FINALLY!! A legit rotary encoder joystick like the legendary SNK LS-30. Something like this is way overdue. Thanks for another great review my friend, Semper Fidelis.
Holy AMAZ-STICKS Batman! This thing is totally cool!!! I have been cryingly playing Ikari warriors in MAME with my xbox controller trying to make it passable. This device will make it as close to authentic as you can get! Thanks, Jon!!!! Love this video!!
Ikari Warriors is not one of my favorite games, but I have played it and really was impressed with that rotating stick. I am hoping I can get one of these because I do love the way you build it in the packaging! How neat!
I totally suck at time soldiers but it absolutely plays with that Me personally I am front line all the way and that's what that little extra board was for. That little board is to enable hat mode. Once you can figure it. It's not needed but it's definitely needed to set up that game
You can definitely play it right now with Tron. But as Jon sad this was a pre-production unit and we're going to be releasing new firmwares to add all kinds of enhancements including much smoother spinner technology. In fact, if you or anyone you know has ever used my push pull spinner that uses the hall effect technology. This will have that same battery smooth turning once that new firmware is installed
Nice, an arcade stick that uses the box it's shipped in. That makes it a nice compliment controller to an existing arcade stick setup. In emulation I use the shoulder buttons on my Xbox controller, but eventually I will be able to get a full arcade setup going...
That's my mission. That's my passion and seeing the reaction of people using my products to play games with meant to be played makes it all worthwhile😊
What an awesome project! I am very tempted to finally complete(?) my grail controller lineup (complementing my LAN-1 Star Wars yoke). However, I have found that the Atari VCS Joystick, with its rotating handle, does a very good job with Ikari Warriors, etc. in MAME.
Great review Jon and a fantastic product. Unfortunately I suspect it won't be available here in the UK or I'd be all over this. I have so many games that would benefit greatly from this configuration. Keep up the awesome work!
Yes due to licensing agreements with SNK who by the way have been fantastic to work with. I can only distribute the item in I the USA. If that said, keep your eyes open because I am sure you will be able to get the GRS super joystick outside the US buy some third party vendors so stay tuned
Am I about to watch a *third* video about the same topic? Why, yes I am, and not just because it's from one of my favorite channels. After watching Ron's (MadLittlePixel) video I preordered this beauty. Then Wagner's TechTalk confirmed I made the right decision when he said one of the shells is free-spinning and will be able to be used as a spinner for games like Tempest! I can't wait to hear Jon's take on this, so without further ado...
Uh-oh. It's a three-way shootout, and I'm the third entrant! THE PRESSURE! 😜 I appreciate you watching as always, Qun Mang, but even moreso knowing you've already got the basic info from other sources. THE BEST!
Haha- no pressure from me. I will always watch your reviews of these things. Your video was great. For the record, you are the first (and only) channel I've been watching for most of these MyArcade releases (sans the Gamestation- that one's too big for one channel, but you were the first!)
I didn't even know this was how it was meant to be played and me and my cousin used to play the hell outta this at home, probably sharing the keyboard at first until joysticks came later.
I know and so many people like you never experienced the arcade machine to know that that was not how the game was designed to be played. And that's my goal. And my mission is to make sure these types of controls, are not lost to time past. And it also make them as affordable as possible because I want people to actually play it and experience it the way it was meant to be.
My dream for years has been to build an arcade cabinet that can play ANY game ever released in the arcade with the same control types used in the original. Considering how many unique games have come out over the years with their own unique control systems, that may not be full possible, but it looks like it could get really close. It would have to have analog (for games like food fight with proportional speed) and digital joysticks (for most other games) or one that can function in either mode, two trackballs, two spinners (can be used for driving games and games like Tempest), at least one flight yoke (though the analog joystick could suffice) and probably some more I can't think of right now. That control board would definitely be crowded!
I don't know how feasible this would be, but I wonder if someone could engineer an arcade control panel where parts can be easily swapped in and out as needed to suit any configuration.
