Ikari Warriors (1986) Full Arcade Gameplay and GRS Super Joystick Review

In this video I am going to show you the GRS Super Joystick and playthrough the classic 1986 SNK run-and-gun action game, Ikari Warriors - the way it was meant to be played. I will tell you about my setup and the specific issues I ran into with my system running MAME 2010/MAME 139 with the GRS Super Joystick.

The TL;DR - use MAME 2016 or newer for best results.

The build quality on the joystick is AMAZING and it feels better than any other home arcade joystick I have used - It's the real deal and feels just like an arcade joystick and I absolutely love it.

But I have run into issues using it with my Raspberry Pi 4 and MAME that I believe have specifically to do with my setup and how MAME decodes the input from the GRS Super Joystick and that is all documented here. Before the system got overwhelmed it was an amazing experience.

The GRS Super Joystick brings a whole new level of authenticity to playing these classic games that utilize a rotary controller.

Overall I give the GRS Super Joystick a 9/10 and highly recommend it, since the issues I ran into were specifically with my system and software so it should be something that can be resolved fairly easily (or if I was using an x86 system instead of a Pi 4).

I am going to continue to use it and test it with different games and update my system, so be sure to subscribe to my channel and hit the bell button so you don't miss future updates!

Timestamps:
0:00 - Cold Open
3:05 - Intro
3:20 - GRS Super Joystick Unboxing and setup
14:56 - Ikari Warriors Gameplay
38:10 - System Lockup 1
44:02 - System Lockup 2
44:18 - System Lockup 3
45:05 - System Lockup 4
45:36 - Explaining the issue that keeps happening and why
54:10 - Attempting a workaround
55:15 - Interesting Game Freeze that Illustrates the Issue
01:00:23 - Gameplay from the SNK Collection on the Nintendo Switch
01:05:38 - Ikari Warriors Ending / Final Thoughts

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