This thing is VERY cool. I have been playing Robotron all afternoon. You can't even tell it's
hooked up if you aren't using it. I thought it may have some effect on the keyboard functions, but it doesn't.  The buttons are placed well, the joysticks and buttons are commercial quality. My only wish is for a spinner, but they say they are looking into that as well. The HotRod is packaged well and just plugs in. They have the button assignments all set up for MAME, so there isn't a bunch of messing with the settings on all the games. I run MAME32 on WinNT 4.0, which won't support a joystick.  It looks like my Gravis flight stick won't be seeing any action even after Win 2k comes out. Can you tell I am enthusiastic about it?

As far as dealing with HanaHo, they were wonderful. Any time I had a question, they got back to me promptly.

Another good review - thanks JD!