Absolutely! And that's been my mission right now. I do offer Track balls, hall effect spinners, Hall effect push pull spinners, Star Wars flight yoke using hall affect technology, steering wheels, Tron joysticks, discs of Tron joysticks, we do have a analog joystick the past couple of years. Just haven't released it yet, 1 million gold coated buttons, you can try the rest, but when you're ready for the best you go! GRS
@@GlensRetroShowI can imagine what such a control panel would look like: six feet wide, four feet deep... But still, that would be cool. And hall effect is so much better than potentiometer. My old paddle controllers for the Atari VCS used to get that "jitter" from dirty contacts. Playing pong was a challenge!
In fact, I have an X- Arcade tank stick and I can tell you now it will work because I'm working on that video right now. I'm removing the built-in joysticks and replacing it with two giraffe super sticks, so stay tuned for an upcoming video
@@GlensRetroShowHey Glen! This is awesome news. I have a tankstick laying around and will probably use it now to install both sticks. Looking forward to the video👍🏻
Exactly Gen X Grownup. There is something lost in translation playing them any other way than how we would have played them in arcades back in the day!
The characters on the artwork look like Rambo. I heard the same is true of Contra where the characters on the box art look like Rambo and Schwarzenegger. Action hero's were big in the 80's.
I've already built one of Glen's sticks; I took an old wooden housing from a dead PS2 stick and used it to build a Tron stick with his Tron stick and matching spinner. It can play Ikari and the like, but it is missing some finesse to the aiming directions. So I'm thinking hard about this one. That "limited edition" is starting to suck my credit card in.
This has gotta be the best do it yourself arcade stick. And i can vouch thats a great price for buttons, wiring and joystick for a arcade stick. How is this guy making a profit? Great video as usual. Btw does it work with the my arcade atari pro station? If it does im sold!!! Take my money twice. Lol 😂🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
Thanks for the kind words. I believe Glen's Tron stick is designed to be a replacement for the one on Arcade1Up cabs, but I may be mistaken. You can find it at the Thunderstick Studios store linked in the description to learn more.
This is awesome! Technically tho you could do this for many years with an Ultimarc UltraStik 360 using the rotary joystick upgrade kit. It was not ideal (had to be ball top, joystick is not micro-switched, etc) and between the stick and the rotary upgrade kit it is over $100 for a one player setup and that gets you just the bare stick without any enclosure or extras.
Well, it can't be emulated but with two analog sticks you can at least use one for moving and the other for aiming, so that's a working solution. Maybe not the best but it does work. Also, I just love Ikari Warriors even though I completely suck at the game, and I'm sad that I missed out on that SNK collection on Amazon Prime.
I remember playing Ikari on my NES and saying this game and the controls really blow, then thinking: Boy do I wish I had a rotating joystick in a box to play this game
I had no idea such a control scheme existed. I've never seen that in any arcade. It's pretty cool but does seem like it would be a lot harder to master than twin-stick.
Would like to know more about what the manual says about setting up the SNK 40th game to accept a spinner-type controller. I have that game (obtained from Steam) and it doesn't seem to have any way to connect a spinner-type controller to it... that I can see. I don't think the maker of the GRS Super Joystick has a manual that's downloadable online. I'd like to know if you know of a source that would let me see that manual.
I'm going to refer you to the creator & distributor of this stick, Glen Planamento. Here's a link to a video on his channel about this controller where you can inquire. I'm sure he can answer any questions you have about it. th-cam.com/video/BwEjKLGb7ug/w-d-xo.html
im having trouble with mine. On ikari warriors the character doesn't rotate when rotating on the knob... it will move in all directions but will not rotate.
@@howard9757 After hours of messing with the MAME config. Here's what i did and it seems to work. 1. Hold down the Mode on your stick until you get the GREEN FLASHING LIGHT. 2. on Ikari Warriors game, hit tab to go control config. Once there do your up, down, left, right, button 1 and 2. 3.leave POSITIONAL ANALOG ''NONE' 4.Positional analog inc twist knob clock wise once, you should get 'kbd right' 5. Positional Analog Dec, twist knob counter clockwise once, you should get 'kbd left'' 6. That's it, enjoy.
