Best Saturn and PS2 arcade sticks.

papado · Post by **papado** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:17 pm

For shooters (bien sur); any ideas?

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:20 pm

HRAP2

papado · Post by **papado** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:08 pm

Pro Stick 1 any good (not 2)? What about Saturn sticks?

rolins · Post by **rolins** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:54 pm

papado wrote:Pro Stick 1 any good (not 2)? What about Saturn sticks?

The HRAP1 are definitely cheaper and they're just as good as HRAP2. The differences between them are minor.

For the Saturn i think the Sega Virtua Stick is great and IIRC they use Seimitsu parts, but if you have HRAP just buy a PS -> SS adapter.

ArmoredCore · Post by **ArmoredCore** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:35 pm

hrap 1 is very good and solid, makes 2d games tons more fun as well you wont be disappointed

papado · Post by **papado** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:51 pm

IIRC? Also, anyone know where I can buy a PS2 --> Saturn adaptor?

P.S. That link was to a virtua stick for the PC.

rolins · Post by **rolins** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:09 pm

papado wrote:IIRC? Also, anyone know where I can buy a PS2 --> Saturn adaptor?

You can get them from Tototek.com. Also I forgot to mention that it has an wierd button layout. When you have your HRAP connect to the saturn with TTK adapter the button layout will be this

(top row on hrap)
A-X-Z-Y
B-C-R-L
(bottom row)

P.S. That link was to a virtua stick for the PC.

Yeah I know, the photo is just for reference so you don't get confused with this ugly stick.

papado · Post by **papado** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:11 pm

But that ugly stick was the Virtua Stick you were originally refering to?

rolins · Post by **rolins** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:19 pm

papado wrote:But that ugly stick was the Virtua Stick you were originally refering to?

No, the Virtua Stick I recommend looks exactly like the PC version.

edit: this store has it, scroll down the web page.
http://home.clara.net/robwebb/shop/satu ... rnhard.htm

ArmoredCore · Post by **ArmoredCore** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:27 pm

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-zl- ... -2byy.html

i am tempted to try out this stick, if i purchase this sometimes next week ill let u know how it is. its pretty cheap too.

A_Civilian · Post by **A_Civilian** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:33 pm

ArmoredCore wrote:http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-zl- ... -2byy.html
i am tempted to try out this stick, if i purchase this sometimes next week ill let u know how it is. its pretty cheap too.

I just got that exact one from Japan Video Games. (It's in Las Tunas, CA if you can get there.)

I asked the clerk some things before buying it, and here's what he told me in comparison to HRAP2/3:
Not Sanwa parts, the base is more plastic than metal, HRAP works better long term.
What I found out myself...
Buttons and controls have not so silent clicking sound, it just plugs and plays on the systems it goes on (the driver's there for autofire/button remap), and it's comfortable enough (as long as you're not using the bottom half to play Neo-Geo or something). There's 4 rubber things to hold the bottom on a surface without scratching it (they also cover up 4/6 of the screws used to hold the thing together).

Works well enough for me.

P.S: I also asked about potential modding...he said it wasn't tried. Maybe I'll post pictures of the insides later.

tekneekz · Post by **tekneekz** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:00 am

nice, price look very cheap, i might buy also

ArmoredCore · Post by **ArmoredCore** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:55 pm

i just placed an order for one of those sticks, its 29.99 at play-asia. the loud sound it emits wont be a problem for me. cant wait to try it out, even if its a bunk joystick, oh well not that expensive to begin with.

brokenhalo · Post by **brokenhalo** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:21 am

i'll be buying a mayflash any day now because i need a decent pc stick. the clicking sound is normal for ANY japanese style joystick, so that is just something you will have to get used to. the stock stick is a cheap hori-style knockoff and the buttons are basically just bigger game pad buttons . you'll probably want to mod the box with some sanwa or seimitsu parts if you want something nice.

ArmoredCore · Post by **ArmoredCore** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:32 am

is this thing easy to modify? snap on buttons will do?

brokenhalo · Post by **brokenhalo** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:51 pm

ArmoredCore wrote:is this thing easy to modify? snap on buttons will do?

yeah, sanwa obsn-30 snap ins are what i'll be using. you'll need to enlarge the button holes from 28mm to 30mm using a file or dremel. as for the stick, the shell looks deep enough to accomadate sanwa or seimitsu sticks, you'll just need to dremel out the plastic wall around the stock stick. and i'll probably just screw through the cover plate to undermount the joystick.

ArmoredCore · Post by **ArmoredCore** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:05 pm

brokenhalo wrote:
ArmoredCore wrote:is this thing easy to modify? snap on buttons will do?
yeah, sanwa obsn-30 snap ins are what i'll be using. you'll need to enlarge the button holes from 28mm to 30mm using a file or dremel. as for the stick, the shell looks deep enough to accomadate sanwa or seimitsu sticks, you'll just need to dremel out the plastic wall around the stock stick. and i'll probably just screw through the cover plate to undermount the joystick.

doh that sounds kinda hard for me, i never had any of those experiences where i had to file out the edges to make something fit, where do i get these tools and is their a how to site to how to do them yourself, how to work the dremel and stuff?