NES Max controller mod
Re: NES Max controller mod
Ordered a red stick as soon as I saw this. Can't wait to throw this together!
Re: NES Max controller mod
Thanks again for posting this. Put this together this morning!
Re: NES Max controller mod
I did this mod recently to four controllers, it is fun. I wanted to point out a few things about putting the controller back together for anyone trying this, because I saw some complaints round the web about the controller not feeling the same. This is a combination of what I learned myself and read online.
After sanding down the stick, it should fit with just the tiniest amount of slack. If you only sand enough to have the stick fit in the cycloid tightly, it applies constant pressure to the snap tabs, and they will pop loose occasionally, and possibly wear out / break over time.
The cycloid, if you're not paying attention, can be inserted wrong. Look at the base and lid to the cycloid, they are both at an angle. You have to line it up right before you snap it back in place. If you look closely at the bottom of both pieces, there is a printed S (or 5 hard to tell), line those up directly on top of one another and it will be correct to snap. Then when you drop the cycloid back in the shell of the controller, that S should be pointing to the inside of the controller; in other words the S is underneath the Right directional button. If you don't get it right, no harm done, but the whole deal will feel a bit wrong, or a lot wrong if you have the pieces turned 180 to each other.
The rubber that lies underneath the Select Start and A B buttons should be flat. There are small posts that the outer edges of the rubber sits around to keep it in place, and if you push the rubber down too far on those, it will be at an angle where the buttons are. It won't make flat contact with the circuit board, and won't feel right.
The cord and the hole it passes through into the shell are shaped like a U. You can force it in any way you want, possibly without realizing it is shaped like that, so look at it before you cram.
9 out of 10 people would probably realize all this as they go, but there are definately some people posting in other threads who have made these mistakes and can't figure what went wrong.
After sanding down the stick, it should fit with just the tiniest amount of slack. If you only sand enough to have the stick fit in the cycloid tightly, it applies constant pressure to the snap tabs, and they will pop loose occasionally, and possibly wear out / break over time.
The cycloid, if you're not paying attention, can be inserted wrong. Look at the base and lid to the cycloid, they are both at an angle. You have to line it up right before you snap it back in place. If you look closely at the bottom of both pieces, there is a printed S (or 5 hard to tell), line those up directly on top of one another and it will be correct to snap. Then when you drop the cycloid back in the shell of the controller, that S should be pointing to the inside of the controller; in other words the S is underneath the Right directional button. If you don't get it right, no harm done, but the whole deal will feel a bit wrong, or a lot wrong if you have the pieces turned 180 to each other.
The rubber that lies underneath the Select Start and A B buttons should be flat. There are small posts that the outer edges of the rubber sits around to keep it in place, and if you push the rubber down too far on those, it will be at an angle where the buttons are. It won't make flat contact with the circuit board, and won't feel right.
The cord and the hole it passes through into the shell are shaped like a U. You can force it in any way you want, possibly without realizing it is shaped like that, so look at it before you cram.
9 out of 10 people would probably realize all this as they go, but there are definately some people posting in other threads who have made these mistakes and can't figure what went wrong.
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