Ikari Warriors was definitely an arcade favorite of mine when I was a teen. I love the idea of this joystick, but the cardboard box is kind of a turn off. For $80 I'd want it to at least be some sort of plastic.
Plastic would be nice, but the price is beyond reasonable. A genuine SNK arcade stick alone can run you over $150, and here you're getting that plus an encoder for up to twelve buttons? I think we can afford to buy our own plastic box! 😉
That being the case I wonder if they might offer an optional plastic case at an additional charge. I see your point, but with the stick and buttons being such high quality I'd want the box to match.@@GenXGrownUp
The box is surprisingly high quality Not just the artwork but we made sure to make the box very sturdy and I think Jon showed in playing the game. The box can't take it just because his cardboard doesn't mean that that's not some quality. I don't release anything that I wouldn't want to use myself 😊
Hey there. Just watched this video, and had a question I hope you can answer. Like you, I love Retro Video Games, and also like you, I want as an authentic experience as possible, and this is why I am building my own machines because the standard MAME Machines have the basic same layout that works more for console games, than individual Arcade games that have very specific set of controls like Discs of Tron, Atari/OG Star Wars, Spy Hunter etc. So, one of the games I want to make a control panel for is the very fist VS Fighter I ever played waaay back in the day - 'Karate Champ' - which has TWO joysticks per player. It takes two separate sticks to maneuver your player - but all the controller boards seem to only allow for one joystick. Do you know a way to configure two joysticks per player? If you have any info on this, I'd me most grateful. By the way - I love your channel and am a subscriber, fyi. Thanks in advance
Thanks for the kind words and for watching! 😁 If you're building a panel, don't limit yourself to joystick inputs - you're likely going to have a better experience with a keyboard encoder like the I-PAC. This gives you tons of inputs for multiple joystick directionals and buttons without compromise. amz.run/8ZFr
@@GenXGrownUp Thanks for the link! So, I looked at the I-Pac - it seems to have '1 Up, 1, Down, 1 Left, 1 Right - as well as 2 Up...etc and 3 and 4. So am I to assume from looking at the panel and your reply/info - that I can use this panel to hook up two or even 4 joysticks - (4 if I wanted to make a 2-Player setup) and connect them to the connector inputs I listed above? Seems like it...if so I can make a mini/barcade cab for both 'Karate Champ' and another 2 Joystick retro favorite of mine - BATTLEZONE... -please let me know what you think. And thanks so much for the help. ~ Jaek
The GRS super joystick is just that it's a joystick that's digital and it's USB interface. So anything that can accept USB joystick should work. Now the buttons also are using a zero delaying quarter we built in, so that should also be recognized. Windows recognizes the joystick and the buttons. No issues. Also, the push pull is seen as mouse buttons so as long as the device can know what a mouse is the push pull would work. The left and right rotation, that could be seen as a mouse, or it can be seen as a keyboard input, or a joystick hat. Most devices can accept this as well In addition, we do have a sulfur application which you can reconfigure and configure just about every aspect of the joystick including what direction is up. So basically, as long as any device you have knows what a joystick is knows what a button is and at least a mouse it should work. It all comes down to whether the game you're using has it mapped properly. In most cases you can either map the program or using our configuration software. We can figure my buttons and switches and other items to match the game. So pretty high probability it would work. But if it doesn't let us know. We'll do our best to make sure we can make that happen.
I would expect that ultimately, a regular user would mount these pieces in a cabinet. Providing the functional cardboard enclosure is really just a bonus so you can try out and use right away without needing to mount elsewhere. Or, as you noted, only to use occasionally.
Okay, is this compatible with EVERY console and EVERY version of Ikari Warriors and Heavy Barrel? I wonder how many versions of both games are out there. Will this work on the NES Ikari Warriors and Heavy Barrel? I highly doubt it. Does it even work on PS4? This should have been a plug-n-play game with a library of games that use this controller. I guess for $80.00 and a lot of work, I'm not that desperate to play those game anyway, even if it is playing them with the right controls.
