The Universal Arcade Stick F500 Elite brings you the same goodness that you may have derived from the vanilla version of the fightstick, but Sanwa parts are included with full force to take your game to the next level.

The Arcade Stick F300 Elite is a step up from the vanilla edition due to the inclusion of Sanwa parts, a surefire way to enhance virtually any fightstick’s performance.

The Universal Arcade Stick F500 V2 brings us a flurry of pros and cons that will attract some but likely deter more. The main culprit is the mediocre parts.

Multiplatform, weighty, firm, and customizable are commendable fightstick qualities that are not enough to mitigate the Arcade Stick F300’s confined space, dead zones, accessory dependence, and pure ugliness.