jEevion
03-13-2008, 11:52 PM
Hello everyone, I'm new here and just recently took an interest in 2D fighters, well mainly SFIII:3S.
After watching some gameplay clips on youtube I tracked down a copy of the game in the US (I live in Canada) and bought a PS2. I have always used the stock controller.
My PS2 is connected to a receiver, which runs component to a HD projector.
After a while I got pretty good at the game, but realized that I would need to shift over to an arcade stick.
Being in Canada, commercial sticks for the PS2 pretty well do not exist. Without doing much research I ordered an X-Arcade Solo (go ahead and e-smack me) thinking that it was the only real option I had.
Then I read these stickies and called all over the US for an HRAP2 but everyone is sold out (even sites that show as in stock).
Well after reading about how much X-Arcade sucks for fighters, I figure that I can swap out the joystick/buttons and get by. I have been trying to research this for hours and am getting frustrated.
It seems the only thing I have going for me is X-Arcade's support for servicing/upgrading the unit yourself without voiding the warranty. So I researched what would be the best parts to swap out:
Sanwa JLF-TP-8T @ $24
Happ Competition Sorizontal Switch @ $1.70ea.
My question is, do you think that joystick could be swapped out for the X-Arcade Super Clone easily? I see resellers selliing the X-Arcade sticks with the joystick already swapped out, so it must be possible, I just don't want to go through any hassle with modding. I would probably like to go with Sanwa buttons but they look substantially shorter and I don't know if they would fit?
The X-Arcade isn't here yet, should be here mid next week.
I know the Happ Competition stick will fit without mods, a lot of people seem to like it, but too many people seem to suggest that Japanese style sticks are the best.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have search everywhere looking for people who have modded an X-Arcade similar to what I want to do, but can't find anything useful. Thanks, sorry for the big post :)
After watching some gameplay clips on youtube I tracked down a copy of the game in the US (I live in Canada) and bought a PS2. I have always used the stock controller.
My PS2 is connected to a receiver, which runs component to a HD projector.
After a while I got pretty good at the game, but realized that I would need to shift over to an arcade stick.
Being in Canada, commercial sticks for the PS2 pretty well do not exist. Without doing much research I ordered an X-Arcade Solo (go ahead and e-smack me) thinking that it was the only real option I had.
Then I read these stickies and called all over the US for an HRAP2 but everyone is sold out (even sites that show as in stock).
Well after reading about how much X-Arcade sucks for fighters, I figure that I can swap out the joystick/buttons and get by. I have been trying to research this for hours and am getting frustrated.
It seems the only thing I have going for me is X-Arcade's support for servicing/upgrading the unit yourself without voiding the warranty. So I researched what would be the best parts to swap out:
Sanwa JLF-TP-8T @ $24
Happ Competition Sorizontal Switch @ $1.70ea.
My question is, do you think that joystick could be swapped out for the X-Arcade Super Clone easily? I see resellers selliing the X-Arcade sticks with the joystick already swapped out, so it must be possible, I just don't want to go through any hassle with modding. I would probably like to go with Sanwa buttons but they look substantially shorter and I don't know if they would fit?
The X-Arcade isn't here yet, should be here mid next week.
I know the Happ Competition stick will fit without mods, a lot of people seem to like it, but too many people seem to suggest that Japanese style sticks are the best.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have search everywhere looking for people who have modded an X-Arcade similar to what I want to do, but can't find anything useful. Thanks, sorry for the big post :)