Atari joysticks...!HELP!

[MetroidsAteMyAtari]

k i just got my atari hooked up for the first time in a while and retested all the games that i have. well the first game i put in was pacman.....the joystick would not go left at all and alot of the time was fairly unresponsive. i tried 3 different joysticks....most did the same thing just better or worse but none worked correctly and i tried it on 2 2600 and the same thing.....sooo.....what could i do, if anything to make these controllers work better?

[D.Yancey]

Open them up and see if the white plastic piece that presses on the micro switches is cracked. This is really common. You can get a good cx-40 repair kit from www.bestelectronics.com at a good price. You can make a temp repair by cutting some foil and putting it between the plastic piece and the switch to compensate for the cracked plastic.

 

If you tested the stick on 2 Atari consoles, then I guess we can rule out the joystick port on the console.

Edited May 31, 2006 by D.Yancey

[Lemmi]

i used to put cardboard on the inside where the white joystick was broke, but thats only a temp fix really

 

but i did buy a bunch of the white joystick parts from Best elec.

http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/CX40_REBUILD%20KIT.htm

 

these work great, i bought 2 kits and 2 of the white inner part about 4 years ago

have you taken yours apart yet to see of the white part that hits the contacts arent cracked?

[MetroidsAteMyAtari]

one of them is broken....then i noticed that the buttons on the chip on one 2 are competely flat.....course i would think that would make it always want to go in that direction.....but thank you i think i will go buy the kit

Edited May 31, 2006 by MetroidsAteMyAtari