Best version of Street Fighter II, and price check?
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TK_Monkey
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Easy button on that one is putting hands on the Hori Tekken 6 stick for 360. They're dirt easy to rip the guts out of and the wiring's easily accessible, you could rip the guts out of it and transplant it into a cabinet without thinking hard. There's a handful of tutorials out there for modding it with better hardware (I hated the stock hardware on mine, I've been trying to get my writeup of the process finished) and you can get the bundle w/ the game at best but for $60, can probably find it a bunch cheaper with a little looking. It's wireless, so if there's concern over any input lag with a wireless stick, it is what it is, but give the guts photos a look and try not to giggle too hard when you see how easy it would be to drop in a cabinet.
rcaido
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I dont see why EVO has to drop SF2, that's all im saying...They can make their money w/ SSFIV & Marvel but at least keep SF2 in there. Its been there since the beginning & was the game that started it all. To abandon it just because there are newer games out is stupid.
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I've built more console joysticks than you can imagine in my day. Trust me I know what i'm doing. Tekken 6 sticks are nice enough to mod or keep as is. I wouldn't kill one for the board. There's cheaper stuff I would start w/ even if it's a pain to mod. I even pulled the surface mount jewel LEDs to relocate on a custom board inserted inside of a clear Happ button for this joystick so it would have an original looking Jewel button.
now i'm jumping on the threadjacking wagon!
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If you guys are familiar with the "old school" Street Fighter 2 scene, then perhaps you may be familiar with a little something I put together back when I first started my company, fresh out of college...
The C&L "Championship Joystick" for the SNES. It was first previewed in Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine just a few months before the release of the original Street Fighter 2 cartridge for the Super Nintendo. We got it in to the "Electronics Boutique" stores (now gamestop) as well as Babbages, Funco and several well known independents. We sold about 15,000 of them during that Christmas season in 1992, all of which used original Happ joysticks and buttons, just like the ones used in the arcades.
We got out of this business over a dispute with the people who were assembling them here locally for us, but my main business is still going on today. You can visit the company website at: www.cnlperformance.com
Because I was too lazy to take my own scans, the images that I am posting are ones that I just pulled from the web. The MAIN advertisement that we put in the magazines looked a lot better than the one posted. The one linked here was only used for the first month or two, as I grabbed it from this page:
http://www.retroist.com/2010/02/23/snes-championship-joystick-ad/
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The C&L "Championship Joystick" for the SNES. It was first previewed in Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine just a few months before the release of the original Street Fighter 2 cartridge for the Super Nintendo. We got it in to the "Electronics Boutique" stores (now gamestop) as well as Babbages, Funco and several well known independents. We sold about 15,000 of them during that Christmas season in 1992, all of which used original Happ joysticks and buttons, just like the ones used in the arcades.
We got out of this business over a dispute with the people who were assembling them here locally for us, but my main business is still going on today. You can visit the company website at: www.cnlperformance.com
Because I was too lazy to take my own scans, the images that I am posting are ones that I just pulled from the web. The MAIN advertisement that we put in the magazines looked a lot better than the one posted. The one linked here was only used for the first month or two, as I grabbed it from this page:
http://www.retroist.com/2010/02/23/snes-championship-joystick-ad/
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TK_Monkey
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I've seen enough in your posts in various threads to know you know what you're doing and your experience with stuff like this runs insanely deep. I just figured I'd throw it out there since they're dirt cheap and would be a simple transplant. Nice work on the guide button on that panel.
*e* Holy shit, Lee, that was you? I remember seeing the ads and one in my local EB and drooling over them. Tiny tiny world this arcade thing is.
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LeeB99
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Yep, that was me. I started the business just after graduating from college. I met up with the infamous "Sushi-X" at the CES that was held that year in Chicago. BEFORE going to the show, I had every intent of making a controller, but Capcom had some of their prototypes on display. This made me kind of gunshy about doing the whole thing. After talking with the guys from EGM, they encouraged me to "go for it" because they weren't impressed with the feel of the Capcom sticks (if you know what I mean).
I went back home after the show and made the prototype that was shown in (I think) the August or September 2002 issue of their magazine. The response was VERY positive, and I sought out a local company to handle the assembly. In fact, to this very day I STILL use the same plastics molder that made the casings for the controller. I spend several hours a week over there doing QC and making sure that the parts for our high performance air intake assemblies are up to my standards...
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I went back home after the show and made the prototype that was shown in (I think) the August or September 2002 issue of their magazine. The response was VERY positive, and I sought out a local company to handle the assembly. In fact, to this very day I STILL use the same plastics molder that made the casings for the controller. I spend several hours a week over there doing QC and making sure that the parts for our high performance air intake assemblies are up to my standards...
