Arcade Power Stick
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Arcade Power Stick (アーケードパワースティック) is an arcade stick peripheral for the Sega Mega Drive (though is also compatible with other consoles/computer that rely on DE-9 ports).
The Arcade Power Stick was followed by the Arcade Power Stick 6B.
Contents
Hardware
The Arcade Power Stick has three face buttons equipped with turbo features, which whose speed can be configured.
The Japanese release of the Arcade Power Stick features a joystick with microswitches, akin to arcade hardware. All non-Japanese versions of the peripheral utilize joysticks with rubber contacts, similar to the D-pad of a standard controller. All releases regardless of region use face buttons with rubber contacts, identical in function to that of a standard controller.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Arcade Power Stick/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Computer & Video Games (UK) #107: "October 1990" (1990-09-16)[5]
also published in:
- Sega Klubilehti (FI) #4: "2/92" (1992-xx-xx)[7]
Photo gallery
Physical scans
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External links
- Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): Mega Drive
References
- ↑ Sega Visions, "May/June 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 62
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Raze, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-05-30), page 73
- ↑ ACE, "October 1990" (UK; 1990-09-xx), page 51
- ↑ Megazone, "November 1993" (AU; 1993-11-03), page 20
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1990" (UK; 1990-09-16), page 122
- ↑ ACE, "November 1990" (UK; 1990-10-xx), page 36
- ↑ Sega Klubilehti, "2/92" (FI; 1992-xx-xx), page 8
- ↑ MegaTech, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-20), page 12
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 63