> I also agree with Krick. > > The larger bat stick may have a longer travel distance... however, you also have > greater leverage and ability due to your entire hands reaction. > > The Thumb is actually a pretty slow digit. Try moving your thumb left to right back > and forth repeatedly for 20 seconds or more. Then do the same with your fist rocking > as if holding a stick. Less fatigue, and faster more precise responses. > > The only exceptions, would be if you are using a very crappy cheap-o stick. Most > people will rightly so use Happs Competition sticks for most general games... > Dedicated Leafs for classics, and some use the tighter less-travel Japanese sticks > for shumps and other games. > > Each stick has a certain advantage / disadvantage... but overall, they should be > miles better than a gamepad.
To me the most awkward part of playing console games with an arcade stick are the shoulder buttons. Pressing shoulder buttons with your index finger while manipulating other stuff with your thumbs is very intuitive. The same maneuver on a flat arcade panel is awkward at best. Hitting the equivalent of the left shoulder button with your joystick hand is pretty much impossible.
Also, the point (at least for me) is to replicate the original experience as much as possible. A decent gamepad can at least approximate the experience of a fair number of classic systems. Having connections for the original controllers would give me that many more options.
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