What 49 way joystick will work to play Sinistar etc in MAME?

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i cant find an original Williams 49 way stick at a decent price to use with my JROK board so I would like to see if anyone can point me in the right direction as to what would be the best joystick to use to play Sinistar in MAME. Would a Midway 49 way stick work? I see that Arcade 1up released NFL Blitz with 49 way sticks, would one of these these be an option? Any other suggestions? Thanks for any advice. Playing Sinistar with an 8 way stick sucks.
 
The Midway 49-Way won't work with JROK(or original Hardware). It has the same logic, but all outputs are reversed. I've considered making a 'Wedge' to invert the signals so it would work, but haven't yet. I do offer a red balltop and custom shaft to convert an Arch Rivals (orange balltop) 49-Way to Sinistar. Can usually pick up those sticks for less.

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~Brad
 
Brad, thanks for the info. Nice looking sticks! But so far no luck turning up an Arch Rivals stick either. Do you know of a 49 way stick or other joystick that would work properly for Sinistar if it was running in MAME as opposed to the JROK board or original hardware?
 
I would think a 49-way joystick connected to MAME via a GroovyGameGear GP-WIZ49 interface (or another 49-way control interface) should work, so yes I think a Midway stick should suffice in this scenario.
 
I would think a 49-way joystick connected to MAME via a GroovyGameGear GP-WIZ49 interface (or another 49-way control interface) should work, so yes I think a Midway stick should suffice in this scenario.
Agreed! In MAME, you have many more options.

~Brad
 
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