Tom "Button Master" O'Neil 
By taking the time to properly calibrate your stick, use the right grip and buttons, and practice your moves, you can improve your gameplay and become a better player overall. With the right approach and mindset, anyone can learn to use a fight stick effectively and take their fighting game skills to the next level.
While our fight stick is an amazing companion for many of games, it might not be the perfect partner for every game in your collection. It’s like a Swiss Army Knife – incredibly useful for many things, but you wouldn’t use it to chop down a tree, right?
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A Japanese lever, also known as a Japanese joystick or J-lever, is a type of arcade stick lever commonly used in Japanese arcade cabinets and fight sticks. It’s popular among fighting game enthusiasts worldwide for its distinctive design, feel, and performance compared to other joystick types, such as Korean or American levers.
A Korean lever, sometimes called a Korean joystick or simply K-lever, is an arcade stick lever popular in South Korea and favored by many fighting game enthusiasts worldwide. It’s known for its distinct design, feel, and performance compared to other joystick types, such as Japanese or American levers.
The neutral position is the default state of a joystick when it is not being moved in any direction. In fighting games, maintaining a neutral position is essential for the proper execution of certain moves and techniques. In other words, it’s the position the joystick returns to when released, centered between all possible directional inputs.
NKRO stands for N-Key Rollover, a feature found in some keyboards and gaming controllers that allows them to accurately register multiple key or button presses simultaneously without dropping any inputs or causing ghosting
Button ghosting occurs when a controller registers unintended inputs due to multiple buttons being pressed simultaneously. High-quality fightsticks typically have built-in mechanisms to prevent button ghosting, ensuring accurate inputs during gameplay.
A gate, in the context of arcade sticks and fight sticks, is a plastic or metal component that surrounds the joystick’s base and determines the directional input’s shape and feel. Gates are usually installed beneath the joystick’s dust cover and play a crucial role in guiding the joystick’s movement, providing physical boundaries and feedback to the user.
Sanwa buttons and joysticks are high-quality arcade components produced by the Sanwa Denshi Company, a Japanese manufacturer of arcade parts and accessories. They are well-known and highly regarded in the gaming community for their reliability, durability, and performance, making them a popular choice for arcade sticks and fight stick enthusiasts.