Id love to. Probably about a year ago I purchased four products for GRS. After installing one of two four-eight Gateway joysticks into one of my arcade cabinets. The control panel stop working completely. I reached out to the "IT Tech support" listed. After sending two e-mails I received an e-mail back stating, "well it worked for me" basically with no help to resolve or troubleshoot the issue. So I took everything apart and reassembled. I couldn't even get the Pi to work in other cabinets afterwards. After two more e-mail they refunded my money and let me keep their crap. I throw it all out 0with the Pi. Keep up the great work Glen!@@GenXGrownUp
@@cookiesusa3143 Based on the box? IMHO that's an unfair judgment. Providing the way to use the box as a mounting location is just an added bonus that was entirely unnecessary. While plastic would be nice, the price is beyond reasonable. A genuine SNK arcade stick alone can run you over $150, and here you're getting that plus an encoder for up to twelve buttons? I think we can afford to buy our own plastic box! 😉 If the box turns you off, pretend it doesn't exist, mount the supplied hardware in your own enclosure, and you're still ahead.
I totally forgot I had the SNK game from Amazon prime gaming. Thanks for the reminder!
For sure!
What an awesome product.. Great to see new solutions hitting the market at an affordable price
FINALLY!! A legit rotary encoder joystick like the legendary SNK LS-30. Something like this is way overdue. Thanks for another great review my friend, Semper Fidelis.
Glad you like it!
Holy AMAZ-STICKS Batman! This thing is totally cool!!! I have been cryingly playing Ikari warriors in MAME with my xbox controller trying to make it passable. This device will make it as close to authentic as you can get! Thanks, Jon!!!! Love this video!!
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Glad you enjoyed it, Butter!
Everything Glen makes/sells is superb.
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❤ someone seems.happy .. and that's what matters :) 😊
Ikari Warriors is not one of my favorite games, but I have played it and really was impressed with that rotating stick. I am hoping I can get one of these because I do love the way you build it in the packaging! How neat!
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Great packaging that’s worth 80 dollars, right! Lol
I've already had this preordered and all these videos on it are only helping reaffirm my purchase lol
Nice!
❤❤ I've worked super hard on this one and I know you'll be extremely happy with how it works😊
@@GenXGrownUp hi, can it be used with Midnight resistance as well?
Time Soldiers is one of my all time favorites, this is perfect.
Oh, Time Soldiers! I haven't played that one in a while!
I totally suck at time soldiers but it absolutely plays with that
Me personally I am front line all the way and that's what that little extra board was for. That little board is to enable hat mode. Once you can figure it. It's not needed but it's definitely needed to set up that game
I'd buy this stick for Time Soldiers and GondoMania alone
Very very cool. Great that these games can be played properly.
Might have to get one of these, I love me some tron. Tron and Defender are two games that really you needed the cabinet to play properly.
Agreed! Did you see this Defender Partycade? th-cam.com/video/zU1fzcfFXXg/w-d-xo.html
You can definitely play it right now with Tron.
But as Jon sad this was a pre-production unit and we're going to be releasing new firmwares to add all kinds of enhancements including much smoother spinner technology. In fact, if you or anyone you know has ever used my push pull spinner that uses the hall effect technology. This will have that same battery smooth turning once that new firmware is installed
Very cool, thanks for the info.@@GlensRetroShow
I have purchased several of Glen's products in the past. And this is just one more item to add to my list. Thank you, Jon for the superb review!!!
Thanks for watching! 😀
Nice, an arcade stick that uses the box it's shipped in. That makes it a nice compliment controller to an existing arcade stick setup.
In emulation I use the shoulder buttons on my Xbox controller, but eventually I will be able to get a full arcade setup going...
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Retro has come full circle.
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I see what you did there. I approve. 😜
That's my mission. That's my passion and seeing the reaction of people using my products to play games with meant to be played makes it all worthwhile😊
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What a fantastic bit of kit. Thanks for the video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I remember playing Ikari Warriors in the arcade with the spinner controller this was great !
