Good Joystick for Mame? For Fighting games like Street fighter or Mortal Kombat?

gamecity

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Anyone know a good Joystick for Mame? For Fighting games like Street fighter or Mortal Kombat or marvel vs capcom.

I was playing marvel vs capcom but I couldn't get a super out with my keyboard or with my normal joystick. Anyone own a joystick that they like to use in this games and would like to recommend it to me.
 

cloud4004

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Don't get me started on how much using the keyboard sucks with fighting games.

Red Octane makes a great adaptor for Playstation controllers that will allow you to use one with your PC!!!
http://www.redoctane.com/dualusb.html

If you already have a Playstation controller getting that adaptor would be the best thing you could do. If you don't grab a Ps controller and an adaptor. I use it on everything from ZSNES to Kawaks. Really Cool.
 
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hagbard

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I personally own the NeoGeo Stick 2, PS2 version of the original. Really good.
 

alcoatjez

Capo di Tutti Capi
hagbard said:
I personally own the NeoGeo Stick 2, PS2 version of the original. Really good.

Great choice, hagbard! Must get me one of those when I gt more money.
Now it's an old PS1 controller on the USB for me. Works nice, but certainly not optimal for fighting games.
 

Curunir

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Heh. As a matter of fact I hardly ever play non-fighting arcade games. I've set myself up with a PS1 non-analog controller and it's just perfect for that purpose. I plug it through the LPT though, you can't buy one of those sodding USB thingies where I live so I had to dig up schematics for my dad to do the PS-to-LPT conversion.

And I think the thumb control is near-perfect, unless you have to do weird grappling character stuff like double 360 degree circles.
 

hagbard

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It's a matter of taste, but if your thumbs hurt after playing a while, like me, you'll find the joystick pretty useful
 

ulaoulao

Controller Man
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I have a usb controller for snes, nes, n64 and psx. And N64 is the best. It has the 6 button like most arcade's, and I set the joystick and directional padds to share the same assignment. So if you like the analog you get analog, or digital you get digital :) And you get 10 buttons, pluse 4 more if you dont assing the digital to the analog. Or get on of the great arcade joy sticks out there if th have the $$$. Like the hotrod se.
 

alcoatjez

Capo di Tutti Capi
ulaoulao said:
Like the hotrod se.

Good choice! I'm planning on getting me of those eventually. This will probably have to wait for another ten years, since there's so much I want to buy.
Nice set of controllers you have, BTW :)
 

ulaoulao

Controller Man
Staff member
ya I 'm kind of a conasewer of the classics. I cant talk about my rom collection but I have all four controlers connected to a usb box I built. I can switch from one set to the next. Some emu's let this take place durring the game. I had to wire up the nes my self, but there is nothing like SM3 or contra on the good old 2 button pads. I will add sega when I also get some damn $$$.
 
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