I remember picking up a model 2 Genesis at my local goodwill a while back for $30. It came with everything you would need to play it on your tv, 2 controllers, and no games. The Coaxial av cable that came with it was broken so I ended up buying a cheap proper composite AV cable from Amazon. Also one of the controllers had a super dirty D-pad I cleaned it up and it now looks much much better.
I found really stressing that because he misplaced the relieve turns in the cable at the end, he just kept crushing it while trying to assemble the controller, saying it was because of the shoulder button posts instead.
Great video, I love how the hardest part of all your videos I've seen so far despite the fact you solder and repair the most frustrating electronics was..... drum roll... clipping together a SNES controller. This gives me hope for my own repair attempts. :)
Just recently went through the same process with my own SFC controller before watching your video. (My controller was fairly clean, but one of the silicone pads was ripped.) Enjoyed the video! Keep up the good work. Subbed.
Really well done video here :) I've recently dug out my SNES controllers after picking up an Analogue Super Nt, and even though they've been in a bag for about 15-20 years they've definitely seen better days - I think I'll use what I've learned here to give them a good clean!
That burn in test cartridge peaked my interest, cause I never seen something like it before. Then I saw that the Snes version costs anywhere from $1500 to $2000 That's crazy!
My eBay order of a lot of broken controllers came today. I specifically wanted broken ones so I could use the D-pads for my 8BitDo controllers, and the SNES cords I could use to extend my SFC controllers- I wouldn't want to "waste" a working unit. But damned if I haven't gotten them all working! Most complex repair was having to add a jumper wire to deal with a corroded trace.
Oh, interesting, I also cleaned a filthy SNES controller recently. It had so much gunk inside, tons of like this nasty paste that formed from dead skin and fat/moisture. There was so much of it on the yellow button it like permanently stained it somehow, I tried everything to get rid off that brown spot, but even magic cleaner soaked in alcohol wouldn’t pick that stuff. It probably just discolored the plastic itself. Luckily it’s not visible outside, but still, a bit crazy.
3:19 Yeah that works - I imported SFC Jr and didn't like the short cords so I switched them with the longer cords out my PAL Super Nintendo pads. Really easy - just clicks out. Thought I was the only person who'd thought of that.
adz693 I wonder if you can take a cable from a fake controller and replace the original cord with it? Don’t really have any to open up and check if they have the same connector.
Most fake controllers are soldered directly to the board, they don't use a connector. Now, in theory you could bypass the connector altogether and solder the cable directly to the board.
If you don't have a program to test your controller after the process and you don't really want to play either, just use the game Starwing (or Starfox in the US). You can literally test every single button in the second screen of the game. Works perfectly for me. Barrel rolls shoud be easy to do with the shoulder buttons. Also, I push Start and Y repeatedly to see if the Start button is as responsive as it shoud be, also press Select a couple of times which should be equally as responsive. D-Pad should go very smooth as well in all directions. Then just test all the regular buttons and you're good!
Japan in general uses English quite a bit, and i believe kids even learn it as a second language in school, so it wouldn't be completely foreign to them in a game. There's also a lot of words claimed as "english" that don't really have a translation.
Hi, love your channel. My snes controller dpad not working properly only the down arrow. I replaced the dpad silicon and now its not working at all even though i cleaned the board down with alchohol 99%. Thank you.
@@RetroRepairs thank you so much for your quick response. That was the issue. It's hard to over look at these thing without too much experience dealing with these 30 year old controllers. Take care.
Quick question, I see a lot of what looks like Flux on the motherboard right by soldering points on my SNES. Should I brush that off with alcohol or just leave it?
Did you clean the wire with wipes you'd be surprised how much grime gets pulled off the wires onto the wipe after all those years its quite disgusting, if you can next time could you also give the wire a nice clean.
I can't recall if I did on this particular one, but I'll definitely make a note to on the next one. Those rubbery cords are just dirt and grime magnets
I have a PlayStation 2 on which the controllers don’t vibrate. I hear this is due to a blown fuse, and it also prevents multi taps from working. Any idea where I can get a replacement? I hear it’s a 0.75 fuse. It’s a 30000 model console.
