Lioncast Arcade Fighting Stick Controller Joystick with Programmable Buttons, Sanwa, Turbo / Rapid Mode and Rubber Feet for PC / Sony PlayStation (PS2, PS3)

I'm a very happy customer! The arcade stick was delivered earlier than predicted, it was well packaged and the arcade stick is of excellent quality. The arcade stick is of sturdy construction and functions incredibly well, my laptop picked it up immediately so there was no messing about with installing drivers or anything like that.I've had a quick blast on a few games and it brings back the nostalgia of time spent in arcades in the 90s. I was dubious initially, but the decision to purchase the Lioncast Arcade Fighting Stick proved to be the right choice for me, well worth the money in my opinion :-)

I initially bought 2 of these for my MAME PC set up and sent them straight back. I was a tad hasty to be fair, and I quickly learned it’s important to do your research when purchasing something without a recommendation.Needless to say, I ordered another from Amazon Warehouse (saves another £3 odd) and I have subsequently ordered another one for some 2 player MAME action.The main issue? Windows sees the joystick as the ‘hat’ of the controller. Using the ‘Home’ and ‘Turbo’ buttons allows you to switch between normal joystick mode and ‘hat’. The best way to see this in action is using the Controllers app in Windows. This is also a handy way to understand the button mapping, which is a little bit odd in my opinion. I also made a plan of the stick with the button number mapping on a bit of paper For safekeeping.So, you wanna play MAME On your PC? You’ll find out if the box, it doesn’t work properly...but with a bit of effort you can get it working using a custom ctrlr cfg file: https://pastebin.com/J9hy8gGyUse the CFG file by setting it is the default control layout in your MAME.ini’s CTRLR section and BINGO - it works a treat.It’s really not a bad bit of kit for the cash. It’s no Hori but hey, Hori’s don’t cost £25...you can bash buttons all day long in this thing (try it with Killer Instinct) and still pull off combos with very little effort. Yes, it’s a bit clacky but it does the job and at this price, it’s a steal.If you’re prepared to muck about to get it working, go for it.Still don’t understand why the blue version is almost double the price though...

I use this on my raspberry pi. It worked well buttons were easily customised. Only issue I had was the small top buttons don’t work with the pi. I’m sure it works for other gaming formats but not the raspberry pi a little disappointing but with 8 buttons I used them instead. Very good value for money. Nice and chunky. feels better quality than the price. I would recommend this and would buy another one. The buttons feel like PlayStation buttons not the micro clicky switches of an arcade unit.

Good value for money but unfortunately one I received was faulty from day 1, the lever up direction has got mind of it’s own. The build is good and buttons seem to work fine. The cable length is generous. If you own a mayflash or a mid range or high end stick then of course you will not like this one as it’s for people who are switching over from joypads to arcade sticks.All in all I would have been happy if the stick worked fine, for the price I paid.

The joystick is very good for the price. Honestly, I expected it to be much worse.It's not clearly as good and accurate as more expensive ones like sanwa, hori, etc. and if you only like those, don't buy this one. But if you just want a cheap one for some random arcade playing this is just perfect.Worked plug and play with windows 10 without the need of installing any drivers. Works with Joy2key also.It has autofire and analog/digital options for extra compatibility.

Sad to say I was disappointed straight from the get go. The main issue really is the buttons, they should really have used micro switches for the buttons. There just is no feedback at all in them and they don't feel like you are pressing them.The response of them as well is not good, it feels like someone removed the springs from the buttons, tried for example on kung fu master on mame and it feels so laggy (the buttons and timings are not good) Your better off with a standard pad controller or keyboard rather than this.If the buttons were switches then I would of been happy with it, I did read about the actual control stick is so stiff you can hardly use it but I didn't find that the case with mine, in fact that's the best thing on it, the stick is fine.Like someone else has said the buttons are membrane based and not switches, didn't think it would be this bad but sadly it is.