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n64fags - do you fix your limp sticks or do you buy a new OEM controller that's still tight?

>> No.8988835

>>8988830
Ive had the same golden controller for 2 decades now and never had a stick issue. Stop palming in mario party.

>> No.8988852

>>8988830
I lube up all my controllers. My most worn out controllers I replaced with kitsch bent parts. Pretty satisfied with them.

>> No.8988857

I bought two brand new OEM controllers and have been using one of them. The other is for the future.
Luckily I thought to do so when things were cheap.

>> No.8988860

I just bought a replacement stick.

>> No.8988894

>>8988852
I still need to get on with replacing the parts that are fucked up. So far I've gotten by with cleaning and lubing the stick bowl, but I'm worried it's not gonna be enough after 20+ years.

>> No.8988907

>>8988830
No replacement parts will feel the same. Nothing you do the original parts will make it feel right again. All you can really do is keep an eye out for OEM ones with good sticks.

>> No.8988928

>>8988907
Definitely some truth to this. Got a lot of clean ones from Japan.

However, kitsch bent with a new bowl dont feel terrible depending on your sensitivity. I’d say they get to a good 7/10.

>>8988894
If they are worn down you really do need to replace or repair the bowl and gears. Lube won't replace the ground down plastic.

I think with lube they will last a good while. If not everything breaks down eventually. You cant take this shit when you die.

>> No.8988938

Dealing with the shitty joystick is half the fun of playing n64 games.

>> No.8988948
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8988948

>>8988830
Somewhat related, the Saturn Shiro group recently interviewed the designer of the Saturn Virtua Gun, 3D Controller, and the Dreamcast controller and he had some interesting comments on all three 5th gen systems analog sticks.

https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2022/06/03/interview-kenji-tosaki-talks-saturn-dreamcast-peripheral-design/

>> No.8988991

>>8988928
>You cant take this shit when you die.
Says you. I'm entombing my home or at least my room with poured concrete over rebar. Anyone who wants to scavenge my collection are more than welcome to brave the various traps and irritations I will have set up. Defenses that make a Wizardry game dungeon look like post Gen 2 Pokemon. The Egyptian pharaohs had the right idea.

>> No.8988992

>>8988907
ok consoooooooooooooooooooomer

>> No.8989024
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8989024

>>8988830
i bought a Hori mini pad

>> No.8989025

>>8988835
Never played Mario Party and I have this issue. I don't have issues with any other controller I've had.

>> No.8989040

>>8988948
>We also had several meetings with Nintendo and the staff that developed the N64 controller. I respect them a lot.
That's fucking crazy, you would never think that directly competing companies were just sharing major information with each other like this, especially considering this is Nintendo and Sega we're talking about.

>> No.8989056

>>8988830
i got the lifetime warranty so i just send them back to nintendo and they fix them for me

>> No.8989065
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8989065

>>8988948
Well this certainly explains why the controller cord was detachable, and why the Dreamcast controller had the expansion bays it wound up with

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8989072

>>8989040
you really underestimate the power of japanese cultural politeness autism

>> No.8989110

>>8989072
It makes sense. You never know where you might be working in 5 years. This is the reason why 95% of Japanese developers suck up to Nintendo. They pay well.

>> No.8989225
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8989225

>>8988830
What is that on the D pad? Tranny spooge? Why are nintendo's modern fanbase like this?

>> No.8989228
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8989228

>>8988907
Why can't they just make a new dual stick version? Nowhere does this exist. A six face button dual analogue, with all 4 shoulders.

>> No.8989229

>>8989225
You have a mental problem, tubby.

>> No.8989231
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8989231

>>8989024
Did you ask them where the other stick had gone?

>> No.8989234

>>8989228
>symmetrical sticks
Never talk to me or my son ever again.

>> No.8989247

>>8989229
No you do, kill yourself faggot.

>> No.8989249

>>8989234
Stop bumming him.

