PC Arcade Stick??

[Astra]

Recently i dug out all my old mame roms and have been playing them bringing back loads of old memories.

wel to cut a long story short im sick of playing them on keyboard, so i tried them on my microsoft sidewinder it was better but still didnt feel right

so im looking for an arcade stick for the pc but the only one i can find is the x arcade stick. but its too expensive for what i want, i only want something cheap just for having a laugh with on mame as i have a big loan to pay off n really cant afford alot

any suggestions and places where i can get them from???


thanxs in advance

[mid]

My digging around seems to suggest that, unless you want something fancy like an X-Arcade, your best bet may be a PS2 arcade stick, and a PS2 to PC converter.

I've not tested it yet, and I know that there is no converter for my DC stick, so I'd let some others confirm this first.

[Geezer]

I used an PS2 SC2 stick with the play.com PS2 to PC adapter(uses a USB port) for a few weeks, and that was pretty tasty, no delays whatsoever etween pressing a button and actions being carried out, I mainly used it for Final Burn and a little bit of mame

PS- just one adapter lets you plug in two pads unlike most other adapters