Good video. I was considering ordering it but the fact the design was changing and also there wasn’t any idea of stick weight. If you play with a stick on your lap then it’s easier if the stick is wider and heavy; this looks like it might tip down towards you when playing on your lap as it doesn’t look that heavy.
To be fair, a lot of GP2040-CE based products (Haute42, Sonicon Titanstrike) have this feature as well. The display on this is larger and nicer though, and I'm wondering where it was sourced from.
@@fightROSHANfight Oh, I know...at the time a co-worker of my spouse went to Japan and he got us a JPN launch unit which we still have (not used for testing in the video, though!).
It’s not a display (on the arcade stick). It’s a window so one can see the display on a Dreamcast VMUs, which were its default memory cards that also had a screen and buttons and d-pad to play simplistic Tamagotchi-like mini-games, or show things like in-game status. The Dreamcast and VMU launched in 1998 in Japan. So yea, it’s beyond ahead of its time.
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This was the first crowdfunded project I signed up for. Can't wait for the final product ;)
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Will it work for PlayStation 4? Do you need extra cables to make it work for the PS4? If so, or just the regular cable it comes with?
Yes, final version is supposed to work with PS4; you'll just use a USB-C to A cable.
I may have to get this
Good video. I was considering ordering it but the fact the design was changing and also there wasn’t any idea of stick weight. If you play with a stick on your lap then it’s easier if the stick is wider and heavy; this looks like it might tip down towards you when playing on your lap as it doesn’t look that heavy.
Going to wait until this is officially released and reviewed. Not much info out about this in months and is supposed to be shipping next month.
Second 0:33 what game is that ?
Vampire Chronicle.
wow. A fight stick with a built-in display. Way ahead of its time.
To be fair, a lot of GP2040-CE based products (Haute42, Sonicon Titanstrike) have this feature as well. The display on this is larger and nicer though, and I'm wondering where it was sourced from.
@@Zevaeros Yeah I have a T16. This stick in the video was made for Sega Dreamcast, a console made many years ago, during PS2 days.
@@fightROSHANfight Oh, I know...at the time a co-worker of my spouse went to Japan and he got us a JPN launch unit which we still have (not used for testing in the video, though!).
It’s not a display (on the arcade stick). It’s a window so one can see the display on a Dreamcast VMUs, which were its default memory cards that also had a screen and buttons and d-pad to play simplistic Tamagotchi-like mini-games, or show things like in-game status. The Dreamcast and VMU launched in 1998 in Japan. So yea, it’s beyond ahead of its time.
@@neko_samurai Yes, the original controllers for DC had slots for VMUs (I still have some). The Octopus has a built-in non-removable display though.