Unleash Your Inner Gamer: X-Arcade Tankstick Max Review & Unboxing

Unleash Your Inner Gamer: X-Arcade Tankstick Max Review & Unboxing - Is It Worth It?

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2 ай бұрын

X-Arcade has sent me this unit for my honest review! Let's unbox and check out what the new Max has to offer!
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@Superdimensional 2 ай бұрын

I’m so glad Xgaming is still in business. I’ve had two of their solo sticks for over 17 years and they are like brand new still

@oleschoolgamers 2 ай бұрын

Same here, they make stuff that lasts for sure, my original tankstick has had 1000s of hours on it and still works great.

@jfh2112 3 күн бұрын

I ended up giving my Dual stick to one of my kids and got a Tankstick (not the Max) for myself. I got that original Dual stick when they first came out in 2001, and the only thing I've ever had to do to it was replace two switches. I got the USB upgrade for it as well a few years ago. These things are definitely built to last. Money well spent.

@oleschoolgamers 2 күн бұрын

@@jfh2112awesome that it lasted long enough to give to ya kid, yup, money well spent! 💪

@tramainebrown3471 8 күн бұрын

This is exactly what I wanted to see it for older arcade games.

@oleschoolgamers 8 күн бұрын

Oh yeah, definitely a lot of fun.

@vincentvalenti4600 2 ай бұрын

I do wish there was an easier way to replace the bat stick with a ball end that doesn't require replacing the entire joystick. I know that the entire shaft is easily removable, but never found another shaft with a ball end that would reliably fit.

@oleschoolgamers Ай бұрын

Great point, hit up customer support and see what they say, otherwise, do what I did. I swapped out the joystick entirely, here’s the video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9ygftVl1rm7ip8.html

@widge 2 ай бұрын

Great review buddy. The max looks like a fantastic piece of kit. I think it's cool that it can even be used with some real consoles so you're not just limited to emulation.

@oleschoolgamers 2 ай бұрын

Thanks amigo. Yeah it’s hard to find major issues with this product, especially for console play. I just wish they had adapters for 8/16 bit era. Speaking of, Having a SNES tournament today! Wish you could make it 😁

@reddog0069 Ай бұрын

WHAT FRONT END ARE YOU USING ? I want to play Arkanoid with the spinner so bad. Don’t know how to set it up 😢😢😢

@oleschoolgamers Ай бұрын

This was on PC, and I’m using Launchbox which I’m now learning , but definitely recommend!

@kjmullinz 2 ай бұрын

Great video. As a correction though, it's not a four-way gate on the joysticks. They're actually is no gate lol. It's similar to Suzo Happ and moves in a circular motion.

@oleschoolgamers 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the correction! I sent the link to x-Arcade and they didn’t say anything except they liked it so they must’ve missed that part thankfully (I hate it when I say something incorrectly) 😁

@kjmullinz 2 ай бұрын

@@oleschoolgamers you're welcome, and I wasn't trying to be mean or anything, so thanks for not taking it that way lol. It's just my OCD. Personally. On a side note, does the sticks, buttons and everything feel the same as the previous model and are they using the same parts?

@oleschoolgamers 2 ай бұрын

@@kjmullinzno worries, I’m usually good at detecting whether or not someone is genuine haha, thanks again! As far as the parts yeah, it’s all the same, trackball, usb cabling, buttons, and joysticks, etc. Even the box and instruction manual are the same (something I mentioned in the vid and gave them crap about). The box just has a MAX sticker on it.

@MegaZAPHOD 2 ай бұрын

Hasn't the Tankstick always had eight-way joysticks without gates? Is this different from the previous model? On mine, four-way games like Pacman play a little differently because you're playing a four-way game with an eight-way stick. You can get used to it, but it's different from the arcade.

@oleschoolgamers 2 ай бұрын

The version before the max was a 4 (square) gate, and I added an 8 gate to it. Even made a video about how to do it as well if you wanna check it out. This one feels the same, but I will have to open it up to verify now that I’m hearing it might be an 8 gate. 😎

@MegaZAPHOD 2 ай бұрын

@oleschoolgamers OK, I'll have to check out that video. Thanks.

@oleschoolgamers 2 ай бұрын

@@MegaZAPHODmy apologies, I forgot to put the link to that video in my last response, but here it is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9ygftVl1rm7ip8.html

@MegaZAPHOD 2 ай бұрын

I watched your video and although the stock X-Arcade joystick wasn't shown, I checked my old one that I had previously removed for a modification, and sure enough, it was completely circular, and without any gate attached. I guess they must have experimented with different designs? This makes me want to try out some of the other sticks and see how it affects gameplay.

@oleschoolgamers 2 ай бұрын

@@MegaZAPHODyeah I didn’t have the originals in the video, my apologies, I upgraded them to IL Euros which still didn’t feel right (everyone is different, who knows you may love em), so I went to the seimitsu ones and added an 8 gate and loved it. Lemme know what you end up getting though!

@Love42se 2 ай бұрын

I wish they could start sending out the pre-orders so I can get mine :D

@oleschoolgamers 2 ай бұрын

It’s definitely worth the wait! They are also making a few (small) design changes to the internals that are covered at the end of the video in My final thoughts.

@vincentvalenti4600 2 ай бұрын

I received mine about 2 weeks ago

@Love42se 2 ай бұрын

@@vincentvalenti4600 Mine is finally on the way :)

@oleschoolgamers 2 ай бұрын

@@vincentvalenti4600nice, did you have an original one as well, or was the Max your first?

@vincentvalenti4600 2 ай бұрын

@@oleschoolgamers I had the original single player version for over 20 years now, no issues whatsoever