Anyone ever used the HSS-012 or HSS-009 arcade sticks for Saturn? Are they good?

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So, as far as I’ve heard, there are generally two options for stock arcade sticks for Saturn if you want something that has quality parts, the HSS-0136 and the infamous hss-0130.

But there are two sticks that have far fewer buttons that seem to be far less sought after, the HSS-009 and the HSS-012. They only have 3 face buttons and 4 face buttons respectively, but for some games, that seems adequate. It’s less expensive than the other two options. Here’s what they look like:

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So my question is, does anyone know what it’s like to play on these things? Are they cheap crap or the good microswitch kind of stick? I only saw one review of this online, which seemed very positive, but not much else. Nobody in the retro community seems to be using it (which is a bad sign).

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I don’t have any first hand experience with those but it’s doubtful a stick of that era is using Sanwa buttons or a JLF stick. I’d go with a pad hack or a ps360+ over an old beater stick.

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Hori used their own parts at the time and that stick has Omron micro switches so won’t feel that bad. I think most would be put off by the lack of buttons which is why more are not using it.