Which Saturn Arcade Joystick is better

[the.importer]

Which Saturn Arcade Joystick is better and please state why.

this one:



or this one:

[wip3outguy7]

Other pic not working.

[Elliotw2]

I've heard that the Japanese Virtua Stick is better than the one the US got. It also looks like it has better, more arcade accurate parts in it.

[the.importer]

Other pic not working.

It's probably on your end cause it's working fine here.

[GohanX]

I have an american Virtua Stick (similar to your first pic) and it is garbage. The Japanese one is supposed to be a little better. The second stick I haven't used but it is supposed to use higher quality parts and is considered to be much, much better.

Another alternative may be the Ascii Saturn Stick. It's not as good as a real arcade parts stick, but it still has a nice microswitch based stick and is fairly small. It reminds me of the old style Neo Geo joysticks, but a little bit better. They can be had for $10 from Amazon brand new.

[retrospiel]

I have the European version of the first one and can't recommend it. I am not sure if Japanese and US variants of these are as bad but the EU version does not have microswitches so it's like someone mounted a plastic stick on a regular d-pad. Same goes for the European version of the Arcade Power Stick which feels identical.


The other one looks like it's using arcade parts so I would recommend it over the other stick.

[the.importer]

I'll have to agree with you guys, the Japanese one does look more like it was ripped from an arcade system, guess I'll go with that one. There's got to be a reason why that 2nd one is rarer and more expensive.

[Breetai]

Both of those were released in Japan. I have owned both. The second Virtua Stick (bottom picture) is easily the better of the two.

[gamevet]

I have an american Virtua Stick (similar to your first pic) and it is garbage. The Japanese one is supposed to be a little better. The second stick I haven't used but it is supposed to use higher quality parts and is considered to be much, much better.

Yeah, I have that stick as well. The inside parts are plastic and break rather easily. I actually had to glue the support area around the stick, inside the case. It's a total POS.

[the.importer]

Well, I just bought the one from the 2nd pic on ebay. $10 for the stick, $60 for EMS shipping (from Japan). The white boarder of the unit seemed to be a bit yellow, but for $10, I don't mind.

[Da_Shocker]

Well, I just bought the one from the 2nd pic on ebay. $10 for the stick, $60 for EMS shipping (from Japan). The white boarder of the unit seemed to be a bit yellow, but for $10, I don't mind.

Wait u bought the stick for $10 dollars yet its really gonna cost you $70 and you dont mind?

[the.importer]

Wait u bought the stick for $10 dollars yet its really gonna cost you $70 and you dont mind?

You do know what EMS shipping is, right?

[wip3outguy7]

It's probably on your end cause it's working fine here.

Must be. It's working ok now. Definitely the bottom one. Buttons closely resemble arcade cabinets' and it is pretty legendary in the fighting game community.

[Zz Badnusty]

Yeah, if your JPN Virtua Stick works perfectly, then $70 isn't too expensive.

I bought one for like $20 and had it shipped SAL for about $10.
Definitely the best stick available for the Saturn.