Arcade Controls - Cheap (EG Starts) or quality (Sanwa)?
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Hi,
I'm new to RetroPie (haven't even installed it), but since a friend have me his old Raspberry 4, and I love retro gaming, I want to build a dual-player arcade controls board. I expect to play retro games maybe 2-4h/week, and if my wife enjoys it too, might end up expand the arcade controls into a full size arcade cabinet.
As for parts, the main question at the moment is:
Is it worthwhile investing into quality buttons and joysticks (Sanwa) + a quality ipac usb encoder? (€130-150)
Or are the cheap €50 kits (for example from EG Starts) nearly as good? Do they last? Or am I going to be frustrated by sticky/unresponsive buttons?Maybe an in-between solution: Sanwa sticks, cheap buttons + cheap usb encoder?
I understand this is very subjective, so for context: I'm a casual gamer, grew up with C64 and Amiga. Back then, the difference between average joysticks and the Competition Pro was very noticeable. (Still got my 2 Competition Pro sticks after all these years, despite some fairly intense gaming back in the days :)
From a technical point of view: the cheap kits all have 2 individual usb encoders. The ipac encoders I've seen all cater for 2 players with 1 usb port. Does this make a difference in terms of setup / gaming experience?
Many thanks for your help!
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