Anything to do with broken wii classic cointroller?

[c0ldb33r]

My classic controller is broken. The down and left D-pad buttons don't work.

I don't really want to toss it.

Anything neat to do with it?

[RP2A03]

If it is really broken and not worth the trouble to repair, I would hang on to it for spare parts. At the very least those sticks should work in a GameCube controller and, obviously, the nunchuck. I don't recall what the rubbers look like, but the possibility of using them in other Nintendo controllers is worth investigating as well.


Also, the button caps may be usable on other controllers.


Also, also, if you really want a project you could use your broken controller as a passthrough by wiring another one (such as a Genesis controller) to it.

[Retrocade Fantasia]

Clean it perhaps?

[XYXZYZ]

In my experience faulty game pads are usually due to a defective chip, and there's not much you can do about that. But still, it is worth opening up and taking a look, and as Retrocade said clean the contact pads and see what happens. Also, if you have another controller you can try swapping the wiring harness, a bad wire connection could be the culprit as well.

This may also be one of those mysterious cases where you take it apart, fiddle around with it and not really do anything, put it back together and it magically works. (It happens sometimes!)