Would Double Dragon Play better with 8-way Micro Joys?

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Would Double Dragon Play better with 8-way Micro Joys?

I have 8-way leafs in there now, but micro switch buttons. The buttons are awesome, but with the leaf joys, the diagonal doesn't always work, and it seems every time you want to walk forward, the nature of the leaf switch makes you head-butt before you start moving. Would the game-play be better with the micros? Or worse?
 
It would play better, but you would miss out on most of the charm it had. Half of the battle was trying to walk diagonal, while trying not to do the funky chicken while walking straight.

If you want a real challenge try and find the original buttons that used the internal leaf switches. They were weighted oddly, and failed all the time. So sometimes in the arcade you would trying to fight your way through 4 missions with nothing but a kick button, and headbutt. Good times!
 
If you want a real challenge try and find the original buttons that used the internal leaf switches. They were weighted oddly, and failed all the time. So sometimes in the arcade you would trying to fight your way through 4 missions with nothing but a kick button, and headbutt. Good times!

Man I hated those buttons! I ended up putting leaf switches screwed into the wood next to the buttons so that when the button was pressed the plunger would poke out of the bottom of the button and make the leaf switches contact each other. Worked great then Happ came out with the vertical micro switch buttons.

Those games RAKED in the $$$ BITD.
 
Anyone sell complete red and blue ball top 8 way micros reasonably? I think I am gonna grab one of each.
 
I like the Wicos in mine.

I ended up putting Happ buttons in mine with Groovy Game Gear MicroLeaf switches so that I get nearly the feel of leaf buttons.
 
I'd go for the happs.Having to struggle to move your players because the joysticks suck isn't nostalgic to me,it just sucks.
 
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