This kinda reminds of the very early days of Saturn and PlayStation. Both platforms were privy to quite a few dual platform games. Some games were equally terrific (Street Fighter Zero 1&2) while others had extra features on one system (Battle Arena Toshinden Remix). I haven't seen this kind of multi platform release for a long, long time. Though it's still mind boggling. Tekken on a non-PlayStation console? Oh please. Next you're going to be telling me of a Virtua Fighter game on a non SEGA console? When pigs fly... Wait, what are those flying things!?

Hori stick FTW!! Been playing Soul Calibur IV and Virtua Fighter 5 on it. I thought I was already used to playing with the 360 controller on VF5. But man, the Hori stick is much more precise. Before, if I couldn't nail Goh's 270 degree command throw, it's the controller's fault. Now, I can pull it off 100% of the time. No regrets buying the stick.

Gamer's Hideout was bringing in these arcade sticks a while back. I bought it for RM270. Not exactly small change, but the sticks are pretty much using arcade parts, and is literally the closest you can get to an arcade stick. Most of my RM100+ joysticks pale in comparison. Hori keeps bringing in new versions of the Hori Fighting stick when a new fighting game launches, so expect a Tekken 6 and a Street Fighter IV stick from them soon. Mine is the Soul Calibur IV edition right here:

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-dd-49-en-70-2tc3.html

Ooh, my bad. It's not exactly like the broken sticks I had to put up with at Sg Wang arcades back then. I play a very good Paul, so I just decided to test my luck at the arcades. There's one particular machine in Sg Wang where the 1st player's joystick is sunken in. You have to literally pull out the joystick and keep it help up while playing. Otherwise, any inputs are not recognized. Probably after seeing my feeble attempts at playing Tekken 5, a kid decided to challenge me with Christie. I bet the kid must be feeling good about himself after beating a player who's not barely fighting back...

So yeah. I'm terribly sorry if I raised anyone's expectations regarding the Hori Fighting stick. As it is, it's a very good input device for fighting games, but it lacks the authentic broken arcade stick feel. My apologies

Hey, I know that show! Man, it was a great show. In between episodes of GI Joe/Ultraman, this show will pop up every once a while. The plot is always the same, but it was a staple of most television viewers at that time. And early in the morning, you can catch the Ant Show! The show was about a colony of ants that was busily bustling about, all the while going BZZZZTT!!