Do you do this full time, and is it profitable? I've been repairing and reselling old consoles locally but I've never went as far as to buy heaps of stuff on ebay and repair it. I'm really into this kind of work and considering I've been out of work for 6 months I'm really needing to bring in income again.
I don't do it full time, just as a hobby. It's not profitable enough to live on, I still have a normal job to make ends meet. Depending on where you live, you can do it to make some extra cash, but you need to do alot of this to live off.
Hey RetroRepairs, I'm starting my own retro console collection and was wondering what stuff I should start with buying. I already have a Gamecube, Megadrive, playstation 1, and I'm getting a dreamcast soon (I know these aren't that retro but I'm 16 so :P )
Lightning Jack I think any retro collection is not complete if you don't have an NES, SNES/SFC, n64 or atari 2600, so I would definitely keep an eye out for good deals on those. A few others to keep in mind if they pop up, sega master system, saturn, colecovision, sega/mega cd. A few I'm looking for: turbografx 16, atari jaguar. Any good collection takes time, so just keep an eye out for some deals.
If possible, get a gameboy player for the gamecube. Make sure you get the boot Disc for it, there's lots of good gameboy and GB advance games. It's a great way to play them on a TV.
Hi, idk if you can give advice about this, but do you know where you can get CR2032 batteries for cheap? I live in Europe and I usually order this kind of stuff from AliExpress, but for some reason they don’t sell these type of batteries with right kind of tabs there, which is weird. When I went to I was a bit shocked at prices, like they ask 5 dollars for a single battery which is a bit ridiculous for me when I recently bought 5 CR2025 on AliExpress for 2 with half and a dollar shipping fee bc I chose tracked shipping option. So I wonder if there is some website that you know that sells them for reasonable price?
Alexandr Oleynikov I’m an eBay seller, and I won’t post to Russia again. The problem with Russia is it it’s outside the EU, so the package could get stuck in customs, and shipping to Russia costs about double what I’d pay to ship anywhere in the EU, possibly even more. Also, the eBay shipping service doesn’t support shipping to Russia.
That is one thing I always do if i get a second hand controller I always open them up and clean them because some people have disgusting habits when they use their controllers
Be social media Not antisocial media no kidding. I always thought I was pretty clean and everyone else was disgusting, but then I looked at my 10 year old xbox 360 controller...
i recently found out that my Wii Remote stop syncing well with my wii costing my motion controlls not to work accurete and thats realy annoying since i only got 6 controllers (2 stopped working, 1 is broken) althou i noticed that may be a problam of the motion bar censor u got any idea's Retro?
NetanelF-3dsGaming Feldman if it works, but not well, I'd suspect the bar. Assuming the same issue occurs with any wiimote, I'd try and borrow a sensor bar and see if the issues persist
Agreed. The North american version of course is nostalgic for me, but the pal/japanese version looks much better, and the coloured buttons on the controller are much better
Mobin92 Sometimes it’s also fat from cooking in the kitchen. If you ever took apart a remote from a kitchen tv you know they are all so greasy and disgusting inside. Maybe a previous owner was playing in a room close to the kitchen or in a kitchen/room that was used for cooking, i mean japanese homes are pretty small.
RetroRepairs I have noticed that it’s pretty common for people from asian countries to just use english words in the middle of a sentence mixed up with their native language. And it’s not only young people, but also like people over late 30 or 40. I can imagine it being like a trendy thing there.
The English (and American) influence stretches very far. Many words don't have direct translations to Japanese and the Japanese seem to adopt a ton of aspects from other cultures and languages. They also apparantly use the Latin alphabet (ie. English) when entering information into computers. Plus I believe English is required learning in Japanese schools. Plus, I've also heard that English words seem more modern than Japanese. Japan became a country in 600bc, England, after 1000AD. With over 1600 years separating the languages, it makes sense
Sorry, currently don't take in repairs. And for what a gamecube costs, after shipping it to Canada and back, you could buy another gamecube. What's the problem with it?
