TR Fight Stick Octopus for Dreamcast & More! (Sneak Peak)

[@TheArcadeStick]

Article thearcadestick.com/octopus/

[@KeithTheL00N]

This was the first crowdfunded project I signed up for. Can't wait for the final product ;)

[@DannyTheBarGod]

I may have to get this

[@sehideaktepe]

👍🏻

[@coderkind]

Good video. I was considering ordering it but the fact the design was changing and also there wasn’t any idea of stick weight. If you play with a stick on your lap then it’s easier if the stick is wider and heavy; this looks like it might tip down towards you when playing on your lap as it doesn’t look that heavy.

[@thecurmudgeon7350]

Going to wait until this is officially released and reviewed. Not much info out about this in months and is supposed to be shipping next month.

[@fightROSHANfight]

wow. A fight stick with a built-in display. Way ahead of its time.

[@Zevaeros]

To be fair, a lot of GP2040-CE based products (Haute42, Sonicon Titanstrike) have this feature as well. The display on this is larger and nicer though, and I'm wondering where it was sourced from.

[@fightROSHANfight]

@@Zevaeros Yeah I have a T16. This stick in the video was made for Sega Dreamcast, a console made many years ago, during PS2 days.

[@Zevaeros]

@@fightROSHANfight Oh, I know...at the time a co-worker of my spouse went to Japan and he got us a JPN launch unit which we still have (not used for testing in the video, though!).

[@neko_samurai]

It’s not a display (on the arcade stick). It’s a window so one can see the display on a Dreamcast VMUs, which were its default memory cards that also had a screen and buttons and d-pad to play simplistic Tamagotchi-like mini-games, or show things like in-game status. The Dreamcast and VMU launched in 1998 in Japan. So yea, it’s beyond ahead of its time.

[@Zevaeros]

@@neko_samurai Yes, the original controllers for DC had slots for VMUs (I still have some). The Octopus has a built-in non-removable display though.

[@mikeandroid3512]

Will it work for PlayStation 4? Do you need extra cables to make it work for the PS4? If so, or just the regular cable it comes with?

[@Zevaeros]

Yes, final version is supposed to work with PS4; you'll just use a USB-C to A cable.

[@secretaccount2565]

Second 0:33 what game is that ?

[@Zevaeros]

Vampire Chronicle.