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Well yeah all it takes is a small screwdriver. I tried to do that and i couldn't get a screw out and ended up stripping it :o

[max 330 mega]

umm..... its possible to take anything apart and clean it if you know what your doing....

[tholly]

i don't have the controller with me and i would like to know if you can take it apart to clean it. anyone?


it is really easy to take apart....just a couple screws and your set....use some qtips and alcohol diluted in water and you should be good.

i have taken apart 4 none working controllers and cleaned them and now they all work fine


you shouldnt have any problems with it

[Graham Mitchell]

Well yeah all it takes is a small screwdriver. I tried to do that and i couldn't get a screw out and ended up stripping it :o

Kind of off-topic, but...I had to do that with my NES console this past summer. It was real dirty. And one of the stupid screws wouldn't come out, so I had to strip it. I don't remember that happening with an old NES I had a long time ago though...do you think they designed it that way?

[GarrettCRW]

Kind of off-topic, but...I had to do that with my NES console this past summer. It was real dirty. And one of the stupid screws wouldn't come out, so I had to strip it. I don't remember that happening with an old NES I had a long time ago though...do you think they designed it that way?

I doubt it. Those official Nintendo repair guys need to be able to crack open the NES, too, after all......

[goatdan]

Honestly, if your controller isn't working well you'll probably just want to get another. They are easy to clean up, but they don't clean up very well if you're trying to improve functionality.

This reminds me of when I bought an NES Advantage back in the heyday of the NES. I saved for a few months to purchase this awesome controller (probably paid $25), and I got it home to play with it. The B button didn't function correctly and instead of taking it back, I figured I'd open it up with a screwdriver and just clean it up.

I never got the thing back together. Ever. Never owned nor used a NES Advantage since either.

The regular controller is a lot easier to clean though :) I've successfully done that myself before for ones that were cosmetically ugly.

[GarrettCRW]

This reminds me of when I bought an NES Advantage back in the heyday of the NES. I saved for a few months to purchase this awesome controller (probably paid $25), and I got it home to play with it. The B button didn't function correctly and instead of taking it back, I figured I'd open it up with a screwdriver and just clean it up.

I never got the thing back together. Ever. Never owned nor used a NES Advantage since either.

I did that when the A button on my original Advantage died in early '97, and could never figure out what had killed the poor thing. However, with my Christmas money that year, I found a ton of clearance Advantages and copies of Startropics. One of each came home with me, and the Advantage is still being its best arcade controller ever self.

[goatdan]

I did that when the A button on my original Advantage died in early '97, and could never figure out what had killed the poor thing. However, with my Christmas money that year, I found a ton of clearance Advantages and copies of Startropics. One of each came home with me, and the Advantage is still being its best arcade controller ever self.

I've had the chance to get them (the GOAT Store actually probably has about 20 that we got kind of recently) but I just haven't had the need too -- the games that I still play on my NES aren't arcade games, and I like the NES 2 controller much more for use with them.

I definitely agree that the Advantage was the best arcade controller ever, followed by the SNES Advantage that was made by AsciiWare. That thing is slick.

[GarrettCRW]

Agreed. Of course, Ascii was the developer/designer for the original, so no shocker that they copied much of the functionality and style of their earlier effort.

[Nez]

I just use a wet rag and a pin to clean my controllers. The pin is to scrape that dity crap theat get in the cracks of the controller.

[Ed Oscuro]

I used to use something like a pin to get between the cracks...but an old toothbrush works much better, and is gentler too!