I built a cheap custom MAME table using an old, unused pressboard TV cabinet and cheap EG Starts parts. The joystick - which looked just like your #5 here - was TERRIBLE. I replaced it with a Baolian (your #2) and found it to be quite good. The EG Starts buttons, by the way, are cheap, too, but I actually like their light resistance. And the grandkids love the bright LED colors which enhance the fun of the custom cab. Note that I don't play fighters, but rather the "golden age" classics I played in jr high and high school (class of '84) back when they were new, like Defender, Asteroids, Berzerk, Frogger, Sinistar, Xevious, Donkey Kong and Tempest, to name a few. Thanks for the informative review.
Zippy comes closest in my personal experience - looks like a Seimitsu LS-32, feels like an LS-40, so it's a weird hybrid. First thing to do when getting a Zippy joystick is to replace the microswitches that come with it - they're nice and soft but don't last long. I recommend Cherry D44Y switches (D44X are leverless similar to those on a Sanwa JLF, while the D44Y use lever-like arms, which is what this joystick and its parent stick uses). It'll be stiffer, but they'll last a damn sight longer.
Making a 20 dollar stick box with a zero delay encoder for my PC. Will give the baolong a try as I'm not looking to drop more for a JLF than i'm willing to pay for the stick's inner components themselves. If the only negative is loud microswitches than I'm more than ok with that. Thanks for the vid.
I got a zippy and actually find very accurate. My bao long has the bounce back issue. Maybe you had accuracy problems with the zippy because you used one with a much longer shaft. I wonder how different could have hour experience been with a regular balltop version of the zippy!
Nice reviews. Oh, BTW, Baolong effectively translates as "Rich Boy". Well, as best as possible I guess... Good comparisons. I ordered and tried Zippy branded joysticks myself, but was not impressed. Thanks for posting.
We’re getting ready to do a video soon on our new stick. Can’t wait to try it with Pac-Man. Great vid 😊 Ps loved your that’s what she said moment 😆😆 Long shaft
hi sir, watching ur review, i bought bao long. its hard to block n sometimes hard on jumping. do u suggest upgrading sanwa? my problem with sanwa original most are from china, 20 to 23 usd. or what do u recommend?
@@TeamPandory Recently got a mayflash f300 .... Also has a ball top. There is a pc only arcade stick call thr rac j-500 those are compatible with suzo-happ joystick and buttons But it cost way more than the mayflash.
I built a cheap custom MAME table using an old, unused pressboard TV cabinet and cheap EG Starts parts. The joystick - which looked just like your #5 here - was TERRIBLE. I replaced it with a Baolian (your #2) and found it to be quite good. The EG Starts buttons, by the way, are cheap, too, but I actually like their light resistance. And the grandkids love the bright LED colors which enhance the fun of the custom cab. Note that I don't play fighters, but rather the "golden age" classics I played in jr high and high school (class of '84) back when they were new, like Defender, Asteroids, Berzerk, Frogger, Sinistar, Xevious, Donkey Kong and Tempest, to name a few. Thanks for the informative review.
Zippy comes closest in my personal experience - looks like a Seimitsu LS-32, feels like an LS-40, so it's a weird hybrid. First thing to do when getting a Zippy joystick is to replace the microswitches that come with it - they're nice and soft but don't last long. I recommend Cherry D44Y switches (D44X are leverless similar to those on a Sanwa JLF, while the D44Y use lever-like arms, which is what this joystick and its parent stick uses). It'll be stiffer, but they'll last a damn sight longer.
Making a 20 dollar stick box with a zero delay encoder for my PC. Will give the baolong a try as I'm not looking to drop more for a JLF than i'm willing to pay for the stick's inner components themselves. If the only negative is loud microswitches than I'm more than ok with that. Thanks for the vid.
Ball tops are ok for beat em ups, but fighting games need a bat
Just discovered this older video. Excellent information, as always!
I got a zippy and actually find very accurate. My bao long has the bounce back issue.
Maybe you had accuracy problems with the zippy because you used one with a much longer shaft. I wonder how different could have hour experience been with a regular balltop version of the zippy!
Yeah definitely could have done with a shorter shaft. I've since increased my
Collection... Lots of Seimitsu around here :-)
Thanks! Very helpful comparison
Sanwa JLF costs $20.
Hori Hayabusa on the other hand costs $30.
always sanwa, no doubt!
All you wiggle sticks with the high pitched clicks better run, better run...
The little wigglessticks need to become standard. Noone needs a long shaft.
Thank you very much for this video. it helped me a lot with my DIY arcade stick
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Nice reviews. Oh, BTW, Baolong effectively translates as "Rich Boy". Well, as best as possible I guess... Good comparisons. I ordered and tried Zippy branded joysticks myself, but was not impressed. Thanks for posting.
We’re getting ready to do a video soon on our new stick. Can’t wait to try it with Pac-Man. Great vid 😊
Ps loved your that’s what she said moment 😆😆 Long shaft
On your new stick? Did you get a few clones yourself? ^-^
hi sir, watching ur review, i bought bao long. its hard to block n sometimes hard on jumping. do u suggest upgrading sanwa? my problem with sanwa original most are from china, 20 to 23 usd. or what do u recommend?
China... The land of quality control. Sorry to hear this. Sanwas are the go to, seimitsu ls-40 also are a great stick
Do the 2 sanwa clones have the same height as the og sanwa jlf?
The cheapest one, no- it's taller ... Re; shaft length- Check out Bao Liang, and ask the seller to properly check before you order.
IL or suzo happ joysticks if you
Grew up in usa or europe.
Yeah, but in Japan they're nowhere to be seen. Nuts
@@TeamPandory
Recently got a mayflash f300 ....
Also has a ball top.
There is a pc only arcade stick call thr rac j-500 those are compatible with suzo-happ joystick and buttons
But it cost way more than the mayflash.
Thumbs-up #69. Nice.