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This was my first foray into arcade joystick setups. I bought this on amazon rather an asian site because I wanted the comfort of return and assistance should I get stuck. I can you I already have a new setup on order I plan to replace this with. I think its best to simply list pros and cons.

PROS
Worked out of the box with retropie and recal which was great. I was up and running in minutes.
No bad parts, everything shipped perfectly.
Extra pieces, unless I did my math wrong I ended up with more than enough pieces to do buttons and even wire up coinslots.

CONS
The general quality is kinda cheap.
Its a tad overpriced for what you get.
The sticks are very cheap. very loose. The top comes off easily. Kind of annoying.
The sticks are smaller than normal arcade sticks, maybe 75% of normal.

conclusion
While I dont think my complaints justify a return I did end up ordering a new set from an asia direct shop with better quality sticks. I think set is probably fine for a kids bartop setup you dont care too much about. I learned the hard way verify what youre getting before hand as much as possible.

Update: Ordered a different joystick from gameguys and using it with this control board it is perfect! The good: Buttons are great, responsive, and work well for all games. The control boards are easy to put together and work well. Simply plug them into the USB ports on a raspberry pi and they work (note you can switch the order on the pi USB ports to change controller 1 vs 2 etc). The control boards don't seem to have any delay .

The bad: The joystick is pretty good but doesn't work well for Ms. Pacman (which is a difficult game to find a good joystick for). It works well for most everything else. I've ordered a special joystick for it hoping it will work.

If it wasn't for the joystick I would have given it 5 stars.

These are awesome!! Wanted to build a retro arcade that had the feel of the old days. Joy stick is great. Easily changes from 8 way to 4 way. Buttons are AWESOME!!! Love the familiar feel and click. Buttons are very well built and reactive. Stood up to Track and Field with no issues, and if you know that game it can get kinda crazy. Expect will last a long time.

Nice kit for my first retropie console build. Works great.

These are garbage. The buttons are usable but the joysticks are not, actually worse than stock arcade1up joysticks. What are you saving if you have to turn around and buy the Sanwas you already wanted anyway?

Holy loud button click batman!
I like these buttons, they look good on my Arcade1up panel but that button click compared to the junk buttons they had on them. They were quiet. These ones are not. My wife asked me why i ordered such loud buttons. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Haven't had any issues yet. Star off for the loudness.

They work

Great product. Flawless.

Buttons are decent joysticks are same as stock Arcade 1up. So not good. Also the blue joysticks is a different shade of blue from the buttons in the set. #dumb.

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