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DreamTR
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C & L Sticks are awesome. I used to use them a lot on Xband. EXCELLENT product. I still have 3 to this day. I would buy more if I could, I still need an original box, LOL, but it's a great product. When I worked at NubyTech I sort of modeled our Street Fighter Anniversary Stick after the original base of a C & L just larger.
stealthie
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Which would be the best version to have at a pizzeria? The game you would rather play and the one you think would be most successful. Including the versus games and excluding IV.
Im not really into Street Fighter, so I dont know the differences. My brother likes WW but only cause he says Zangief is better in that one.
Im not really into Street Fighter, so I dont know the differences. My brother likes WW but only cause he says Zangief is better in that one.
kjeffery
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Whats the deal with this one?
http://cgi.ebay.com/SNES-Mas-Super-...t=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item1e6014b970
DreamTR
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That's an old school MAS Stick single unit. They used to make singles and doubles back in the day. Basically just a guy and his wife making joysticks in Southern California but their quality was unmatched in terms of actual arcade feel. C & L did not use a heavy base and MAS did but in store shipping and such would affect profit line on C & L I am sure for weight. MAS was the best stick available but they weren't too many of them out there because they weren't available in stores. They have went through a TON of revisions and you can still order some for newer systems but with everything turning over to Japanese sticks lately it's harder and harder to find anyone interested in an American style stick. They are definitely inferior on newer games to Japanese sticks.
sosage
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Good ole' MAS. I never got around to owning one, but I definitely put miles on everyone else's. I prefer the Japanese hardware, so I don't mind the influx of that hardware (easier on my arm/wrist). I remember before it became the norm, struggling to get my Namco Tekken 2 PS1 stick moded. Those things were the shit when done right.
Back to mas, I remember their other big thing was their own bran of "super gun". That thing was vital back in the days for snagging practice, especially when no one had room for a cabinet. Buying expensive ass new CPS2 boards, but no one wanted to spend the space or money to go get a legit cabinet.
I've only seen the C&L maybe twice IRL.
Reminiscing like caaarazy.
I never got around to owning one, but I definitely put miles on everyone else's. I prefer the Japanese hardware, so I don't mind the influx of that hardware (easier on my arm/wrist). I remember before it became the norm, struggling to get my Namco Tekken 2 PS1 stick moded. Those things were the shit when done right. Back to mas, I remember their other big thing was their own bran of "super gun". That thing was vital back in the days for snagging practice, especially when no one had room for a cabinet. Buying expensive ass new CPS2 boards, but no one wanted to spend the space or money to go get a legit cabinet.
I've only seen the C&L maybe twice IRL.
Reminiscing like caaarazy.
rcaido
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i was going to post the exact same thing...
Mindl3ss
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Seeing those sticks, and the custom by Prairied1||0... I'm inspired to build my own custom stick soon enough.
As for the debating on which is best, and the ensuing discussion, all we need now is Oyama to come in here and tell us KOF beats any Capcom fighter by a long shot. But he hasn't been around for a few weeks.
Thanks again for the input, guys.
As for the debating on which is best, and the ensuing discussion, all we need now is Oyama to come in here and tell us KOF beats any Capcom fighter by a long shot. But he hasn't been around for a few weeks.
Thanks again for the input, guys.
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That's awesome. I built two wooden boxes when the SNES SF2 was about to release in the US. I used my friends import SFC cart to test the button configs. What was funny was that we played all of our games on those from there on out... Super Mario Kart on arcade sticks only. I have one of your sticks Lee... just for giggles cause I collected joysticks.
I love my SF4 TE stick, and I still have my hori ex2. I have that MK stick coming soon to!
DreamTR I think I bought 2 SF anniversary sticks off of you on srk if im not mistaken. Those are awesome sticks as well but both are long gone.
I am dying to play some SF now after this thread.. Anyone on xbox live or Kaillera/ggpo I am down to play any and all versions.
Also Mindless, Dark stalkers is an awesome series and I would say try to find a Vampire Savior 2, thats my fav.
DreamTR I think I bought 2 SF anniversary sticks off of you on srk if im not mistaken. Those are awesome sticks as well but both are long gone.
I am dying to play some SF now after this thread.. Anyone on xbox live or Kaillera/ggpo I am down to play any and all versions.
Also Mindless, Dark stalkers is an awesome series and I would say try to find a Vampire Savior 2, thats my fav.
I gotta go with Champion Edition myself, but that's more preference and personal opinion. I'd agree that Turbo came out right around the peak of the SF craze and got the most play. Someday I do want to find the elusive dedicated Champion Edition in the big, blue Capcom cabinet.
On the subject of Street Fighter 2 controllers, I remember always wanting one that I saw in a magazine. I don't know who made it, but it always stood out to me because it had that same artwork on it as a Champion Edition machine would have.
On the subject of Street Fighter 2 controllers, I remember always wanting one that I saw in a magazine. I don't know who made it, but it always stood out to me because it had that same artwork on it as a Champion Edition machine would have.
