Right, I'm looking to get components for my Dreamcast-controller-hack-job arcade stick project. It's nothing fancy; just putting components in a box, but my DIY skills are shoddy enough to qualify that as a project for me Anyway, I'm planning on using a Seimitsu LS-32 as the stick -- but I'm not sure what buttons to select. They have to be microswitched yet not have too high a resistance (for older games with button-mashing required to shoot) and be fairly durable. Anyone have any recommendations?
(Also, if anyone has any favourites for the stick that are different to my choice, feel free to throw it in; I'm after a toughish but not too tense spring set-up, a pretty short throw and not too long of a stick. Fairly certain that the LS-32 will fit the bill, but if you know differently, let me know! )
Recommendation for buttons for arcade stick?
I think the stick is excellent - I´ve had a Sanwa setup for almost a year now, but when I recently had the occasion to play for one day on an Astro City with a Seimitsu stick, it was not the Astro City that impressed me, it was the Seimitsu stick. With buttons, however, Sanwa is better.Anyway, I'm planning on using a Seimitsu LS-32 as the stick -- but I'm not sure what buttons to select. They have to be microswitched yet not have too high a resistance
You say you want microswitched buttons - have you ever played on an arcade cab with those? All of them have a much higher resistance than those used in Japan. They are probably very much vandalism-proof, but when you want to play comfortably, look elsewhere. I mean, it´s not like Sanwa buttons would break easily, really. During this one year I´ve had my setup, I haven´t noticed any performance loss with the buttons, and that´s very different from my experiences with several arcadesticks for consoles.
I know one type of microswitched button with little resistance, though - the buttons in the 2nd revision of the old Commodore 64 Competition Pro joystick were easy-going, but worked with a microswitch. They were concave, however, so for an arcadestick with several buttons where you might want to switch between buttons quickly on occasion, they´d probably perform sub-par.
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I can certainly relate to that. The largest part of my arcade history lies before coming across J-style cabs, and among the western cabs, those with microswitches were always best. One way to deal with higher resistance is using larger buttons which you can hit with 2 or 3 fingers at once, which is pretty comfortable to play with as well, but once you want to play a game making use of more than 2 buttons, like Dragon Blaze for example, you´ll see the problem. If your gaming tastes are mainly oldschool, like pre-1995, microswitch buttons should be okay.Really, the main reason I like microswitched buttons is largely because I prefer the feel,
These at ultimarc are great but be avare that they are too big for dc stick (I solved it making quite tick wooden bottom) http://www.ultimarc.com/
For buttons with a microswitch feel (clicky) but lighter touch, River Service economy buttons fit the bill.
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