Bought this about 4 years ago and its still new!

Played a ton of SF4 and MVC3 on it. It can withstand a ton of rage and even the most violent of gamers!

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Antistar

Quality VS Performance VS Price

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 October 2010

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Hello to all,

PRO's :
Good feedback for both stick and buttons.
Long USB cable (~3.5m).
It's big enough to be comfortable, both hands have enough space to sit comfortably.
EDIT : The HFS3 works automaticly on Windows Vista and Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit versions). For Windows XP related drivers I can direct you to a link on Shoryuken forum or I can send you the driver along with installing instructions on demand - the XP driver works 100% (tested on more than 10 PCs).
EDIT : the modding possibilities of this stick make it even higher in price/value terms (ex : HFS3 + parts << Hori Real Arcade Pro 3 in terms of costs)

CON's :
The stick is a bit loose, and will require longer acomodation period.
The Arcade Stick is a bit too light in weight(only 1.5kg) maybe 2.5 or 3 Kg would have been perfect (you can make a minimum mod to add some weight easily).
There is no built-in storage space for the USB cable.
EDIT : the buttons will fail if you give them some rage (a few hard hits will make the buttons fail).

Overall :
I've tested a HRAP3 some time ago. The HRAP3 is definately the best money can get but facing the facts : a subsonic is 30GBP and from my point of view it is faaaar faaar away from this Hori. Basicly I'd say that for the average gamer and for extended fun-times around SSFIV this Hori is perfect (price range and quality). There are some sticks in the 30 GBP range but none of them compare to the quality of this Arcade Stick... I'd say that if you're not going for professional this is the best choice possible. EDIT : Even if you're going for professional, you can easily mod this stick with professional parts.

Please feel free to contact me if you require any additional details.

Thanks for rerading!

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Sven Van De Velde

Good, for casual gamers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 January 2009

Really good stick for most casual fighting gamers, but not good enough for serious mutliplayer action. The button layout is good and they're very responsive, but the stick is way to loose for me. After a couple off weeks playing Super Street Fighter Turbo II HD Remix the sticks seems to be struggling from time to time to do some moves while the first few days it was flawless. It still is the best stick in its price-range but I recommend getting a Hori Real Arcade Pro 3 or the Mad Catz SF4 Tournament Edition when you want a stick that survives years off beatings.

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Hori Arcade Fighting Stick review

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 February 2009

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Excellent value for money, much cheaper than the Madcatz Street Fighter stick alternatives.

I bought this in anticipation of getting Street Fighter IV for the PS3, but haven't tried it on the PS3 yet... although it should also be good for Soul Calibur 4.

I have plugged it into my Vista PC and it is recognised straight away (no extra drivers needed). You probably can't use it for most native PC games because the stick registers as the point of view hat, rather than actual X/Y axis...

But it works fine with MAME arcade emulator. I tried it on several games, and it gives a nice more authentic feel to most arcade games (compared to playing on keyboard).

As others have said though, the stick feels too loose to be as precise as I would like in the fighting games that I tried.

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gregor berry

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 February 2015

got it great thanks

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 November 2007

Only 2 points to make in this review. Firstly, it's an excellent stick for fighting and arcade games, easily as good as my other favourite stick, the Dreamcast Official Arcade Stick. It stands up well on Tekken 5 DR and other downloaded arcade games, and I'm very happy with my purchase.

Secondly, although the stick manufacturer states that it is not compatible with Playstation 2 games, it is. Sony's firmware updates have seen to that, and now you can use it for all those compatible PS2 games you want. Top stuff!

So, to summarise, 5 stars!

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Leon D. Batchelor

RUBBISH!!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 March 2009

what a waste of time.... a million times harder to pull off SF moves, as the stick is way too loose and flimsy... dont waste your money!!!

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Tom Poon

It's decent for it's price

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 January 2011

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I bought this as a 2nd arcade stick for player 2, I have a madcatz TE as well to compare with.
The buttons are slightly harder to push on this hori, and the size is a little too small to be able to rest your hands anywhere comfortably. The madcatz TE in comparison has a much larger area all around the buttons.
The stick itself is not bad though, I had no problems performing any moves while testing it out. If you're on a budget and you don't have any arcade sticks then it's a good buy!

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