MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Is it possible to achieve a high score in Pac-Man......

> You will never *ever* get good scores with an 8-way joystick/pad for games like
> Pac-Man. The same goes for even better (IMHO) maze games like Eyes. These games are
> built around 4-way sticks. If you hit a diagonal in error, it is arbitrary as to
> which direction you will go in. From my experience, usually the wrong one.
>
> So what makes an arcade joystick a 4-way one? It is the 'restrictor' plate at the
> base of the stick that physically stops you selecting anything other then U/D/L/R.
> See photos.
>
> You need a proper 4-way stick and I picked one off Ebay. If you get get a unit that
> has a 'real' stick in it, you should be change the restrictor plate. Check before you
> buy and hope this helps.

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Thanks for the reply my friend. Much appreciated. Sounds like I'm gonna need a stick after all lol. What I might do, is ask my friend who used to run MASSYSTEMS to swap out the SuzoHapp stick that's already in there, and put in a proper 4 way stick. I would love to obtain an actual *ORIGINAL* stick that's used off the real arcade pac-man cab. Are those sold seperately anyway?

Also, out of curiosity, would you mind telling me the name of the controller posted in that picture? Is that the one you bought off ebay? And just to confirm, is that stick a 4-way or 8-way? I honestly can't tell even by the picture.