{"id":430,"date":"2022-09-13T13:41:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T13:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=430"},"modified":"2024-10-09T18:15:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T09:15:17","slug":"my-new-sega-arcade-stick-arrived-this-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2022\/09\/13\/my-new-sega-arcade-stick-arrived-this-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"My new Sega arcade stick arrived this evening!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Oh yeah! A month or so ago I was outbid on one of these on Yahoo Auctions Japan, but this month I scored. It’s a Virtua Stick for the Sega Saturn. Over 20 years ago, I had the opportunity to get the double-sized (2 players) version for about 8000 yen, but declined. I couldn’t afford it at the time, and plus it was just too big. This Virtua Stick gives you the feel of playing on an Astro City or Blast City cab at home. It has autofire switches and a slide to set its rate of fire. It was sold as “junk” because it hadn’t been confirmed, but so far it seems to work just fine. It was a bit filthy, but I cleaned it up. FYI: Zippo lighter oil works well to remove price tag residue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Oh, and what’s that next to it? That’s my Mayflash Saturn to USB converter. It works in Linux and this evening I played some Pac-Man on my new Virtua Stick in Final Burn via RetroPie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oh yeah! A month or so ago I was outbid on one of these on Yahoo Auctions Japan, but this month I scored. It’s a Virtua Stick for the Sega Saturn. Over 20 years ago, I had the opportunity to get the double-sized (2 players) version for about 8000 yen, but declined. I couldn’t afford … <\/p>\n

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