Finally!!!! Definitely need this!!!
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What an awesome project! I am very tempted to finally complete(?) my grail controller lineup (complementing my LAN-1 Star Wars yoke). However, I have found that the Atari VCS Joystick, with its rotating handle, does a very good job with Ikari Warriors, etc. in MAME.
Great review Jon and a fantastic product. Unfortunately I suspect it won't be available here in the UK or I'd be all over this. I have so many games that would benefit greatly from this configuration. Keep up the awesome work!
Starting out in the US, but I understand Glen is working with some international partners who might be able to get it to you if you were interested.
@@GenXGrownUp That would be awesome! Thanks Jon. I'll keep my eye on it :-)
Yes due to licensing agreements with SNK who by the way have been fantastic to work with. I can only distribute the item in I the USA.
If that said, keep your eyes open because I am sure you will be able to get the GRS super joystick outside the US buy some third party vendors so stay tuned
@@GlensRetroShow Thanks Glen :-)
Am I about to watch a *third* video about the same topic? Why, yes I am, and not just because it's from one of my favorite channels. After watching Ron's (MadLittlePixel) video I preordered this beauty. Then Wagner's TechTalk confirmed I made the right decision when he said one of the shells is free-spinning and will be able to be used as a spinner for games like Tempest! I can't wait to hear Jon's take on this, so without further ado...
Uh-oh. It's a three-way shootout, and I'm the third entrant! THE PRESSURE! 😜 I appreciate you watching as always, Qun Mang, but even moreso knowing you've already got the basic info from other sources. THE BEST!
Haha- no pressure from me. I will always watch your reviews of these things. Your video was great. For the record, you are the first (and only) channel I've been watching for most of these MyArcade releases (sans the Gamestation- that one's too big for one channel, but you were the first!)
@@QunMang Whew! 😉
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I didn't even know this was how it was meant to be played and me and my cousin used to play the hell outta this at home, probably sharing the keyboard at first until joysticks came later.
I know and so many people like you never experienced the arcade machine to know that that was not how the game was designed to be played. And that's my goal. And my mission is to make sure these types of controls, are not lost to time past. And it also make them as affordable as possible because I want people to actually play it and experience it the way it was meant to be.
My dream for years has been to build an arcade cabinet that can play ANY game ever released in the arcade with the same control types used in the original. Considering how many unique games have come out over the years with their own unique control systems, that may not be full possible, but it looks like it could get really close. It would have to have analog (for games like food fight with proportional speed) and digital joysticks (for most other games) or one that can function in either mode, two trackballs, two spinners (can be used for driving games and games like Tempest), at least one flight yoke (though the analog joystick could suffice) and probably some more I can't think of right now. That control board would definitely be crowded!
I don't know how feasible this would be, but I wonder if someone could engineer an arcade control panel where parts can be easily swapped in and out as needed to suit any configuration.
Absolutely! And that's been my mission right now. I do offer
Track balls, hall effect spinners, Hall effect push pull spinners, Star Wars flight yoke using hall affect technology, steering wheels, Tron joysticks, discs of Tron joysticks, we do have a analog joystick the past couple of years. Just haven't released it yet, 1 million gold coated buttons, you can try the rest, but when you're ready for the best you go! GRS
@@GlensRetroShowI can imagine what such a control panel would look like: six feet wide, four feet deep... But still, that would be cool. And hall effect is so much better than potentiometer. My old paddle controllers for the Atari VCS used to get that "jitter" from dirty contacts. Playing pong was a challenge!
Never seen akari in person. Only console versions and played the heck out of em .
Let's see a Heavy Barrel gameplay video!!!
I wonder if I can wire it into my X-Arcade Tankstick.
In fact, I have an X- Arcade tank stick and I can tell you now it will work because I'm working on that video right now. I'm removing the built-in joysticks and replacing it with two giraffe super sticks, so stay tuned for an upcoming video
@@GlensRetroShow I'm replacing the player 2 stick and replacing it with a Tron-compatible stick plus I'm putting in a spinner.
