While you don’t see them as much anymore, arcades were an amazing place to go and experience games you couldn’t play anywhere else. It was here that people first discovered their collective love for fighting titles like Street Fighter and Soul Calibur. It’s also where fight sticks became the gold standard.
Many modern fighting games come with a large controller that includes a joystick and several buttons. This is the ideal way to play for accuracy and authenticity, but they can be quite expensive. Thankfully, the Drago Arcade 34B is a quick way to build your own!
This I/O controller has 34 inputs for interfacing hardware buttons or other inputs with a PC over a USB connection. A typical use for this board is to create your own arcade stick, as it allows for combinations of up to 4 inputs for triggering events.
Full specs and instructions can be found on the product page. Those who fondly remember the golden era of arcades should try their hand at building a piece of history themselves!
