My criticisms of MAS Super Pro Sticks, having bought one directly from MAS in 2001.1. The controls were soldered instead of using quick disconnects.2. Instead of using a separate ground wire for each switch a single strange of bare aluminum wiring was daisy chained across every single input including the joystick.3. Each wire was extremely short with no slack at all between them, making it difficult to swap button colors or types by removing the switch from the button without desoldering. Even if you desoldered it was still a pain to work with such short tolerances.4. The PCB was crudely screwed directly into the wood inside the casing with no stand-offs.5. The bottom panel was made of cheap cork-board instead of the same MDF as the rest of the stick. It was already warped when I received the product brand new.6. The feet of the stick were screwed directly into the wood with cheap drywall screws with no threaded insets. After a few removals these got very loose. Many players ended up removing these and just taping the bottom of the case on with duct tape.7. The stick did not sit level even when brand new. I replaced the rubber feet with some nicer ones I got off of an alarm clock that worked better.8. The joystick body is not recessed and thus mounts at an incorrect height compared to a Big Blue cabinet.9. The T-molding started to come loose in a matter of weeks.10. MAS stole the name "Super Pro Stick" from a Japanese company called Sigma that made better products than them.11. Controller cable was simply stapled to the interior of the wood casing.12. The Dreamcast PCB chip would blow the DC controller board if you paired it with certain 3rd party controllers like the Astro Pad.13. "MAS Systems" is redundant. MAS stands for Multi-Arcade System."Multi-Arcade Systems Systems".
Later on they did offer a version with quick disconnects when that became popular with players on SRK.
In the early days of MAS they wouldn't even use a PCB. They soldered directly to chips glued into the case.
>>12902969What in the nigrig am I looking at?
>>12903189The Legendary and Iconic MAS Systems arcade stick, of course. Look at that premium bespoke build quality!
>>12902969My god...
They think this is worth $400 https://www.ebay.com/itm/277846794226
This is about how mine looked when I got it. With the PCB resting on the button housings.
>>12903295Still rat-nest-coded but at least serviceable
>>12903293>They think this is worth $400I KNOW WHAT I HAVE. IT EVEN HAS PERIOD CORRECT FUNGUS
>>12903339It's called patina pussy
>>12903386It looks like someone cum tributed Chun-Li over it
>>12902952What the hell is that dogshit button layout?
>>12903295Mine has a PCB secured to a side block. The chips on the board had their engravings sanded off to try to hide their origins like a top secret hacker. There appears to be solder points (pads?) for a Playstation and SNES wires too, so one day I hope someone could add that functionality to this controller.
>>12903554Fucking faggot
Why do so many of you have this dogshit controller? This thread makes me so thankful I'm not American and didn't have to play games with shit like this.
>>12903645Apparently it's some controller ancient USonians used during the second console war, plywood folded 1000 times type of shi'.
>>12902952AI+NU=your shitpost
