Greetings all,

I want to buy arcade pads. REAL arcade pads. EXACTLY what is in the arcade. From an ITG dedi would be best, or any standard 4-arrow DDR setup, two attached together, with bar. I will pay 1k+ depending on the condition, and for the right pads, up to 3k+. Hooking them up to my custom hacked together setup is my problem, not yours.

(for those who are curious, I have a Linux machine running the windows version of ITG2 in WINE. It works remarkably well, and I already have it working with arbitrary PSX controllers via a USB adapter)

Also, as a side note, if anyone has a dedi cab with pads and would only sell both together, I would be interested in hearing about that also(obviously, I would pay more for that). I would also like to hear from anyone that has the linux version of ITG (which I assume runs on the dedi cabs), patches to r21 (my current setup is r2), I am interested.

Also, if anyone has fall-back recommendations for what non-arcade pads to get, I'd like to know what my other options are (i.e. "the following pad can be bought from <here> and has a bar which is 'worth a crap', as well as sunken buttons that feel like the arcade").  My most important concerns are:
1. Durable, can hold my 300lbs ass for a long time.
2. Authentic - real arcade feel - sunken buttons, bar you can "rape".
3. Servicable - I can replace the sensors just like they do on real arcade pads, when the go bad (which they undoubtedly will).
4. sensitive (at least as sensitive as in the arcade, I will be playing ITG so lots of holds, rolls, hands, and weird crap like that =)

I am in downtown Seattle and willing to pick up in, say, 100 mile radius.  Again, for the right pad.

Thanks in advance!
-Carl