If your in the market to get a converter to use your PS2 arcade joysticks or control pads on your Playstation 3 then you may have already experienced disappointment. The best converter out was the now discontinued Pelican converter that fetches anywhere from $40 to $100 online now because of its rarity. The Pelican converters had very little to no lag when compared to other converters.

Now its been confirmed that the "Real" brand converters (pictured above) have very little to no lag and are better than the Pelican adapters because they perform just as well and even support rumble. Snatch them up while you can! They are only $11.99 now. I ordered two of these and will post my review when I test them. MarkMan from SDTekken.com seems to know much more than I do and has already reviewed the Real Adapters. You can get the Real Adapter here on Amazon.com here. keep checking because as soon as they get stock it goes.

Hori has just announced a new Arcade stick called the Hori Real Arcade Pro EX. This is right on time for the many upcoming fighting games due this year.

The Hori Real Arcade Pro EX has a headset port and all 8 "buttons" found on the xbox 360 control pad. The official Hori website lists the price at 12,000 Yen which is about $113.20.

I was browsing a Custom Joystick thread over at NeoGaf earlier and saw the NES Score Master pictured above. I wanted that back in the days and never got it. Anyway someone one at Neo gaf was even cool enough to post a link to our sister site JoystickVault in that thread. I would thank them but my account hasnt been activated yet and I heard it can take a year in some cases...ouch. In any case I figured Id share some of my favorite links to check out custom joysticks.

SRK Custom Joystick Thread | NeoGaf Custom Joystick Thread | Joystick Vault Custom Joysticks

The Neo Geo Wii Joystick has just been announced for an April 10th release in Japan for 5,050 yen (about $47). Read the rest of this entry »

You can pre-order now here for a Dec 24 Delivery and Get 1 for $39.95 or 2 for $69.95. The normal retail price is $79.95 for 1!

Something tells me this is not going to rock like my custom Sanwa Xbox 360 stick for Streetfighter action. I wonder if you can mod “The Shaft” with Sanwa parts. Hit the jump for a video showing the Joystick and some chicks playing Streetfighter on it… Read the rest of this entry »

The pre-release of this Hori stick officially dubbed the "Fighting Stick EX2" will be hitting the stores next month August 7th for around $60. The joystick is wired and features a headphone port for all the Xbox live shit talkers. Read the rest of this entry »