Duke Controller > Any other controller in console history

When you take old controllers apart, if they’ve not broken any screw posts it will be a good idea to submerge them in really hot nearly boiling water and leave them in there till the water is cold. You will find the plastic less prone to cracking/breaking, that’s a fact my friend. Great video as usual and your dry sense of humour cracks me up. Great job.

@RetroRenegadeRepairs

2 ай бұрын

That's a great tip, I'll be sure to try that out with the next few ones that come my way. Thanks!

@rorykelly8275

2 ай бұрын

@@RetroRenegadeRepairs you are welcome

@SomeAngryGuy1997

Ай бұрын

​@@rorykelly8275 Wish I knew that before my Duke started to disintegrate..

@rorykelly8275

Ай бұрын

@@SomeAngryGuy1997 you will do ok with these in the future I promise mate

@rorykelly8275

Ай бұрын

@@SomeAngryGuy1997 I would take any that you have left to pieces and treat them with my method. Hopefully they won’t damage screw posts on disassembly.

Your soldering skills are absolutely beautiful friend!

@RetroRenegadeRepairs

22 күн бұрын

Thank you very much!

all the buttons are keyed to specific holes. but yes cleaning all the plastics while its apart would be great. I ususally soak in warm dawn-water while doing the repairs.

Another great video. I hate it when people rol up the cables around the controllers :( The Duke was a great controller, still have mine in woking condition, Used it for mabey a year and got a S controller. They are indeed very fragile.

@RetroRenegadeRepairs

2 ай бұрын

Yea, I've lost many controller cables due to people wrapping up my controllers like that. The only problem is, it does take up more space wrapping the cable that way.

I had repaired some of the broken plastic post with epoxy. Great video, I just picked up one of thodr duke controllers

@RetroRenegadeRepairs

Ай бұрын

Nice. I'll have to try the epoxy method. I have a few controllers that could use some screw post repairs.

@josephperez2249

Ай бұрын

@@RetroRenegadeRepairs Awesome, when that epoxy dries it is like cement. Thanks for the reply.

LONG LIVE THE DUKE

@RetroRenegadeRepairs

Ай бұрын

Took what the dreamcast had to offer and made it better.

11:11 Парень, у тебя такое замечательное оборудование hakko. Я не поверю, что у тебя нет демонтажной станции😅 Upd: Она позади тебя стоит, скучает в одиночестве 😊

i was just 8bitdoing an n64 controller with three broken screw posts. i used the two part epoxy. i screwed the broken posts to the top half of the shell so they would surely line up, and tried to align the breaks so they would mesh properly. i also was generous with the epoxy to kind of encase the break. it came out nicely. i really dislike creaky, flappy controllers

@RetroRenegadeRepairs

Ай бұрын

Which brand epoxy are you using?

@mark902

Ай бұрын

@@RetroRenegadeRepairs literally dollar store stuff. adhear is the brand. i actually bought the stuff because i broke my glasses clean in half years ago and crazy glue wasn't cutting it.

I got a Duke a little under 10 years ago, since I didn't buy my Xbox until after the S controller was already the standard pack-in controller. Just like that one, the cord is totally twisted inside the sheath. Does that happen to a lot of those? I'm definitely going to get a replacement cord to fix that. While it's a shame you can't get them in the original translucent green, it's kind of a blessing in disguise - I purchased a pair of "Japanese" S controllers that were briefly sold here in the US back in the day - unlike the standard S controller that was sold here, the cord is that same translucent green, a bit shorter than a standard US S controller, and features a green Xbox badge instead of the black one. Although I've taken great care of them over the years, the surface of the cord got this sticky residue on them, while my regular S controllers never did.

@RetroRenegadeRepairs

10 күн бұрын

It happens quite often. Very few of the used ones I have purchased have been twist free. I have also noticed the stickiness of the cable and I think its due to a chemical people use to clean the cord.

@jcchaconjr

9 күн бұрын

⁠Well, I definitely think you are on the right track, but in my case, I have taken great care of my controllers over the years, and have never needed to clean the cords. That said, I would suspect that whatever chemicals used to make those cords are likely breaking down over the years, causing the stickiness - I did try cleaning my Duke’s cord with IPA, but after a while, the stickiness comes back… much like this white residue that I’ve never been able to eliminate from my main controller’s thumb sticks. I’m guessing in that case that oils from my thumbs caused some other kind of reaction with the rubber.

Would you mind sharing where you sourced the replacement analog sticks and replacement cord?

@RetroRenegadeRepairs

2 ай бұрын

I just added them to the description.

@alataweel8954

2 ай бұрын

@@RetroRenegadeRepairs thanks

Did you have calibration issues? I used a similar stick but it drifts initially. However, it fixes itself after a full rotation.

@RetroRenegadeRepairs

2 ай бұрын

So far I've not noticed any issues, but I'm sure I will as I replace more of the analog sticks.