Opening/Cleaning/Assembling An N64 Controller

[Leny1777]

Can you sell me n64 controllers?

[Leny1777]

Can you marry me?

[danielabare86]

I misplace my plinger for the trigger

[dragster598]

Where do you find your rare collectibles?

[tacosandcheese]

Being bored, I decided to hook up the old n64 for some classic Zelda play.

Lil' joystick was old and sloppy so, being a guy, I decided to just open it and shit just started flying everywhere.

You can actually open that little joystick panel, and clean it.. but I couldn't figure out how to reassemble the rest of the remote.

I found this vid (may 2011? dam didn't know ppl still did n64 vids) and it helped!

Thanks. I can finally play Zelda.

[RAYTHEMAN16]

how do you replace the rubber part of the z button

[richieb74]

I love watching your videos, I can space out to them all day.

[CrazySteve88]

I found the best way to clean controller shells and buttons is to wash them with soap. It cleans the entire shell, removes any oil or anything really, and completely restores it to brand new(or darn near it!). The only downside is you have to wait for the shell to dry but once you've put it back together you'll have a brand newish controller.

[henryblazer20]

I absolutely love your background with the different N64 controllres, what got you into collecting for the N64? how did you mount the contrllers? thanks and keep up the great work

[GustoTheGamer]

looks like new. The 2000 controller was awesome. Great vid!

[Doommaster1122]

Awesome. This is going to help me replace my N64 analog stick. I'm looking into getting a replacement as mine have gotten loose.

[ddr2nite]

Some more comments: you never covered cleaning the bottom half of the controller which has the Z button, which is removable. I typically remove it and clean that button out. I also use a q-tip and clean out the holes that the screws fit into, which tends to get dusty and dirty. Also I clean the inside areas where the memory pack fits into, that can get real dirty. Finally, I clean the crevasse area by the joystick which also tends to accumulate dirt/grime.

[ddr2nite]

You have a typo in your video's title Mel. It's spelled "Assembling"... you're missing the "m".

As an FYI, you can replace just the "joystick" part of the thumbstick assembly. I've done it several times, including on a Millennium 2000. It is difficult because it is spring loaded, but to an experienced expert it is easy. This process of replacing the "guts" of the thumbstick assembly actually fixes the "loose stick" problem.

[melaniespikowski]

@ddr2nite Thanks I fixed it. And I know, I just didn't want to get into that in this video.

[supersingingfreak]

well this is totally off the subject but do you like final fantasy?

[Purtle28Patrick]

I did a video like this a month or two ago, except it was focused on cleaning.

It was nice to see the millenium

[NesBoy1985]

I do this to my NES carts and controllers once a year

[PandaSwagX]

Great Video(:

[nikogta444]

i left my window open and it rained on one of my remotes

[nastybeard]

my N64 controllers... they need to be cleaned, that's for sure!!

nice vid!!

[nastybeard]

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