Listening to your voice just sounds very reassuring n comforting . good work as always
Joe Churchill and yet they keep hiring Morgan Freeman over me for voice work. Jk
I remember picking up a model 2 Genesis at my local goodwill a while back for $30. It came with everything you would need to play it on your tv, 2 controllers, and no games. The Coaxial av cable that came with it was broken so I ended up buying a cheap proper composite AV cable from Amazon. Also one of the controllers had a super dirty D-pad I cleaned it up and it now looks much much better.
I found really stressing that because he misplaced the relieve turns in the cable at the end, he just kept crushing it while trying to assemble the controller, saying it was because of the shoulder button posts instead.
Great video, I love how the hardest part of all your videos I've seen so far despite the fact you solder and repair the most frustrating electronics was..... drum roll... clipping together a SNES controller. This gives me hope for my own repair attempts. :)
Just recently went through the same process with my own SFC controller before watching your video. (My controller was fairly clean, but one of the silicone pads was ripped.)
Enjoyed the video! Keep up the good work. Subbed.
Really well done video here :) I've recently dug out my SNES controllers after picking up an Analogue Super Nt, and even though they've been in a bag for about 15-20 years they've definitely seen better days - I think I'll use what I've learned here to give them a good clean!
I like the l and r buttons on the super famicom, theyre just really satisfying
That burn in test cartridge peaked my interest, cause I never seen something like it before. Then I saw that the Snes version costs anywhere from $1500 to $2000 That's crazy!
They make reproductions that are about $30. That's all I have. The originals would have been used by Nintendo service centres
My eBay order of a lot of broken controllers came today. I specifically wanted broken ones so I could use the D-pads for my 8BitDo controllers, and the SNES cords I could use to extend my SFC controllers- I wouldn't want to "waste" a working unit.
But damned if I haven't gotten them all working! Most complex repair was having to add a jumper wire to deal with a corroded trace.
Ha, congrats? You could always just swap sfc and snes cables to have a few long sfc ones?
I just like the look of sfc controllers better.
Oh, interesting, I also cleaned a filthy SNES controller recently. It had so much gunk inside, tons of like this nasty paste that formed from dead skin and fat/moisture. There was so much of it on the yellow button it like permanently stained it somehow, I tried everything to get rid off that brown spot, but even magic cleaner soaked in alcohol wouldn’t pick that stuff. It probably just discolored the plastic itself. Luckily it’s not visible outside, but still, a bit crazy.
Alexandr Oleynikov if its yellowed try retro brite
odaddy 47 The thing is, I don’t know how retrobrite will affect the color of the buttons...
Well there is only one way to find out.
I don’t know why this channel interests me but I like it....definitely gonna sub soon.
3:19 Yeah that works - I imported SFC Jr and didn't like the short cords so I switched them with the longer cords out my PAL Super Nintendo pads. Really easy - just clicks out. Thought I was the only person who'd thought of that.
adz693 I wonder if you can take a cable from a fake controller and replace the original cord with it? Don’t really have any to open up and check if they have the same connector.
Most fake controllers are soldered directly to the board, they don't use a connector. Now, in theory you could bypass the connector altogether and solder the cable directly to the board.
It's nice to watch other controller mods!
If you don't have a program to test your controller after the process and you don't really want to play either, just use the game Starwing (or Starfox in the US). You can literally test every single button in the second screen of the game. Works perfectly for me. Barrel rolls shoud be easy to do with the shoulder buttons. Also, I push Start and Y repeatedly to see if the Start button is as responsive as it shoud be, also press Select a couple of times which should be equally as responsive. D-Pad should go very smooth as well in all directions. Then just test all the regular buttons and you're good!
La totally awesome from the dollar store. It is the best cleaner I have ever encountered.
Amazing videos every time, very educational!
US SNES controllers also have the concave buttons, can't forget about those 🙏
Velikost can't believe I forgot to mention that
Beat me to posting that 👌🏻
Have you ever considered buying yourself an ultrasonic cleaner. I use a small one to clean up my smaller items no bigger than a gameboy pocket
Nice sink
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Damn, its late and I have to get up in 5hrs. But I want to finish this video :3
My controllers were full of 'gamer gunk' when I opened them!
