GC controller, C-stick reads "up"?

[+kisrael]

Is it just me or are GC controllers more liable to get bogus "c stick constantly pressed up" readings than a lot of other systems? I try to make sure that the thing isn't being pressed at system startup, and it seems like sometimes the basic measures of plug/unplug controller and power cycling don't always fix it...any suggestions?

 

Another question is, and this applies to a lot of systems...what's the single best game to quickly boot and do a brief controller test? Smash Bros Melee, for instance, immediately shifts around when for the yellow stick at least, because of a weird feature where it changes the angle of the menus....

[joeybastard]

It's never happened on my GC sticks. My Dreamcast seems to do that once in a while but not my GC. Does it do it to all of your controllers or just 1?

[sega saturn x]

My grey stick has gotten out of whack but never my C.

[joeybastard]

My grey stick has gotten out of whack but never my C.

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Good point. On my DC, I'm referring to the D stick since a DC doesn't have C stick.

[Dones]

Another question is, and this applies to a lot of systems...what's the single best game to quickly boot and do a brief controller test?

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For me the quickest way to test would be gamecube's own setup screens. You can move the 'setup cube' in all directions (except diagonal) with both analog and c-stick.

[Famicoman]

One of my GC controllers does that too. There is a certain button combo that you can press at the game cube start up screen that will reset the controller sticks, but I cant remember what it is.

[shep]

I've never had a single problem with the cube controllers.

[rockman_x_2002]

One of my GC controllers does that too. There is a certain button combo that you can press at the game cube start up screen that will reset the controller sticks, but I cant remember what it is.

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It's holding Y, X, and start for a few seconds. You should notice it when it takes affect if the controller is causing significant "weird" things on your screen.

[Xot]

This is gonna sound stupid, but how do you store the controller? I had this problem briefly, and I noticed it was because when I wound the cord up, it was always pushing the C stick up, so it auto-centered on that position when I powered up the Cube.

[+kisrael]

I *think* I'm generally pretty careful to make sure all the buttons are at neutral at powerup...