Restoring Arcade Controller for My Nintendo SNES - Console Restoration 

No way this dude just did a sponsor without talking and got me to read it all…. This man is a legend. Keep it up!!

I get such a boost of serotonin every time I see a new video posted by Odd Tinkering.

Your videos are always so relaxing and therapeutic. Even if broken, left behind and neglected for years, there's still some who are willing to spend the time to make you shine again.

I just wanted to say that these videos honestly gave me a massive desire to clean and fix up some gaming controllers and consoles, and I got that opportunity the other day where my bro was gonna throw out a broken XBox One S controller. Fixed it up and cleaned off the bad paint that they put on it and now it works great! Thank you for the great content!

Always love watching these vids. A good reminder that even if you think your old hardware is broken, it possibly just needs a bit of a clean up, a wee bit of rewiring and a lot of IPA.

The brass fittings inside the joystick caught me completely by surprise, they were really quality oriented making this.

Cool project. I would recommend for future projects to use painters tape instead of just regular masking tape to mask off parts. Painters tape will prevent paint or anything else bleeding through the tape better than masking tape.

As an electronics engineer, I'm impressed to see ALPS switches making it into a Nintendo controller

I love seeing the Ducktor in every video. It's just not the same without it

Great Restoration Odd Tinkering!

It took me a while, but I just realized the main reason I love this channel. You are preserving the past like a historian, but doing so in the guise of a RU-vid channel. At first, I thought I just found this interesting for what you inevitably teach about electronics with your game vids and crafting with your non-game vids, but now I know it's deeper than just teaching. Obvs your sponsor, Skillshare, is "teaching," but videos like this are "historical." If someone born in the year 2000 watches this they can see exactly what an SNS looked like in its pristine state. Your restorations are just gorgeous! Watching this really took me back to the early 90s and going over to my best friend's house and playing Mario on her SNS because I didn't have one at home. We didn't get a video game system until Sega Genesis, but my friend was an only-child and she got everything she wanted. lol! People that were born much, much later than that can watch video recordings from that time or maybe they've seen the rare well-kept and/or never-played console, but ultimately, they probably can't imagine what the SNS was like brand new and "in the prime of its life." I'm just using that as an example, but I feel that way about your non-gaming/electronic restorations. When I think about the 1940s and 50s which is when my parents grew up, everything seems like it would have been in black and white, but it wasn't. It was real and in vivid color just like now. When you restore an "old rusty table fan" or a WWII-era lighter or lamp, I legit can imagine those things as they were at the time (versus having a mental image of an antique photograph and/or a modern re-enactment/staging). So, I guess I want to say THANK YOU. Thank you for these videos. Please keep them coming. Not only what I just wrote way too much about, but also, your sense of humor makes them lovely to watch. I only wish that I knew someone in my country/neck of the woods who could restore the old electronics of my youth. Somewhere in my parents' garage there's a Commodore 64 that needs help. It's actually a system that is before my time, but was given to my mom to give to us in the early 90s (when it still worked). We got it hooked up and didn't do much of anything on it (I wanna say we just typed things). I wish I'd known then what I know now but I was a kid and my mom was just a collector of typewriters. Anyway, dang, this is way too long. Best wishes, Odd Tinkering!

Your videos are literally my isopropyl alcohol ❤️

Always a joy to see you and the Ducktor at work!!! Fantastic job!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Quick tip though, when you are painting small details, you need to have a brush that is very sharply pointed, so that you can control the area of paint. The brush you used is a little bit frayed, hence the overflow of paint!

I love the fact there's no talking in your video and, despite paying for RU-vid Premium to avoid adverts, at least you don't about yours. I find your videos deeply satisfying 🙂

I don’t even work on electronics but I love to watch these videos, cause I think they work as ASMR videos, they make me feel so relaxed 😌

one thing I love about your videos is the sounds of unscrewing screws. and this video has lots of it!

Another fine restoration brother. It's cool seeing things like that come back to life. Thanks again as always for sharing with us. God bless. Rev. D.

That old Sound and memories pure nostalgia 😍🇩🇪

i'm happy your sponsors work with you to let you keep the vibe of your video and not break the chill with talking. great work, as always!

To be honest, conductive paints are a dubious tool. The resistance is very low, and as you yourself have already tried, the paints spread over the board. To restore the tracks, it is still better to use thin wire or smaller SMD resistors(0 Ohm) of size 0805 or smaller, a good flux, solder with a low melting point (lead). And the paints are... unreliable.

It’s a one of kind controller!

I admire the qualities of patience and attention to detail, thank you for showing that not everything has to be disposable.

Very nice, but why not to repaint the bottom cover? Love your videos

I cannot tell you how good it feels when I come across another one of your videos on my home page after a long day

the best part about restoring stuff like this is when you are done and finally putting everything back together

Anybody who plays retro games in proper 4:3 instead of annoying stretching to fill all the screen (like most streamers do) automatically deserves a like from me.

Do never EVER change the way you make your vids. Its so f' ing relaxing to just see work in action without some noisy music. This is by far the best channel for repairs and fixes Love it.

Always happy to see Dr. Duck playing with the bubbles and he gets his teeth cleaned

Nice, 2 videos in the same month! ^^ Once again another smashing repair video, OT! :D Really cool to see that the Super Famicom/SNES also had an arcade controller much like the Famicom/NES did (it even retains the 2 purple "Power", and "Reset" buttons from the North American console)! Loved seeing you remove the top of the joystick too! Great to see the Ducktor back helping once more, he's such an amazing assistant!