I've always wondered why Japanese market systems have so much English on them🤔
Japan in general uses English quite a bit, and i believe kids even learn it as a second language in school, so it wouldn't be completely foreign to them in a game. There's also a lot of words claimed as "english" that don't really have a translation.
Hi, love your channel. My snes controller dpad not working properly only the down arrow. I replaced the dpad silicon and now its not working at all even though i cleaned the board down with alchohol 99%. Thank you.
Sounds like it might be crooked. Unless you bought bad replacement parts, misalignment is the only thing that makes sense
@@RetroRepairs thank you so much for your quick response. That was the issue. It's hard to over look at these thing without too much experience dealing with these 30 year old controllers. Take care.
@@jeff15 awesome, glad to hear it's working now
Quick question, I see a lot of what looks like Flux on the motherboard right by soldering points on my SNES. Should I brush that off with alcohol or just leave it?
You could brush it off, it's up to you. Its been there for 25 years so probably won't hurt anything
South America also got the US SNES. But yeah everywhere else in the world it was the SFC model. SNES is an exclusive American/SouthAmerican console.
Only Japan got SFC. The rest of the world had SNES that just looked like SFC, and America got that ugly purple brick.
PAL regions got the SNES which is exactly the same as the super famicom. I'm suspecting they meant only America got the north American style snes
RetroRepairs oh yeah, probs
Did you clean the wire with wipes you'd be surprised how much grime gets pulled off the wires onto the wipe after all those years its quite disgusting, if you can next time could you also give the wire a nice clean.
I can't recall if I did on this particular one, but I'll definitely make a note to on the next one. Those rubbery cords are just dirt and grime magnets
@@RetroRepairs They are indeed.
Dude, get a tripod! Excellent video
I have a PlayStation 2 on which the controllers don’t vibrate. I hear this is due to a blown fuse, and it also prevents multi taps from working. Any idea where I can get a replacement? I hear it’s a 0.75 fuse. It’s a 30000 model console.
Paper tricks work great!!
You can wash the rubber pads.
You definitely can, however, I don't like to scrub them if they're dirty on the side that doesn't affect use, they're delicate and can rip fairly easy
He's right. I ripped one on accident and had to Ebay new ones.
they will rip bru
Do you do this full time, and is it profitable? I've been repairing and reselling old consoles locally but I've never went as far as to buy heaps of stuff on ebay and repair it. I'm really into this kind of work and considering I've been out of work for 6 months I'm really needing to bring in income again.
I don't do it full time, just as a hobby. It's not profitable enough to live on, I still have a normal job to make ends meet.
Depending on where you live, you can do it to make some extra cash, but you need to do alot of this to live off.
Thanks for the quick reply, I'll definitely take this into consideration! I really enjoy your content keep it up man!
Thanks, I hope to.
Hey RetroRepairs, I'm starting my own retro console collection and was wondering what stuff I should start with buying. I already have a Gamecube, Megadrive, playstation 1, and I'm getting a dreamcast soon (I know these aren't that retro but I'm 16 so :P )
Lightning Jack I think any retro collection is not complete if you don't have an NES, SNES/SFC, n64 or atari 2600, so I would definitely keep an eye out for good deals on those. A few others to keep in mind if they pop up, sega master system, saturn, colecovision, sega/mega cd.
A few I'm looking for: turbografx 16, atari jaguar.
Any good collection takes time, so just keep an eye out for some deals.
If possible, get a gameboy player for the gamecube. Make sure you get the boot Disc for it, there's lots of good gameboy and GB advance games. It's a great way to play them on a TV.
Thanks Retro!
No problem, and good luck with the game hunting!
I'll start off with trying to find a good priced NES.
Hi, idk if you can give advice about this, but do you know where you can get CR2032 batteries for cheap? I live in Europe and I usually order this kind of stuff from AliExpress, but for some reason they don’t sell these type of batteries with right kind of tabs there, which is weird. When I went to I was a bit shocked at prices, like they ask 5 dollars for a single battery which is a bit ridiculous for me when I recently bought 5 CR2025 on AliExpress for 2 with half and a dollar shipping fee bc I chose tracked shipping option. So I wonder if there is some website that you know that sells them for reasonable price?