>> No.8989259

>>8989225
Nah, it's bacon grease. Not only a tranny, but fat and can't afford lube, so poor too.
Like this projector, >>8989229

>> No.8989449

>>8988830
You can get replacement joysticks (OG style or gamecube style) on ali express for peanuts.

>> No.8989696
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8989696

>>8988830
I just throw em away and grab a good one from the box

>> No.8989720

The N64 is a fucking money sink. There, I said it. Just emulate the 3 worthwhile games on that shitbox

>> No.8990064

>>8989720
Yeah I'm slowly learning that :(

>> No.8990076

>>8988830
just replace it

>> No.8990078

>>8990064
>everdrive
>nip gold n64 controller w/ console cheaper than banged up charcoal black u.s. console
>money sink

>> No.8990081

>>8989696
based
>>8989720
How? Consoles are what, a hundred bucks at the most? You'll get a controller bundled or you could find a bundle with an unfucked controller and maybe spend $150. Now you spend $80 on ED64+ and also pickup $10 s-video cable. Now you can play the whole library as it was intended.
Pretty sure an SNES or Genesis with good video output is more expensive than this, even a Dreamcast or PS1 will be more pricey if you want to get accessories like a light gun and clean controllers.

>> No.8990090

>>8989720
It's a console with like 3 expensive games and a controller that wears out if you don't take care of it, not a project car with a dead engine

>> No.8990272

>>8989720
>There, I said it.
Did you? Did you really say "Siri, shitpost this for me"
>Just emulate the 3 worthwhile games on that shitbox
That's exactly what I did back in 96 when there were only three worthwhile games. What are you trying to say kiddo?

>> No.8990276

>>8988991
>The plot to Exhumed.

>> No.8990282

>>8989720
There’s far more than 3 games!
There’s Mario, Zelda… the list goes on.

>> No.8990368

Just emulate it.
There's only two good games on the system anyway.

>> No.8990569

I have two n64 controllers and both sticks are limp since forever now.
Last year I bought a brawler64 controller, the one with game cube stick and it's kinda bad. I noticed more input lag compared to the og controller and I didn't like the gc stick for n64 because it seems to be more sensitive, precision movements are harder.

I don't know what to do bros :'(

>> No.8990580

Are the n6r sticks supposed to grind? Like there's some chunky resistance when pushing to the far edges in certain directions. I have two controllers and they both feel like this. The sticks aren't particularly loose or anything, they just feel kind of shitty in general

>> No.8990618

>>8990580
No, that’s why you need to lubricate them. The control stick will destroy the inside of the bowl it sits in by grinding away the plastic as you use it.
Pickup some grease, watch a YouTube video and save your controllers before it’s too late.

>> No.8990636

>>8988948
I remember saying the n64 analog works just like a mouse ball mechanism and nintendo autists laughed at me.

>> No.8990794

>>8990636
But of course you do

>> No.8990927

>>8988948
Can you use the saturn controller on the n64?
I know you can use the PS one on it

>> No.8991037

>>8990282
There is always mario and zelda with you sick nintoddlers. Can you play anything aside from these franchises that turned a whole generation of gaymers into tranny abonimations?

>> No.8991320

I experimented with GC styled replacement sticks but in the end nothing compares to the original, so I just ended up getting a Brawler 64 and it's not too bad except I can't connect my transfer pak to otm

>> No.8991521

>>8990078
Even assuming you get the shitty chink knockoff that's still like 200 bucks.
You also *need* a memory card and expansion pak for another 60 bucks.
And that's assuming you are OK living without RGB mod.
If you want to get that it's another 200 bucks for the HDMI out unless you have already have a scaler set up which would make be even more money.
>just use a CRT bro lmfao
That's assuming everybody kept their old CRTs around and can just dust them off... so more money still!

It's not a cheap console. Especially if you don't already have a retro setup.

>> No.8991531

>>8991037
imagine responding to the most infamous /vr/ quote of all time

>> No.8991634

>>8990081
Dreamcast is actually kinda expensive. PS1 is dirt cheap though, probably the second cheapest next to Genesis. Wii used to be just as cheap but the value went up in recent years.

