The first deliveries of Street Fighter IV begin tomorrow, and I can’t wait to pick up my copy from Game Stop. Many of you are also on the waiting list for the Mad Catz Street Fighter IV Arcade Sticks, but my suggestion is to build you own!
Using genuine Street Fighter cabinet parts available from Happ, and a Xbox 360 wireless control, you can build you own custom Street Fighter arcade stick for half the cost of a Mad Catz version.
Pictured above is one I built and will be using to kick some serious butt!
The Shoryuken Forum will help get you started if anyone plans to build their own joysticks. Markman also ranked all joysticks currently out/in production. AFAIK, the new TE model has parts and a few modifications that a custom joystick cannot obtain. The joystick discussion on parts is endless between Sem and Sanwa. You’re looking at an average say about…$100+ for a custom joystick. I love how on the TE you can remove the faceplate and install your own very custom panel (damn I’d love to do that).
How much was total cost of your custom Terry? – Your joystick cabinet looks like the SF anniversary edition.
Wow! That’s cool. My friend just got Street Fighter IV today for the PS3.
Awesome job! Looking at building one myself, do you have a rough guide showing how to build it, and also the parts you bought from Happ? Thanks!
I’m a n00b and don’t wanna buy the mad catz arcade stick. do you know where i can find decent instructions to build one. I was looking at the ones on instructables.com. The instructions look like something I might botch. thanks!
The madcatz official joysticks are a piece of crap!!
Build your own or buy the Hori Real Arcade Pro!!
:)