Place to buy Vectrex controller, Sega Gen modded one, or the PSX adaptor

[Coleridge]

Hi guys,

I recently picked up a Vectrex (finally!) but the controller is shot. I know it's fixable. I tried, but failed. I have no repair skills, apparently.

So, I've been googling for a retailer to get a replacement controller from, or a Genesis modded one, or some other kind of adapter like the PSX one (no longer being made).

I've found nothing. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Controllers pop-up pretty rarely on ebay and I have a feeling it's going to take me a while to find one at a reasonable price.

Thanks for any help.

[Sunnyvale]

Finding one at a reasonable price is almost certain to not happen online. If I had your broke one, I'd want $25 for it.
Either search the wild for a long time, fix the one you got, or pay the $50 they go for.

[Coleridge]

Finding one at a reasonable price is almost certain to not happen online. If I had your broke one, I'd want $25 for it.
Either search the wild for a long time, fix the one you got, or pay the $50 they go for.

Where are you seeing them for $50? Ebay? $50 is a reasonable price. I'm having trouble finding a place to buy one.

[Sunnyvale]

OK, if $50 is reasonable to you, there's a NOS one now on Ebay, but it'll break $50:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-VECTREX-...item58919c0aed

It's going to take some time if you just want a working used one. HTF and sought after, that makes it rough. Add it to your Ebay 'Saved Searches', and hope for the best. Maybe someone here will have an extra.

[synbiosfan]

When I was in the same boat, I found an auction where I won another complete Vectrex for $60 shipped. It was way cheaper at the time than any of the controller BINs.

I did look for a few months I should mention.

[Sunnyvale]

When I was in the same boat, I found an auction where I won another complete Vectrex for $60 shipped. It was way cheaper at the time than any of the controller BINs.

I did look for a few months I should mention.

And even then, at that price, it was kind of a crap shoot on the controller being 100%, am I right? Or did the seller mislabel it?