@@BoomGiggity nice 🙂
@@GlensRetroShowHey Glen! This is awesome news. I have a tankstick laying around and will probably use it now to install both sticks. Looking forward to the video👍🏻
Exactly Gen X Grownup. There is something lost in translation playing them any other way than how we would have played them in arcades back in the day!
Amen!
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@GlensRetroShow Thanks Guys!
@@mattmyers9351 :)
Oh man! I’m going to have to build another Arcade cabinet and pick up a couple of these and install them. This looks awesome!
Hope it works well for you!
The characters on the artwork look like Rambo. I heard the same is true of Contra where the characters on the box art look like Rambo and Schwarzenegger. Action hero's were big in the 80's.
I'd heard the same. Different enough to be legally distinguishable from those action heroes, but similar enough to get the point across!
I’m looking at the page now.
I've already built one of Glen's sticks; I took an old wooden housing from a dead PS2 stick and used it to build a Tron stick with his Tron stick and matching spinner. It can play Ikari and the like, but it is missing some finesse to the aiming directions. So I'm thinking hard about this one. That "limited edition" is starting to suck my credit card in.
Can`t think of Ikari Warriors whithout the AVGN episode. Bombing the floor! Bombing the floor!
Never watched AVGN. I'll look it up sometime. 😀
This has gotta be the best do it yourself arcade stick. And i can vouch thats a great price for buttons, wiring and joystick for a arcade stick. How is this guy making a profit? Great video as usual. Btw does it work with the my arcade atari pro station? If it does im sold!!! Take my money twice. Lol 😂🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
this glen is as awesome as you jon!! i cant wait!!! to get my hands on this beauty!!! did you also say that there is a tron stick avalible ?!
Thanks for the kind words. I believe Glen's Tron stick is designed to be a replacement for the one on Arcade1Up cabs, but I may be mistaken. You can find it at the Thunderstick Studios store linked in the description to learn more.
This is awesome! Technically tho you could do this for many years with an Ultimarc UltraStik 360 using the rotary joystick upgrade kit. It was not ideal (had to be ball top, joystick is not micro-switched, etc) and between the stick and the rotary upgrade kit it is over $100 for a one player setup and that gets you just the bare stick without any enclosure or extras.
Exactly. The whole thrust of my video is that there's finally an affordable product that does it right. 😁
I bought my unit about a week ago. I wonder how Tron will play with this controller. Excellent review!👍
Thanks! 👍
i remember playing Ikari Warriors a few times in the arcade though i played it like you would play Commando, i didnt know that the stick would rotate.
Hahaha! After my own heart - you also didn't read the instructions! 😀
Well, it can't be emulated but with two analog sticks you can at least use one for moving and the other for aiming, so that's a working solution. Maybe not the best but it does work. Also, I just love Ikari Warriors even though I completely suck at the game, and I'm sad that I missed out on that SNK collection on Amazon Prime.
You bet - very workable.
Awesome
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is there a 720 controller for the 80s skate or die game ?
I remember playing Ikari on my NES and saying this game and the controls really blow, then thinking: Boy do I wish I had a rotating joystick in a box to play this game
Hahaha!
Would love to have a drop in replacement for my X-Arcade. X-Arcade is in dire need for an update. Needs spinner and this.
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Glen Glen Glen, is a rockstar, just saying!
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Hi, I have a question, does it work with Midnight resistance as well? since that also uses a rotary stick/
This looks very cool. Couldn’t get into it on the NES, maybe this is why…. Would this joystick module work on a Mister?
I had no idea such a control scheme existed. I've never seen that in any arcade. It's pretty cool but does seem like it would be a lot harder to master than twin-stick.
Cool. It's very intuitive and SNK (and others) continued to use it for a lot of games. Still, I think twin-stick is more intuitive to learn & master.
