New N64-Controllers for sale in retail shops!

Yeah, but turbo controllers of the era often did this too. I always wanted one smart enough that the game wouldn't miss a button press 50% of the time. You know, like simulate a press-hold on alternate pauses for two simulated presses of the start button and then hold. It could cause issues with games that have menus when paused but the majority of pause menus back then only responded to the Start button.

 

All turbo controllers I have for all my old consoles have the slow-mo function. Only thing they seem to be good for is your cousin trolling you when playing Sonic Classic Heroes on real hardware in a 3 player format. I had to get rid of it and give him a standard non turbo controller to stop it...

 

I heard mixed things on those controllers but told best current ones. I'm suprised no one is selling the analogue stick part by itself that is close to Nintendo spec.

 

I'm going to take a step further and say that I'm surprised no one is selling metallic stick and replacement bowl pieces. I've wanted exact reproductions of the stick in metal since I first identified the nub rubbing down as the main culprit. LONG before the interrupters (swinging black plastic parts) start wearing, the nub on the tip of the stick starts. The gritty bits increase the friction and it wears faster and faster while also grinding layers off the "bowl" beneath. Once it sinks down, the ball that the stick normally pivots on begins to contact the interrupters and wear slack in them as well. By the time that happens, it's too far gone.

I've always suspected that a metallic stick with a polished nub would functionally last forever in a well cared for controller as long as it was brand-new when first substituted for the plastic one, lubed often, and not allowed to get gritty. Because you can never get the new feel back after the first grinding sensation even if it's long before they get slack, a stick and bowl replacement should be available to those who need to revive a used but salvageable controller. For slack sticks with worn interrupters a whole replacement module makes sense, but the other parts should be more than enough to have plenty of good controllers.