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239824, I didn't know either. But it's true
Posted by spenzalii, Mon Aug-09-10 11:30 PM

>I was wondering why they kept popping up on SRK and otherwise,
>since all reviews of the stock Mayflash said it was as you
>said, "crap".
>That PC/PS3/XBOX 360 thing I didn't know about.

Yup. It's like the holy grail of dual modding. Instead of 2 PBCs chained together you only need one. The only thing is it doesn't auto detect (must hold turbo, or whatever you link it to, when you plug it into the other system). Otherwise, it's size and dual system capability make it worth its weight in gold. You will see plenty modders use this board since it makes everything from packaging to wiring 5 times easier.

>I'm a fan of Hori's HRAPs, but the TE is definitely in my
>estimation, the best designed commercial stick on the market.
>Worth the Geld, and the Round 1s are "cheap" compared to what
>they used to go for. The best thing about them is the cord
>storage area. I would have probably requested a dual mod stick
>if I had that kind of foresight (I didn't think I'd ever get a
>PS3).

Gotta hand it to MadCatz. They really put together a good produce with their TE, which is why you can find so many custom things for it, from art, to etched plexiglass, to boards made specifically for it's PCB to make dual modding that much easier. If Hori had made their sticks easier to get a hold of, they may be in the S tier spot the TE is in.

>That Namco stick is FIYA, BTW.
>
>It is a stock Hori stick and buttons, but the buttons are
>"copies" of the PS-14-G Seimitsu buttons in the HRAP-EX SE,
>and feel very much the same. the stick, out of Hori's stock
>feels different than some of their other products I've used
>(like the Fighting Stick Wii), and also much like the Seimitsu
>LS-32-01 that I've come to love using over time. Nothing
>really about it strikes me as "cheap", which is why I'm not
>surprised it fetches high(er) prices on eBay, as does the
>Agetec Dreamcast stick. I wouldn't even mod it.

Been doing some research I see... The Namco sticks are one of the GOATS, along with the Agetec and the Sega VSHG. The Namco is nice and compact, which people love, and I think the buttons have the same switches as the seimitsu PS14s. I'd like to try one at some point. The VSHG was all love with it's layout, parts (all Sanwa, if I remember) and overall solid feel. People still pay a grip for one of those. Fortunately, there's a guy out there that is making his own take on the VSHG, complete with exotic wooden sides and powdercoated steel shells. I've actually got one, and it's definitely worth the money I spent on it. I'll post up when it's done

>Best thing about it is that because it is a 6-button stick,
>with default SF layout (Square, Triangle, X, Circle, R1, R2),
>I can plug it into the Innovation Dreamcast controller
>converter and use it on the DC without weird button layouts. I
>mainly used to use it so that I could use Saturn pads on the
>DC (a big deal because they never had a real good pad solution
>on the DC; the ASCII Pads wore out real fast).
>
>Same will apply to the HRAP1 once it gets here. So I can
>technically use the sticks on 4 consoles. PS1, PS2, PS3
>(w/Pelican converter), DC (w/Innovation converter). Which will
>work pretty well for trying to learn how to use one.

Converters are hit and miss, even that Innovation, which is one of the more popular ones. Since I have a BC PS3, I don't have to worry about my stick not working on anything I put in the machine (since it's a sixaxis board hacked in there, I have no problem of it not working). I never owned a DC, so I don't really miss that at all. Can't remember if they have a board that would support DC, but I'll check

>@ a tournament I attended, there was a dude who had a custom
>DC stick w/HAPP parts for playing Marvel. While I am certainly
>used to playing on square gates more than I used to be, I have
>to say, a good Happ stick is the kind of firm controller that
>I like to use.

Yep. Takes you back