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6580665 No.6580665 [Reply] [Original]

Have we solved this issue yet?
All of my OEM sticks are Mario Party'd to hell, and I've yet to find a replacement that doesn't go spastic in GoldenEye.

>> No.6580690
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6580690

>>6580665
Yeah if you want to spend $125 bones and be put on a 5 year waitlist

https://steelsticks64.com/

>> No.6580708

>>6580665
Can also recommend the steel stick, saw one of the "pro"-smash 64 players talking about them saying that he has been fine for several years using the same controller thanks to it.

>> No.6580735

>>6580690
>https://steelsticks64.com/
It's such a fucking shame. These look like an excellent solution but the guy working on them is slower than a snail. The last update was from November 2016

>> No.6580737

>>6580735
He's actually more active on his twitter, but he's still working on the original ~500 orders that were placed back in 2016.

>> No.6580761

>>6580737
>but he's still working on the original ~500 orders that were placed back in 2016.
Great. Only have to wait 5+ more years

>> No.6580764

>>6580737
He has to wait for that $62,000 to dry up

>> No.6580982

>>6580690
>>6580735
>>6580737
I still think this shit is vaporware. Dude doesn't answer emails, etc.

>> No.6580994

Kitsch-bent makes replacement bowls and gears, although it looks like they're out of the bowls right now. You can get them from other places on the internet, though.

A replacement bowl/gears and a tube of Joystick Butter will be just fine.

>> No.6581002

>>6580982
This guy reminds me of badass consoles
other scammer vaporware dick lol

>> No.6581020
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Micro's Stick Converter PCB V3
you can build your own

>> No.6581158

>>6580690
Wish the chinks would get on this after they are done cloning the Saturn ODE.

>> No.6581380

>>6580665
Wasn't the issue with the gears around the stick?

>> No.6581519

>>6580690
Alternatively you can go to the shop and buy an A bowl for $50, or a B bowl for $20. Then like $5 on brand new plastic gears, and then lube it with the free lube he sends you and you're like 95% of the way to perfect. That's what I did. Wish I had a steel stick itself, but this will certainly do.

>> No.6581520

>>6580735
>he hasn’t gotten his steel stick yet
You must’ve gotten on the sellers bad side

>> No.6581709

>>6581380
The issue was the plastic bowl and stick rubbing on each other eventually wearing the stick to sink in, which then fucks the gears.

>> No.6581920

>>6581519
If they ever come back in stock, the B bowls seem like a pretty solid deal for getting some more life out of N64 controllers.

>> No.6583558

>>6581920
They seem to come back like every year or so, rather inconsistent.
I emailed him asking when they would come back, or if he had any lying around that I could buy. Hey replied saying yes to both. He had a few A grade bowls (about 20 I think) that never got used or something, and listed them shortly after. I think like three months later the new batch of all bowls came in.
And I have to agree it is a solid deal, even if it's supposed to be imperfect, a few of those would be great for my guest controllers... okay maybe just one more. Even the party machine n64 can't draw a crowd these days I guess.
at least it feels authentic and not completely wrong and half baked like the game cube joystick solutionl.