Ebay. I see 10 for under 8 euros with shipping included
I just looked up cr2032 game battery
Oh weird. Maybe I don’t see those bc I am in Russia, Ebay sellers really don’t like to sell things to russians for some reason...
Alexandr Oleynikov possibly. They ship from China, so not sure how picky they are shipping cheap things worldwide
Alexandr Oleynikov I’m an eBay seller, and I won’t post to Russia again. The problem with Russia is it it’s outside the EU, so the package could get stuck in customs, and shipping to Russia costs about double what I’d pay to ship anywhere in the EU, possibly even more. Also, the eBay shipping service doesn’t support shipping to Russia.
Awesome video
That is one thing I always do if i get a second hand controller I always open them up and clean them because some people have disgusting habits when they use their controllers
Be social media Not antisocial media no kidding. I always thought I was pretty clean and everyone else was disgusting, but then I looked at my 10 year old xbox 360 controller...
have you seen inside a snes controller? they are kinda different
The bottom part of the shell definitely is. Off hand I can't remember if the board is much different.
I don't think that was an adequate test, pop in street fighter 2 turbo and play for an hour.
i recently found out that my Wii Remote stop syncing well with my wii costing my motion controlls not to work accurete and thats realy annoying since i only got 6 controllers (2 stopped working, 1 is broken) althou i noticed that may be a problam of the motion bar censor
u got any idea's Retro?
NetanelF-3dsGaming Feldman if it works, but not well, I'd suspect the bar. Assuming the same issue occurs with any wiimote, I'd try and borrow a sensor bar and see if the issues persist
you deserve more subs
1+ subs
I like the Japanese SFC / European SNES better than the North American model.
The lavender buttons and the boxy console just doesn't do it for me.
Agreed. The North american version of course is nostalgic for me, but the pal/japanese version looks much better, and the coloured buttons on the controller are much better
I think thats actually rancid skin fat... All my old consoles had that and I didn't spill anything in it.
Mobin92 Sometimes it’s also fat from cooking in the kitchen. If you ever took apart a remote from a kitchen tv you know they are all so greasy and disgusting inside. Maybe a previous owner was playing in a room close to the kitchen or in a kitchen/room that was used for cooking, i mean japanese homes are pretty small.
Cool video😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
will there ever be a repair video about PS2
Eventually... I've picked up a couple, no idea what's wrong with them yet.
okay.. i bought a PS2 from someone i've asked many people about the problem with it they say just usually the lens or sensor
I haven't worked on one yet, but I understand the lasers tend to go on them
wait why english Famicom controller if Famicom only relesed in japan?
NetanelF-3dsGaming Feldman lots of gaming stuff in Japan is printed in English. I'm not exactly sure why.
RetroRepairs I have noticed that it’s pretty common for people from asian countries to just use english words in the middle of a sentence mixed up with their native language. And it’s not only young people, but also like people over late 30 or 40. I can imagine it being like a trendy thing there.
The English (and American) influence stretches very far. Many words don't have direct translations to Japanese and the Japanese seem to adopt a ton of aspects from other cultures and languages.
They also apparantly use the Latin alphabet (ie. English) when entering information into computers. Plus I believe English is required learning in Japanese schools.
Plus, I've also heard that English words seem more modern than Japanese. Japan became a country in 600bc, England, after 1000AD. With over 1600 years separating the languages, it makes sense
It confirms he is a northerner when he said pop
Soda is what you put in a mojito
The Super Famicom came with both 3ft and 6ft variants.
In Europe, I think we just had the 6ft versions.
Where can I get a test cart from?
Apparantly you can get them on etsy. I ordered mine on eBay, but I don't see any right now
Thanks Adam.
it's not coke, pepsi or coffee it's poop 2:35
Headbanger Metal wow, very mature
Are you willing to work on a GameCube for me?
Sorry, currently don't take in repairs. And for what a gamecube costs, after shipping it to Canada and back, you could buy another gamecube. What's the problem with it?
RetroRepairs well I tried installing a Xeno chip but like 2 of the pads came off the board.... :(
RetroRepairs I wouldn’t mind if you published a video about it of course