happy birthday

Surprise Surprise!!
I officially received my Happs order for my birthday this morning.

I'm very VERY impressd with the quality of the parts. The Competition Joysticks feel extremely sturdy and very well constructed. I'm looking forward to giving these babies a pounding with Steet Fighter!

Everything looks great, except a few bent pins on a few microswitches, but nothing too serious. Also, very happy that I went with the Competition instead of the Ultimate Joysticks after the bashing the Ultimates have received at RetroBlast.

Happ Controls Order Arrives

It has Begun!!

My greatly anticipated Happs order arrived today, but since it is meant to be a birthday present, I can't get my eager little mits on it until the 22nd.
It's a pitty I wasn't able to afford to order anything from Ultimarc or I would be able to start to build a test control panel.

Package contained:

1x 1 Player, White Pushbutton with Horizontal Microswitch
1x 2 Player, White Pushbutton with Horizontal Microswitch
1x 3 Player, White Pushbutton with Horizontal Microswitch
1x 4 Player, White Pushbutton with Horizontal Microswitch
4x Competition Joystick, 8-way, Microswitch
5x Red Pushbutton with Horizontal Microswitch
5x Blue Pushbutton with Horizontal Microswitch
8x Orange Pushbutton with Horizontal Microswitch
8x Purple Pushbutton with Horizontal Microswitch
4x White Pushbutton with Horizontal Microswitch
10x Black Pushbutton with Horizontal Microswitch