Not needing to mash the fire buttons have convinced me to get the gold flex circuits.
@dustheg
2 жыл бұрын
I'm have tried in the past to clean my 5200 controller with little to know success but after seeing you do the gold flex I'm going to try that route now thank you for showing how it's done as I'm not really that technical of a person
@wiredupretro
2 жыл бұрын
The joysticks are very much worth saving- let me know how it turns out.
@dustheg
2 жыл бұрын
@@wiredupretro will be ordering on my next payday
@emmettturner9452
2 жыл бұрын
I recall that Defender was a good game for testing every button since they all warp.
@JetScreamer_YT
2 жыл бұрын
Great video! I loved fixing these. The revision eight (and below) of the flex circuitry traces tend to break around the start button, rendering it non-functional. I would check that before trying to clean the flex circuit. Just so you won't waste your time on the part that just won't work.
@2LTTGaming
2 жыл бұрын
really cool controller =D
@lurkerrekrul
Жыл бұрын
I have an Atari 5200 that was picked up at a tag sale with two 100% working controllers and one with a dead button. It also had a shoebox full of games with it, Vanguard being one of them. I loved Vanguard on the Atari 2600 and at first the 5200 version seemed like a great upgrade, however the more I played it, the more I hated the control. While it's essentially the same control method as on the 2600, I had a huge problem with the game often not firing in the direction I wanted. The buttons worked fine on other games, so they can't be at fault. I'm pretty sure the culprit was the fact that the 5200 joysticks were analog. I think they just sometimes weren't registering my movements to fire in that direction. I ended up not playing it very much because of this issue.
@wiredupretro
Жыл бұрын
It really does need a digital controller to really be fully appreciated. Genesis controllers with an adapter really make it well worth playing :)
@lurkerrekrul
Жыл бұрын
@@wiredupretro Except that I HATE left-handed d-pads. I never owned any consoles past the Atari era, My console/computer history goes: Atari 2600, C64, Amiga, Windows. Along the way I added Intellivision, Atari 7800, and Atari 5200, but they were secondary systems to whatever I had at the time. I never owned any consoles from Nintendo, Sega, Sony or Microsoft until much later, and even then I never used them much. The few times I tried playing games on my friend's NES or Turbografx-16, I found it incredibly awkward. Not only using the d-pad, but having to use it with my left hand. I lasted about 10 seconds in action games. Since that time, I have tried to get used to gamepads and have mostly failed. I can play racing games with a PS2 style controller (although I do better if I can steer with my right hand), and I'm semi-decent at maneuvering characters around in 3D maps. I still can't play any action games (d-pad or left analog stick) if my life depended on it. I need an actual joystick for playing action/shooter games. And in the interest of full disclosure, I should also mention that I absolutely suck at games that have a separate jump button, if they also require shooting. I consistently press the wrong button when the action heats up. I grew up with pressing up to jump and to me that makes the most logical sense You want to move right, you press right, you want to jump up, you press up. Even when playing FPS games with keyboard and mouse, where I use my left hand for movement, I often make mistakes in the heat of battle, press the wrong key, and end up falling off a cliff, or moving directly into the line of fire.
@Gaming-Enthusiast
2 жыл бұрын
Great video fixed a lot of these over the years . My favourite Atari controller to use 👌👌
@wallacelang1374
Жыл бұрын
I have had to repair a couple of my Atari 5200 joystick controllers and it turned out that the flex circuits needed to be replaced because they had oxidized.
@wiredupretro
Жыл бұрын
Sounds very familiar. Hope my video helps :)
@ВаваДюк
2 жыл бұрын
You missed the most important part, a revision 3 rubber boot. Atari used a much stiffer rubber and I can assure you if done properly your 5200 controller will self center. On a later revision 9 controllers they used better potentiometers, they turn much smoother add revision 3 rubber boot and you got your self a perfect controller for 5200. I know it’s hard to believe but Atari got it right by that time. Unfortunately it was to late by then.
@wiredupretro
2 жыл бұрын
I chose to leave it out because of two reasons: 1) Not everyone can find one of those recentering boots. 2) as mentioned at the beginning of the tutorial, the goal was to show the basics of 5200 controller contact cleaning/contact upgrading. Other KZitem videos may be out there to go into additional aspects like boot selection or opening potentiometers up for repair, but for this one I wanted to keep it short and sweet. Also- in my humble opinion- having a noncentering stick can actually be a good thing when playing Missile Command and other analog games (ie. Gorf, Super Breakout, and Kaboom), but admittedly- recentering sticks can help a lot in games like Pac-Man... so the revision 9 boot definitely might be a good idea depending on your game preference.
@basicforge
2 жыл бұрын
A guitar pick is better than a flathead screwdriver for prying open these controllers and other electronic devices.
@emmettturner9452
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed but, believe it or not, some of the most common, cheap, metal spudgers are the perfect tool to do it without leaving a mark. When you insert it between the bezel and the top shell it literally opens before the sharp side can bottom out on plastic because of the thickness and taper. The gap between the top and bottom shells is enough that you can insert the tool to separate the pegs on the keypad end without prying or marring the plastic. I’ve used them dozens of times without ever leaving a pry mark or scratch. It’s the same spudgers I’ve demonstrated with disassembling Neo Geo AES and Atari 5200 cartridges.
@homeelectricco
2 жыл бұрын
I use a pencil eraser instead of alcohol
@basicforge
2 жыл бұрын
Yes. That can work if you are gentle. However some erasers leave behind some ‘eraser dust’ that needs to be removed with a dry swab or lint free cloth.
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