Dark_Rob
Noob
Arcade sticks are everywhere these days. You cant walk across a tournament ballroom without tripping over at least one Madcatz T.E. Since the first arcade stick came out people have been modding them. Probably the most common mods are stick/button/art mods that people do to personalize their stick or just to make it better for them.
The most common mod after that is getting your stick dual modded. This usually involves some degree of re-wiring, soldering, possibly installing new PCB's and so on, depending on how crazy you want to go with it.
Then came the Qanba Q4RAF. I have one and its my favorite stick by far. A complete arcade stick with full Sanwa parts that works on xbox360/PS3/PC right out of the box.
Trouble is, Qanba's are made in China and they werent always easy to get, or it was more expensive then it should have been to get because they had to be shippied from overseas.
Enter San Francisco based company Eightarc. Eightarc isnt exactly new, but I havent seen them mentioned that much on TYM so I thought Id make a thread to give the people in the community who might not know about them a chance to check them out.
Eightarc has partnered up with Qanba and now they distribute both Qanba's products in the US as well they're own. In addition to the Qanba models they also have their own dual modded sticks. Ive got my eye set on the Ebony Fusion. Check them out and see what you guys think. They arent much more expensive than a Madcatz TE, and considering your getting a stick thats multisystem right out of the box, the deal seems like a no brainer.
http://eightarc.com/fusion-ebony
http://eightarc.com/about
Also here is a review done by TYMs own Arturo"Sabin"Sanchez he uploaded about a week ago where he takes the Eightarc Fusion Synthesis for a test drive.
The most common mod after that is getting your stick dual modded. This usually involves some degree of re-wiring, soldering, possibly installing new PCB's and so on, depending on how crazy you want to go with it.
Then came the Qanba Q4RAF. I have one and its my favorite stick by far. A complete arcade stick with full Sanwa parts that works on xbox360/PS3/PC right out of the box.
Trouble is, Qanba's are made in China and they werent always easy to get, or it was more expensive then it should have been to get because they had to be shippied from overseas.
Enter San Francisco based company Eightarc. Eightarc isnt exactly new, but I havent seen them mentioned that much on TYM so I thought Id make a thread to give the people in the community who might not know about them a chance to check them out.
Eightarc has partnered up with Qanba and now they distribute both Qanba's products in the US as well they're own. In addition to the Qanba models they also have their own dual modded sticks. Ive got my eye set on the Ebony Fusion. Check them out and see what you guys think. They arent much more expensive than a Madcatz TE, and considering your getting a stick thats multisystem right out of the box, the deal seems like a no brainer.
http://eightarc.com/fusion-ebony
http://eightarc.com/about
Also here is a review done by TYMs own Arturo"Sabin"Sanchez he uploaded about a week ago where he takes the Eightarc Fusion Synthesis for a test drive.
