Broken N64 Controllers
Teresa Rasnake
The N64 controllers, at the local TRU, are already
broken. One can still move Mario on the screen but, he
takes off on his own as soon as the controller is
released. How are the controllers doing in your area?
Carl.
They AREN'T BROKEN, they just require a system reset to recalibrate.
Spellweaver
Quoth Teresa Rasnake:
> The N64 controllers, at the local TRU, are already
> broken. One can still move Mario on the screen but, he
> takes off on his own as soon as the controller is
> released. How are the controllers doing in your area?
As has been stated before, this is due to the joystick being
mis-calibrated. Leave the joystick in the neutral position,
and press L + R + Start to re-calibrate it. If someone were
to do this whilst pressing in some direction, that direction
would be considered neutral and you would see the effect you
described.
Mahmut Parlar
In article <323AD1...@worldnet.att.net>,
Teresa Rasnake <Teresa....@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>The N64 controllers, at the local TRU, are already
>broken. One can still move Mario on the screen but, he
>takes off on his own as soon as the controller is
>released. How are the controllers doing in your area?
From what I heard, this happens almost everywhere. However, it is not
broken. It has to do with people playing with the joystick while the N64
is being turned on. When the N64 is powered up, it detects what position
the jostick is in, and considers that the center. So if someone is
pushing on the stick at the same time it is being turned on, it will be
calibrated wrong. To recalibrate during game play, I think you
hold L and R, or L and R and Z. I am not sure about that part, but
believe me, the controller is not broken.
Galina Bokser
In <Pine.OSF.3.91.96091...@alcor.concordia.ca> "Carl."
<cj_...@alcor.concordia.ca> writes:
>
>
>On Sat, 14 Sep 1996, Teresa Rasnake wrote:
>
>> The N64 controllers, at the local TRU, are already
>> broken. One can still move Mario on the screen but, he
>> takes off on his own as soon as the controller is
>> released. How are the controllers doing in your area?
>>
>>
>
yeah, press the l and r buttons with start at the same time and they
will recalibrate...
n...@swlink.net
It might not be that the controllers are broken, but more like out of
calibration, I am not shure hot to calibrate the analog stick some say to
hold L and R and Press Start!
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Ken Gagne
Teresa Rasnake (Teresa....@worldnet.att.net) wrote:
: The N64 controllers, at the local TRU, are already
: takes off on his own as soon as the controller is
: released. How are the controllers doing in your area?
If the analog stick is not in the neutral (center) position when the
system is started, it will not function properly. Possibly someone was
trying to play when it was powered on that morning?
-Ken Gagne
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On Sat, 14 Sep 1996, Teresa Rasnake wrote:
> The N64 controllers, at the local TRU, are already
> broken. One can still move Mario on the screen but, he
> takes off on his own as soon as the controller is
> released. How are the controllers doing in your area?
>
You should try reading other posts. This has already been addressed a
whole bunch. It's a stick calibration problem.
Peace
Bert
Twon
Carl. wrote:
>
> On Sat, 14 Sep 1996, Teresa Rasnake wrote:
>
> > The N64 controllers, at the local TRU, are already
> > broken. One can still move Mario on the screen but, he
> > takes off on his own as soon as the controller is
> > released. How are the controllers doing in your area?
> >
> >
>
There are 2 that are broken at my local TRU.
SiliGoose
Twon <sput...@geocities.com> wrote:
->Carl. wrote:
->>
->> On Sat, 14 Sep 1996, Teresa Rasnake wrote:
->>
->> > The N64 controllers, at the local TRU, are already
->> > broken. One can still move Mario on the screen but, he
->> > takes off on his own as soon as the controller is
->> > released. How are the controllers doing in your area?
->> >
->> >
->>
->> They AREN'T BROKEN, they just require a system reset to
recalibrate.
->There are 2 that are broken at my local TRU.
You guys have got to realize just how much punishment these display
controllers go through. In the month TRU will have them on display
I'd imagine the controllers have gone through a couple of harsh years
in the life of your average controllers.
-SiliGoose
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except to dare to think and to dare to go with the truth and
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John & Ramiro Barrera
Your're right. Most of the time though it's stupid little kids that have
nothing to do, or have no money, and no parents with them, that break
the controllers. One time i saw some little punk kid beating on a PSX
controller for no reason.
Visor
> You guys have got to realize just how much punishment these display
> controllers go through. In the month TRU will have them on display
> I'd imagine the controllers have gone through a couple of harsh years
> in the life of your average controllers.
>
> -SiliGoose
I was amazed when the machine arrived at Toys R Us around here that the
controllers are left dangling on their cord, which certainly doesn't
appear healthy. BUT the controller worked fine when I tried it.
Prince of Games
In article <324994...@geocities.com>,
Twon <sput...@geocities.com> wrote:
>Carl. wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 14 Sep 1996, Teresa Rasnake wrote:
>>
>> > The N64 controllers, at the local TRU, are already
>> >
>> >
>>
>
You see what happens is ( in know this from the SM64 manual), they turn it on
with the joystik all the way to the right, so the system thinks that that is
the defalt (middle, nutral, etc..) so that's why he goes by himself
Zsolt Szabo
In article <3249ED...@concentric.net>,
John & Ramiro Barrera <tro...@concentric.net> wrote:
>Your're right. Most of the time though it's stupid little kids that have
>nothing to do, or have no money, and no parents with them, that break
>the controllers. One time i saw some little punk kid beating on a PSX
>controller for no reason.
Why didn't you say to him "YO MAN, YOU PUNK ASS BITCH, DON'T MAKE ME BEAT
YOUR ASS!!!"
:-)
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Carl. (cj_...@alcor.concordia.ca) wrote:
:
:
: On Sat, 14 Sep 1996, Teresa Rasnake wrote:
:
: > The N64 controllers, at the local TRU, are already
: > broken. One can still move Mario on the screen but, he
: > takes off on his own as soon as the controller is
: > released. How are the controllers doing in your area?
: >
: >
:
: They AREN'T BROKEN, they just require a system reset to recalibrate.
Or you can just hold down L, R, and then hit start (with the
joystick in the center positon, that will recalibrate them too!
Dav...@interramp.com
Actually, one of them at one of my local TRU is definately broken. It
hooks to the right, and no matter how many times you do the
recalibrate function (as stated in the manual and above post, hold L
and R and press start) it only corrects itself for a matter of seconds
and then goes back to doing it again. I'm sure, no doubt, those damn
kids dropped it one too many times on those nice hard TRU
floors......and after a week do you think any TRU employees replaced
it? Of course not!