X-Arcade Dual Tankstick

**droogie** · 01-29-2011, 09:55 AM

Hi All,

What the general consensus on the X-Arcade Dual Tankstick - are they any good and are they worth the money?

Also has anyone ever managed to put their own control panel overlay on one of these things as it kind of looks quite plain with just the standard artwork on it.

Any views on this?

Cheers
Droogie
UK

**Contraba55** · 01-29-2011, 10:05 AM

I've enjoyed it- my friend has one.

**Albatross** · 01-29-2011, 10:37 AM

Does what it says on the tin, and what a beaten they take aswell. One of my better buys

**nezzah** · 01-29-2011, 02:45 PM

I LOVE my tankstick! Plus if your dig on their website they encourage you to mod and change it to suit you, so if you dont' care for the buttons, or sticks, or just want to customize it, they give you instructions on how to do that ...one sec I have the panel layout for if you get one and want to make your own vinyl. ..yeah here's a mockup one I made ..you can use that, or I can fish up the actual .ai file if you want
http://www.edenofire.com/betavinyl.jpg

anyways, we torture tested mine with fighting games and shooters when I first got it and my japanese stick loving friends all really dug it even though "it's an american stick" If you're looking for a quick painless setup for arcade buttons I'd highly suggest the tankstick ..plus they give you like 6 mame games!

**droogie** · 01-29-2011, 03:48 PM

Thanks guys - you have convinced me to invest one of these - I'm defninitely going to look into Modding it.

neezah if you can dig out the ai file for me that would be awesome.

Thanks again
Droogie
UK

**nezzah** · 01-29-2011, 06:08 PM

the ai file is on an entirely separate box, but I'll def fish it out for you and post it up for anyone to get.

**torcer** · 01-31-2011, 07:14 AM

I have one.

Pros: Built well, work's great.
Cons: Ugly as all hell, no trackball or spinner.

IMO, get the TankStick if you either can't build your own CP, or don't have the patience. Due to my project ADD, I've been working on my 4 player CP for two years, and the Tank Stick has basically been a placeholder until its done. if you can build your own CP (AND YOU CAN!!!!), then go that route eventually.

**nezzah** · 02-01-2011, 05:45 AM

ok for those interested here's the template I have for creating your own vinyl for the tankstick:

http://www.edenofire.com/tanksticktemplate.zip

**droogie** · 02-01-2011, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by nezzah

ok for those interested here's the template I have for creating your own vinyl for the tankstick:

http://www.edenofire.com/tanksticktemplate.zip

Thanks for that nezzah - just what I was looking for.

Excellent stuff

Droogie
UK

**MrNiceHk** · 03-04-2011, 08:39 AM

Hey thanks for this .... I just bit the bullet and placed an order for one of these bad boys ... Golden Tee sent me of the edge ... Shipping it to Hong Kong!!! I have an illness .. seen a Mame video on youtube about 12 months ago and its been a non stop obession ever since .. anyways enough of the life story .. wondering how I can you use your file ... Do I take that to a printers and get them to print it out for me ? obviously it looks to scale

Anyways apolgies for the most likely stupid question and thanks for the app, love your overlay ... thinking of putting a Matrix theme together