>> No.8991816

>>8989231
nope, why did you ask that?

>> No.8991821

>>8991634
You can find wii for 25 dollars, I could buy 3 for that money

>> No.8991831

>>8991821
dude you arent buying shit for $25. basically any console costs bare minimum 70-80 dollars nowadays. the only way youre finding anything for $25 is if you randomly stumble upon it at a yardsale or thrift store with a retarded owner, and even then 99% of the units you find are going to have issues or be covered in dirt and laced with dried piss, food, hair and pablo's bean gas. anyone who wants a console and isnt willing to spend 2 weeks going to yardsales hoping to find one in good condition by complete happenstance is going to need to go on ebay and drop $100 and thats the end of it

>> No.8991846

>>8988852
is there a special lube I should use or is silicon grease good enough?

>> No.8991873

I don't want to brag, but I use a MakoPad 64.

>> No.8991876

>>8991846
If you wanna be paranoid you should use a dielectric grease but there isn't really much of a risk of lube getting onto the circuits, just make sure you have something that's plastic safe.

>> No.8991878

>>8991521
Why would you want original hardware if you don’t even have a CRT?

>> No.8991890

I bought some cheap Chinese knockoffs with modern joysticks for like $13. The original sticks are so awful that I can't tell if the Chinese ones are worse or not.

>> No.8991892
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8991892

the n64 controller is so shitty I use third party controller and a raphnet GameCube to n64 adapter depending on the game

>> No.8991901

>>8991521
I bought my n64 for 100 bucks,came with a controller and mario 64 then i took another 20 dollars for some boomers CRT.
Wow it was so hard to have a retro setup.
Never get an actually expensive hobby,ive spent double that easily just to have a different guitar sound lmao.

>> No.8991928

>>8991878
because emulation of the n64 is still shit

>> No.8991952

I have a almost never used one in a box(not sealed) that i sometimes pull out just to remember what its supposed to feel like

>> No.8991956

>>8991928
No. let me guess you also still use project64 and cry about not being able to configure retroarch?

>> No.8991965

>>8991956
Close, I use a pi4.
I do not like playing console games at my computer.

>> No.8992034

>>8991965
>I do not like playing console games at my computer.
so in other words, you're okay with playing console games on a piece of shit mini PC that you've tricked your brain into somehow believing is a better representation of the authentic console s0isperience but you don't like playing them on a more capable device with better hardware because... no reason, basically? word dude, legit.

>> No.8992062

>>8992034
I like sitting on my couch and playing them on my TV, as they were meant to be played.
what's so wrong about that?

>> No.8992107

>>8992062
>what's so wrong about that?
So many things. Not the least of which is what you're doing to that poor couch.

>> No.8992134

>>8992062
you could always hook your PC up to your TV if you werent retarded

>> No.8992429

>>8991892
Needs another stick so it can be utilized for other things. I'd make the face buttons the same size and perhaps add some extra auxiliary buttons on the back. Future proofing a rare six face button controller.The market for one is there, but there are so few.

>> No.8992436

>>8992134
NTA but Modern Tv's can get damaged this way.

>> No.8992496

>>8992436
Using your tv in general can damage it.

>> No.8992539

>>8992496
this user is underage

>> No.8992939

>>8992436
by connecting your PC to TV by HDMI? yeah, i dont think so

>> No.8993127

>>8992134
Pretty bit PITA to move my tower to the TV area every time I want to play some emulation, but yes true.

>> No.8993306

>>8992496
>>8992436
>>8992062
>>8991965
>>8991928
baited

>> No.8993612

>>8991634
You can get a Dreamcast for a reasonable price and the console is literally all you need.Buy a stack of CD-Rs and play literally every game in the library because it doesn't have DRM and doesn't require any modding whatsoever to play backups

>> No.8994819

>>8992062
ive had my pc hooked up to my living room tv for like 3 years now, without issue. just need one of those sliding tables to put the mouse and keyboard on, and it becomes pretty comfy