How To Fix Your Atari 5200 Controller for FREE!

Ever think you did get truly ripped off from eBay and that crooked seller screwed you over?!?

NOT ANYMORE thanks to this helpful video I wanted to share with the YouTube gaming community and anyone else who ever dealt with those infamous non-working controllers... as you will see in the video that's not the case and the solution to it is so damn easy!

Most of the time you might think it's broken but the cell membrane that the buttons touch is just dirty and needs a through cleaning. For this fix you will need only three small household items. 1.)Flathead screwdriver. 2.) Philips Screwdriver. And 3.) A pencil eraser. Here is my small video explaining how to do so.

Major props to ozzmanofkey to do my version of this repair video = )

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Atari 5200
• ozzmanofkey
• Retro Gaming
• OldSchoolNYCGamer

[theataripunk]

how often we should clean the controllers?

[OldSchoolNYCGamer]

@theataripunk - It really depends on how much you use them and how they are stored, if you just got the controllers off eBay or a flea market I would clean them and test to see if they fully work cause that is usually the problem with the controllers.

[WARPUDDY666]

Great easy fix vid and seeing how they are made it makes sense that they would quit working over the years from getting dirty.

This will be the first thing I do if I get a 5200.

[OldSchoolNYCGamer]

@WARPUDDY666 - It's the same really for any controller that would have membrane keys like the one of the 5200, saves so much money with just a little T.L.C.

[Nineteeneightyfour01]

AVGN must be shown this!! :O

[OldSchoolNYCGamer]

@Nineteeneightyfour01 - I think he knows, when he did that bit about the 5200 it was a site gag. As much as James has been a gamer he knows where to joke on the obvious and is a cool individual.

[OldSchoolNYCGamer]

@gtb2009b - It depends on which 5200 system you have, the 4 port is the one that has that crappy RF / AC adapter combo.

I usually always disconnect my controllers and put them in properly after using them every single time and take care of my consoles.

[gtb2009b]

You put your controlers upside down in the compartment and wrap the cords around the joystick and the lid should close one reason the cords are kinda short I guess. You can keep the connected to the console too but don't have too the lid will close both ways. Best looking system I think. The switch on the rf is to enable the system to switch to on the fly with the power button. It was great at the time the old way you had to go behind the tv and switch it manually every time you wanted to play.

[OldSchoolNYCGamer]

@Darkangelofthelight - No problem at all, I really thought this was BS when I first tried this method and the results came out better than I expected. = )

[Darkangelofthelight]

I have to admit that when i first saw this I thought it couldn't be that easy. Then i did it on my own controllers and they magically work now. Thanks a lot dude, you just saved me a bunch of money