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NES Retrolink Controller vs Classic USB NES Controller
allroy1975:
I don't think it's a jerky answer....I mean...it might help people in the future. :)
The amazon one I bought was rock solid out of the box. those little nubs make diagonals hittable, but not as easy to hit as the up/down/left/right - which is how it should be. That controller was perfect.
I dropped some blobs of hot glue on the places where the plastic bit had been knocked off. I gave it some thought and those things shouldn't really be getting much wear at any angles, just pressure put on them ended up like this:
Then put it back together and it didn't work for crap. the hot glue "restrictors" I made were way too big and restricted almost all movement unless pressed very hard.
Took a sharp knive and trimmed them down quite a bit, tried to get close to the nubs on the other side. ended up like this:
works much better now...almost (if not) perfect. Makes clearing a screen like this much easier:
Seith:
Great post! I hacked a SNES bootleg controller so that it was USB capable last year only to find the same issue with the plastic d-pad... i may try the hot-glue solution down the road.
allroy1975:
--- Quote from: Seith on August 16, 2012, 03:01:30 pm ---Great post! I hacked a SNES bootleg controller so that it was USB capable last year only to find the same issue with the plastic d-pad... i may try the hot-glue solution down the road.
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thanks man! in looking at the different usb controllers I saw a LOT of complaining about issues like that. So I started digging with the intention of finding a solution. it's not pretty or elegant, but it's cheap and it works...so maybe some people will find it, and instead of being pissed they wasted $10 bucks or $30 from thinkgeek, maybe they'll roll up their sleeves and try to fix it. :)
Well Fed Games:
I've been tempted by those controllers at five below... interesting to see the inside, thanks!
NIVO:
hey allroy! I was gonna suggest some simple dowel rods trimmed to the correct height as the good d-pad. I'd drill those nubs out, insert dowels trimmed to same height and then hot glue in place on the other side. Once the glue was set you could simply file down(or use a dremel) the excess glue blob. But since you got it working right........congrats.
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