Nintendo 64 Analog stick repair

[petik1]

Hey guys, I found out a nifty way to fix that loose Analog stick on your N64!

Materials:

1. Scissors
2. Tiny screw driver
3. Tape
3. Ruler (Optional)
4. Needle Nose Pliers (Optional but recommended)

Procedures:

1. Unscrew the nine screws. Make sure to get the two in the extension port or whatever 
2. lift the bottom of the case off. Pull the board for the Z button off of the Analog stick module.
3. Unscrew the three silver screws and disconnect the wires from the main board
4. Unsrew the black screw and pull the top of the module off. You can ignore the bottom half of the module.
5. Take the top and remove the Black thing, the washer thing, and the spring. Pull out the stick.
6. You will find that the stick is shaped like a cone, with a bulge near the end and a rectangle on the bottom.
7. Cut a piece of tape 6 cm long and 2-3 mm wide. wrap this around the area between the buldge and the rectangle.
8. Assemble the module together again. Then place tape around the rectangle.
9. Screw everything in and you're done!

[Jedi Master Baiter]

Interesting - does this work with third party controllers that are so loose that flinging the stick causes it to slightly jolt the other direction, causing your character to think you meant to go the other way?

Seriously, though - I could use a replacement stick for my Mako pad.  Remember how those had plastic tops attached to the metal?  Mine came off.

[petik1]

http://cgi.ebay.com/NINTENDO-64-RARE-INTERACT-MAKO-PAD-PRO-64-CONTROLLER-/290445281510

This one? As long as it is analog, then it should work. And when this is done, you'll most likely have to play with the tape a little. Sometimes you want it tighter, sometimes it doesn't like moving up or down. If you could get pictures up that would be helpful.It would be too hard to describe everything that's in there...

[nensondubois]

I fixed my analog stick a few years ago with the exact same method. It was all loose, and it really annoyed me.

[petik1]

I hated it. I was down to my last controller which was on the verge of becoming useless. Then I found this out and it saved the day! I grew up with the n64 and the exact controllers I have now and it would have been sad to see them go.

[Jedi Master Baiter]

More like this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mad-Catz-Nintendo-64-Turbo-Controller-/190406082646?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item2c55164056

My Mako Pad is fine as far as the tightness of the stick is concerned.

I bought two of these Mad Catz controllers for fairly cheap (at GameStop?) solely for use on Mario Party - enough said.

[petik1]

Maybe mario party was just a scheme to mamke people buy more controllers 

Seriously, though - I could use a replacement stick for my Mako pad.  Remember how those had plastic tops attached to the metal?  Mine came off.

Maybe find a broken controller and salvage pieces that fit/ are compatible.

[satoshi_matrix]

If you're playing anything that uses the analog stick of the N64 extensively, buy the Hori mini pad from Japan. They are an excellent redesign with a control stick similar to the Gamecube's but even better.

However, the placement of the d-pad leaves a lot to be desired so if you find yourself playing anything best played with the d-pad, stick to the original Nintendo one.

[Jedi Master Baiter]

Why do people assume everyone likes the GameCube controller design?

[tankexmortis]

Wait, there are people that like the Gamecube controller design?

[petik1]

Wait, there are people that like the Gamecube controller design?

Are you kidding? The gamecube was the black sheep of nintendo consoles, but the controller was great! I love the layout.

[tankexmortis]

I wouldn't say there was a black sheep of Nintendo consoles, they all had their gems. But that Gamecube controller has awful. It made FPS games annoying, fighting games unplayable, and forced developers to either make exclusive Gamecube versions of their games, or come up with entirely new control schemes that, more often than not, just didn't work very well.

Just compare it to the Classic Controller. Play any game that can use either controller with (Brawl excepted since most of use are used to the GCN control scheme) and you'll find the Classic Controller infinitely superior. I actually couldn't beat Sin & Punishment until I got a Classic Controller, the trigger buttons took so long to press that it made the game almost unplayable.

This brings me to my very favorite thing about the 3DS. Look at the analog stick. Do you see what it's missing that every previous Nintendo analog stick has had, to the frustration of gamers everywhere? Those damn notches! Finally we can move the stick around without it getting caught and forcing us into obnoxious eight-way movement!

Anyway, this is way off-topic. I'm gonna try this thing on my N64 controller soon and see what happens. As my pirate friend with erectile dysfunction would say, that loose stick drives me nuts.

[satoshi_matrix]

Nintendo hasn't made a good general purpose controller since the days of the SNES. The N64, Gamecube and Wii controllers all work in certain games but stumble when it comes to doing every genre.

The Gamecube's pad does have a lot of issues. The four buttons are non uniformly shaped, the d-pad is the same tiny mold they used for the first generation GBA, it completely lacks a select button and the C stick is not recessed to allow person handling.

Still, there are some Gamecube games that made excellent use of the controller layout.

On the other hand, popular belief is indeed that the Gamecube controller is inferior, and there are many adapters that allow you to use PS2 controllers instead. I even have an adapter that lets me use an Xbox controller on my Gamecube! Add to that the retrozone NES/SNES adapters and the third party one that also lets you use Genesis and N64 controllers, you really have a lot of controller options if you really can't stand the GC pad. 



So let me run that by you again. When playing Gamecube games (or Wii games that let you use a GC pad) you can use any of the following

Gamecube
PS2
Xbox
NES
SNES
N64
Genesis

Not too shabby huh?

[Jedi Master Baiter]

The PS1/PS2 controllers are an excellent design (& I don't even have a PlayStation, sort of ) - it looks like an adaption to the NES/SNES controllers.

The N64 was in a way, also but the whole A, B, & C-buttons layout was kinda weird.

I think it would have been more favorably looked upon if more developers had allowed the option to opt for the D-pad instead.

[petik1]

The Gamecube's pad does have a lot of issues. The four buttons are non uniformly shaped, the d-pad is the same tiny mold they used for the first generation GBA, it completely lacks a select button and the C stick is not recessed to allow person handling.

Come to think of it, I hated playing with the gameboy player. The analog stick felt wierd with only 4 way movement, and like you said, the D pad was too f*cking small.

Also, Hundredth post! Yay me!