MadCatz, famed for its arcade sticks, is among the latest to offer such a product with the FREQ.M. Taking all that is common to a home gaming headset – earphones, a mic, robust build quality and equaliser presets for games – the FREQ.M shrinks everything to a portable, wireless form.
To celebrate the awesomeness that is the San Diego Comic Con, which makes the New York Comic Con look like single-A baseball, Mad Catz will be handing out special edition Street Fighter IV arcade sticks to attendees.
Sega also released several versions of arcade sticks as peripherals, including the Virtua Stick, the Virtua Stick Pro, the Mission Analog Stick, and the Twin Stick.
Wii versions of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom have five control options: the Classic Controller, Nintendo GameCube controller, third-party arcade sticks, and two simplified control schemes intended for inexperienced players for the Wii Remote.
Other merchandise include "3D" coffee mugs for Banpresto's arcade redemption games, posters, 3D mousepads and body towels, wall scrolls, arcade sticks by Hori decorated with a graphic of Ayane and Kasumi (released in two versions, for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360), credit cards, and Dead or Alive talking clock that was bundled with another figure of either Ayane or Kasumi.
Arcade Sticks, Gamepads, Keyboards, etc... etc.
Apart from the console itself, you can also pick up a multitap which lets you plug in up to six joypads (there's a list of compatible games here, but the key draw is ten player Bomberman with two multitaps), and an excellent arcade stick, which will enhance all those 2D blasters and fighters.
Massive Arcade Stick For Wii and GameCube [engadget].
Mad Catz Xbox 360 Arcade Stick Preorder [gizmodo].
For some reason, the details of the Arcade Stick are nowhere to be found.
Back in the day, the NES Advantage was the arcade stick for the Nintendo.
