I agree get the real thing. I built a 6 button with real arcade parts for less then $40 and its lasted me years. I even made a few converters to use it on ps2 xbox nintendo ect. Its simple to make.
Here is one way. Take an old game pad from say a nintendo and add some wires to the button pads and joystick pads. Then wire up a standard 9 pin atari/amiga joy port to those wires and fit it into the case of the old game pad. On your self made joystick you just wire the buttons and joysticks into the proper connector to plug into your new plug you made on the joy pad. Now you can use it on any system by just adding another connector to any old game pad the same way. The pad doesnt even need to work, just as long as the connections the original buttons made are good.
