Building My Own Arcade Machine HELP

[NiCEL.2X]

I will be using a pc as my unit to run emulators and such.
I just wanted some advive on what arcade sticks to use.

[DK]

Happ and Sanwa are the best compaines for sticks imo.

[NiCEL.2X]

Right well I will be using a PC to power the system and just run emulators on it. Do either of those companies make sticks that are PC compatable

[DK]

You need an encoder. Easy and cheap way is to solder the joystick to the D-pad of a usb game controller. If you need advice, I'd advise you to buy the book "Project Arcade". Same publishers as Ben's books and will tell you all you need to know.

[XCVG]

http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Lots of info.

[NiCEL.2X]

Thanks for your help guys there is a place near me that sells coin-op machines so I am going to visit there tommorow and see if they will sell me an empty cab

[jjhammerstein]

The Seimitsu LS-32 is my favorite stick ever.

[NiCEL.2X]

Well it was a big fail on getting the cabinet but I will not give up im going to try a few more places over the next few days. If all else fails I will build one i guess.