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Re: Looking for a new arcade stick by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/19/2011, 12:10pm PDT
Mischief Maker wrote:

So I've had an "indestructible" X-arcade solo for the past 4 years or so and its starting to break down. I went to their lifetime warranty people looking for some satisfaction and all I got was instructions for how to disassemble the damn thing and a promise to mail me replacement parts if I can convince them its broken. In the midst of disassembling the stick I noticed the particleboard was getting all torn up at the points where the screws go in. Honestly, while it's been a definite improvement over playing with the keyboard or a dual stick, it's also been a huge pain in the ass. The damn thing is enormous and I have to clear a huge section of my desk just to get the thing going. My huge F-16 dimensions CH combatstick is dwarfed by it in size.

ICJ, can you point me to a superior USB PC arcade stick alternative? Some smaller vendor you've done satisfactory business with in the past?


I wish that I could! I built a panel out of wood for my PC a year or so ago. I don't have any photos, but I'm positive you'd agree it was "boss." Actually, it was way too large and extremely cumbersome, because I put a joystick, five buttons, a push/pull spinner and a Major Havoc roller on the monstrosity.

(I recently harvested two of the light-up pushbuttons for the real arcade Moon Patrol I am still in the process of putting together.)

So, I was using that as my PC arcade stick. It really pisses the shit out of me that X-Arcade is playing games with their "lifetime warranty" claim. Anyone can say they have a lifetime warranty. People do use it as a selling point. They should send you whatever the hell you want, be it a new stick or what.

Worm had a fighting stick he was happy with, but I assume that's for the 360. Did they make a PC version of it? The impression I have is that everyone would rather we use 360 sticks and gamepads for our computer anyway. It would take a snarling dick of a man to support that, but take it away for 360-compatible arcade sticks.


ICJ
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Looking for a new arcade stick by Mischief Maker 04/18/2011, 9:46am PDT NEW
    Re: Looking for a new arcade stick by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/19/2011, 12:10pm PDT NEW
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