Would like to know more about what the manual says about setting up the SNK 40th game to accept a spinner-type controller. I have that game (obtained from Steam) and it doesn't seem to have any way to connect a spinner-type controller to it... that I can see. I don't think the maker of the GRS Super Joystick has a manual that's downloadable online. I'd like to know if you know of a source that would let me see that manual.
I'm going to refer you to the creator & distributor of this stick, Glen Planamento. Here's a link to a video on his channel about this controller where you can inquire. I'm sure he can answer any questions you have about it. th-cam.com/video/BwEjKLGb7ug/w-d-xo.html
Great video! Can you rotate the screen vertically to play Ikari Warriors? Tate mode?
I expect you could - it would be a function of the Amazon launcher, though, and not of the featured controller.
im having trouble with mine. On ikari warriors the character doesn't rotate when rotating on the knob... it will move in all directions but will not rotate.
Have you updated to the latest firmware?
@@GenXGrownUp i think so, on the TS RJ Configurator it says firmware version V2.33
I have the same problem. Followed the MAME config in videos but characters gun moves in the direction of the joystick and not rotary spinning.
@@howard9757 After hours of messing with the MAME config. Here's what i did and it seems to work.
1. Hold down the Mode on your stick until you get the GREEN FLASHING LIGHT.
2. on Ikari Warriors game, hit tab to go control config. Once there do your up, down, left, right, button 1 and 2.
3.leave POSITIONAL ANALOG ''NONE'
4.Positional analog inc twist knob clock wise once, you should get 'kbd right'
5. Positional Analog Dec, twist knob counter clockwise once, you should get 'kbd left''
6. That's it, enjoy.
Ikari Warriors was definitely an arcade favorite of mine when I was a teen. I love the idea of this joystick, but the cardboard box is kind of a turn off. For $80 I'd want it to at least be some sort of plastic.
Plastic would be nice, but the price is beyond reasonable. A genuine SNK arcade stick alone can run you over $150, and here you're getting that plus an encoder for up to twelve buttons? I think we can afford to buy our own plastic box! 😉
That being the case I wonder if they might offer an optional plastic case at an additional charge. I see your point, but with the stick and buttons being such high quality I'd want the box to match.@@GenXGrownUp
The box is surprisingly high quality
Not just the artwork but we made sure to make the box very sturdy and I think Jon showed in playing the game. The box can't take it just because his cardboard doesn't mean that that's not some quality.
I don't release anything that I wouldn't want to use myself 😊
It might work well for, “Forgotten Worlds”????
I'd think so, yeah!
Can you get Taito Frontline?
Sure thing.
Does this work with Pandora box with USB input?
Afraid I don't have one to test with. Sorry.
Hey there. Just watched this video, and had a question I hope you can answer. Like you, I love Retro Video Games, and also like you, I want as an authentic experience as possible, and this is why I am building my own machines because the standard MAME Machines have the basic same layout that works more for console games, than individual Arcade games that have very specific set of controls like Discs of Tron, Atari/OG Star Wars, Spy Hunter etc. So, one of the games I want to make a control panel for is the very fist VS Fighter I ever played waaay back in the day - 'Karate Champ' - which has TWO joysticks per player. It takes two separate sticks to maneuver your player - but all the controller boards seem to only allow for one joystick. Do you know a way to configure two joysticks per player? If you have any info on this, I'd me most grateful. By the way - I love your channel and am a subscriber, fyi. Thanks in advance
Thanks for the kind words and for watching! 😁 If you're building a panel, don't limit yourself to joystick inputs - you're likely going to have a better experience with a keyboard encoder like the I-PAC. This gives you tons of inputs for multiple joystick directionals and buttons without compromise. amz.run/8ZFr
@@GenXGrownUp Thanks for the link! So, I looked at the I-Pac - it seems to have '1 Up, 1, Down, 1 Left, 1 Right - as well as 2 Up...etc and 3 and 4. So am I to assume from looking at the panel and your reply/info - that I can use this panel to hook up two or even 4 joysticks - (4 if I wanted to make a 2-Player setup) and connect them to the connector inputs I listed above? Seems like it...if so I can make a mini/barcade cab for both 'Karate Champ' and another 2 Joystick retro favorite of mine - BATTLEZONE... -please let me know what you think. And thanks so much for the help. ~ Jaek
That's a strain relief, not a "beauty cap".
