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"Broken Controllers..."

I have had my N64 for some time now. Can’t remember exactly, but I must have got it the year or year after its UK release. Anyway, the first two official controllers I got when I got the system still work. The control sticks are not quite as good as they were, but still perfectly functional and working order. My competition pro N64 control, that I got free (thanks SR!) still works fine, but occasionally a button messes up and I have to put it on turbo, and back to normal, and it works fine again. Dunno why that is, but it’s only happened a couple of times.

Anyway, my brother got a PSX after I got my N64, (about two years after I think), and of the three (or possibly four, but I think three) controllers he has bought over the time he has had it only one is still working. One messed up and one button refused to work, and the rumble function kept doing one little rumble every once in a while for no apparent reason, even when rumble was off. Another has a few buttons (including the start button I think) broken, and some others won’t work, and the PSX won’t recognise that a controller is plugged in if you put that one in the port.

Now call me crazy, but how come all my controllers for N64 work fine and only one of my brother’s PSX controller’s works. I know for a fact that my N64 has seen more use than the PSX because I play my N64 quite a lot and he hardly ever touches the PSX and I very rarely do either. And the only multiplayer game we play on the PSX is Anna Kournikova Tennis, but multiplayer sessions are usually on the N64 with Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Mario Kart and Lylatwars. Up till now I have only given facts, but here is something I will probably get yelled at for.

Could it be that PSX controllers are not as well manufactured or as durable as N64 controllers are? If this is true, then surely PS2 controllers won’t be as good either? This may be true, or maybe my brother was just extraordinarily unlucky. Or maybe he just got frustrated and threw the controllers against a hard thing and they broke. If you have had any controller experiences I would be intrigued to see if anyone else has (or hasn’t as the case may be) had problems like this.

FatButcher wrote:
> All my PS1 controllers work fine still, maybe it because N64 controllers are
> made out of the same stuff that girls dolls and starbug are made of!! (ref: red
> dwalf)

I don't get it...

Maybe it was an insode joke, or maybe it just wasn't funny... I guess I'll never know.

But if that was an attempt at insulting Nintendo I WILL hunt you down and kill you.

PS I'm suprised I haven't had 100's of PSX fans writing in to make death threats, and insult my 'obviously inferior' intellect.
*Along comes Ant...*

;-)

I remember when my PS controller wouldn't work; all the buttons acted as different ones, eg X as O etc. Anyway I took the controller apart, scraped out some of the sweat that had gathered, cleaned some of the contacts, put it back together and it worked fine for a while, but then broke again. So I took it apart and put it back together as before. But this time checking any wires weren't stretching and now it works fine!!!!! It gets alot of use.
Sibs wrote:
> I have had my N64 for some time now. Can’t remember exactly, but I must have got
> it the year or year after its UK release. Anyway, the first two official
> controllers I got when I got the system still work. The control sticks are not
> quite as good as they were, but still perfectly functional and working order. My
> competition pro N64 control, that I got free (thanks SR!) still works fine, but
> occasionally a button messes up and I have to put it on turbo, and back to
> normal, and it works fine again. Dunno why that is, but it’s only happened a
> couple of times.

Anyway, my brother got a PSX after I got my N64, (about two
> years after I think), and of the three (or possibly four, but I think three)
> controllers he has bought over the time he has had it only one is still working.
> One messed up and one button refused to work, and the rumble function kept doing
> one little rumble every once in a while for no apparent reason, even when rumble
> was off. Another has a few buttons (including the start button I think) broken,
> and some others won’t work, and the PSX won’t recognise that a controller is
> plugged in if you put that one in the port.

Now call me crazy, but how come
> all my controllers for N64 work fine and only one of my brother’s PSX
> controller’s works. I know for a fact that my N64 has seen more use than the PSX
> because I play my N64 quite a lot and he hardly ever touches the PSX and I very
> rarely do either. And the only multiplayer game we play on the PSX is Anna
> Kournikova Tennis, but multiplayer sessions are usually on the N64 with
> Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Mario Kart and Lylatwars. Up till now I have only given
> facts, but here is something I will probably get yelled at for.

Could it be
> that PSX controllers are not as well manufactured or as durable as N64
> controllers are? If this is true, then surely PS2 controllers won’t be as good
> either? This may be true, or maybe my brother was just extraordinarily unlucky.
> Or maybe he just got frustrated and threw the controllers against a hard thing
> and they broke. If you have had any controller experiences I would be intrigued
> to see if anyone else has (or hasn’t as the case may be) had problems like
> this.

All my PS1 controllers work fine still, maybe it because N64 controllers are made out of the same stuff that girls dolls and starbug are made of!! (ref: red dwalf)

I'm not sure if it was my brothers treatment of the controllers. I'm not really sure if he hit them around much..

I cannot remember hitting my N64 controllers around much, but from what's been said here the official ones can take just about anything. oh, and thanks er-no, I may have to look into that and try it, as my competition pro controller (free courtesy of SR!) is getting a bit stiff.

Anyway it seems so far most people are agreeing that the N64 controllers can take a lot of punishment and (in most cases) survive.

Anyone disagree? Anyone got anything else to say about the PSX controllers and how much damage they can take?

I've never had any problems with my N64 controllers, i've thrown them around the room enough times but they all still work.

I have an easily fustrated brother. The N64 controller took various beatings ranging from when he died on Goldeneye, to when I bet him in multiplayer.
It wasn't affected.

He did manage to break one controller though.

He'd been playing Zelda for 2 hours since his last save.
There was a power cut.
He stood up and threw down the controller, rumble pack inside it...

The rumble pack snapped on the floor but the controller was intact. It didn't work anymore though.

Maybe it's your bro's use of the controller????

Sonic

tacky ps1 controllers, my NES and MAster system controllers still work perfectly!

ResÆvilfan wrote:
> i never had any problems with my PS1 pads.

Very different pads... One was more precise.

i never had any problems with my PS1 pads.