. how does the gameplay of your
: arcade controls compare with your real machine? Maybe this information could
: help others who are debating making controls settle on a input method to start with.
: Any Thoughts?
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: Thanks for the info guys!
: Jim K.