It does make it prettier. 😉
#Truth ❤ and also true lol
I want and arcade cabinet!!!
Just tried playing this awhile back and this controller pops up looks awesome ❤
any chance this will work on a raspberry pi with pi2jamma?
Any chance this'll work on a PS5? I'd love to be able to play paddle games on the Atari 50th Anniversary Celebration collection the right way.
Is this compatible with Xbox Series X and/or PS5
I don't have that info, but that's a great question for Glen and tsticks.
The GRS super joystick is just that it's a joystick that's digital and it's USB interface. So anything that can accept USB joystick should work. Now the buttons also are using a zero delaying quarter we built in, so that should also be recognized. Windows recognizes the joystick and the buttons. No issues.
Also, the push pull is seen as mouse buttons so as long as the device can know what a mouse is the push pull would work.
The left and right rotation, that could be seen as a mouse, or it can be seen as a keyboard input, or a joystick hat. Most devices can accept this as well
In addition, we do have a sulfur application which you can reconfigure and configure just about every aspect of the joystick including what direction is up. So basically, as long as any device you have knows what a joystick is knows what a button is and at least a mouse it should work. It all comes down to whether the game you're using has it mapped properly. In most cases you can either map the program or using our configuration software. We can figure my buttons and switches and other items to match the game. So pretty high probability it would work. But if it doesn't let us know. We'll do our best to make sure we can make that happen.
you will need a 3rd party adapter the cronus max or similar.
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Ok, so it is a cardboard box, It's cool, but it probably won't last, so better to keep it stored away or displayed as a collectable.
I would expect that ultimately, a regular user would mount these pieces in a cabinet. Providing the functional cardboard enclosure is really just a bonus so you can try out and use right away without needing to mount elsewhere. Or, as you noted, only to use occasionally.
Okay, is this compatible with EVERY console and EVERY version of Ikari Warriors and Heavy Barrel? I wonder how many versions of both games are out there. Will this work on the NES Ikari Warriors and Heavy Barrel? I highly doubt it. Does it even work on PS4? This should have been a plug-n-play game with a library of games that use this controller. I guess for $80.00 and a lot of work, I'm not that desperate to play those game anyway, even if it is playing them with the right controls.
Thanks for watching.
Soo you can play Tron with this game stick
It wouldn't be quite correct, but you could certainly give it a go.
Please, don’t waste your money! This guys products are ISH.
Tell us more. What are your experiences?
ISH = " incredible super hardware ". I couldn't agree more 😊😊😊 Game On!
ISH as I am sure your aware is not a acronym. Your jokes are as good as your IT Tech support for your dog ish products. XOXO@@GlensRetroShow
Id love to. Probably about a year ago I purchased four products for GRS. After installing one of two four-eight Gateway joysticks into one of my arcade cabinets. The control panel stop working completely. I reached out to the "IT Tech support" listed. After sending two e-mails I received an e-mail back stating, "well it worked for me" basically with no help to resolve or troubleshoot the issue. So I took everything apart and reassembled. I couldn't even get the Pi to work in other cabinets afterwards. After two more e-mail they refunded my money and let me keep their crap. I throw it all out 0with the Pi. Keep up the great work Glen!@@GenXGrownUp
Cardboard? 👎🏻
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@@cookiesusa3143 Based on the box? IMHO that's an unfair judgment. Providing the way to use the box as a mounting location is just an added bonus that was entirely unnecessary. While plastic would be nice, the price is beyond reasonable. A genuine SNK arcade stick alone can run you over $150, and here you're getting that plus an encoder for up to twelve buttons? I think we can afford to buy our own plastic box! 😉 If the box turns you off, pretend it doesn't exist, mount the supplied hardware in your own enclosure, and you're still ahead.
VideoGamesNewYork. My favorite.