9:08 the bubbles coming through the holes was satisfying

I am always impressed with your skills in bringing back to life objects of the past. Your videos inspire me and calm me on the most stressful days. Keep up the good work, and remain safe!

This joystick pad was an ESSENTIAL replacement for those tiny controllers that came with the snes. Made gameplay SOOO much better.

Odd Tinkering, thank you for being one of the real ones and not just trashing some random item and then 'restoring' it for views, you are wonderful, please stay true to you

My son and I enjoy watching a video of yours before going to bed and it’s definitely appreciated ❤️❤️

My cat loved this video. She was watching the scrubbing and reassembly very intensely

That scrub scrub scrub of the brush is SO DAMN loud. But somehow so soothing. I love watching Odd at work when I'm high.

Your restoration videos are top notch. Respect to all restorers out there....but you're the best Dr. Ducktor.

I know that there is a nes version, but i never saw a snes one. Very relaxing like usual of course!! (Oh and today is my birthday BTW)

Olipa hieno ohjain. Kiitos hyvästä ohjelmasta. 😄👍

Great work! That silver paint is amazing. Combined with the clear coat, that opens great possibilities. Thank You for sharing Your knowledge.

It's always a good time watching your videos. Absolutely love when we get to see the ducktor 😆♥️ makes me like the video everytime haha. Great job, looking forward to more great content

It still blows my mind that you can remember where each screw goes back. That's an impressive memory!

I loved the stop motion clip with the screwdriver @1:24 Neat touch! You like those type of films? Keep up the great content!

I loved the trick with the buttons. I really enjoy these, and I often learn things.

Great restoration! Love the video editing!

Good job! You've improved filming and editing so much over the years. Very professional video, with traces of humor :)

I like the sillier style of editing and such! I hope you continue to do so in the future!

Could we PLEASE get this guy to do a restoration job on the 2020’s? I think they’re in major need of it. Thanks in advance!

The editing in this video is even better than usual

These help me learn and sleep! 100/10 content and I constantly recommend it to others.

I love to see the production quality go up. You can clearly see you're taking courses. :D

That stop motion animation brought back some memories, growing up on sesame street like every other kid a century ago. also howmany consoles does this dude have??? a garage sale at his place would be the best day ever. i can tell you that much.

Ever since I saw your videos, especially on SNES AND NES systems. Bro, you da best!

Great job! It brings back so many memories!

I really liked the way you laid out every single piece after disassembly. Great restoration 👍

I have one of those and the box along with its packaging and manuals. Great restoration as always!

Love the stop motion animation used at the start 👌

Never get tired of these videos! Keep up the great work!

This guy always reminds me eveything can be fixed

how can you make repairing a controller so entertaining?? love your videos

Very good. Love the animation and video trickery plus really neat editing. Adore the ducktor.

Ohhh..Lovely memories! Well done Odd Tinkering 👏

Another great video! Very informative but also entertaining at the same time. Keep it up, Odd!

As usual, very nice job on this! It's always interesting for me to see these kinds of things, since, I haven't ever seen these worked on before.

I remember that controller so well. I bought it when it came out. It was a beast for Street Fighter II. I got tired of the button clicking but it was still a fun controller.

I saw that paintbrush and knew. Just knew. Oh man. We need to get you some proper detail brushes. Great video, as always.

Another excellent video. I'm venturing into the world of repairs and your videos are inspiration for me. Greetings from Rio de Janeiro -Brazil

Amazing that you managed to place all the buttons in one take. As expected from Odd Tinkering!

If you ask my opinion - I would seriously tell that Odd Tinkering is some tech wizard, especially after repairing Xbox 360 with red ring of death

Try using a sewing needle for the conductive paint application, it’s a lot smaller and more controlled and doesn’t hold to much paint, just a drop

Super Video!! Ich schaue deine Videos immer gerne weil ich auch gerne Sachen repariere, aber du machst das auf jeden Fall professioneller!!! Ich liebe auch wie du vergilbte Gegenstände wieder wie neu machst. Weiter so, mein Abo und mein like hast du auf jeden Fall!!! 👍

I just remember my childhood watching this video. Great Job!!!

I loved the mandalorian vibe with the unscrewing of the ball on top of the joystick that baby yoday loves so much

That little frame by frame animation for the screwdriver was so nice to watch

I know I'm late to the party, but I am so glad you were able to do a sponsorship while keeping with your ASMR vibe. I remember the first sponsorship you got and everyone lost their minds when you spoke. I personally don't mid one way or the other. You gotta get paid and people should respect that, even if it means a slight change for a min. Keep up the great work sir, I'm binge watching to catch up on what I missed and I am never disappointed.

Bro this is the shit that helps me sleep when my brain is too wide awake or thinking about other crap.

Hello Odd beautiful restoration good job well done

I haven't finished watching the video and I know I will like it. Also, just listening to the Super Mario World soundtrack puts me in such a good mood. I can't commend the game selection for the test enough.

Another incredible job of the Ducktor

Seeing the notification always feels good, your work is amazing!!

Amazing restoration! Congrats!

Wow 😳 getting all those buttons first try minute 12.00 was amazing ❤️❤️🔥🔥💪🏽💪🏽👍🏼 and it’s always nice seeing the duck in the water with the soap 💯💯💯

We love some ASMR combined with oddly satisfying content!

The final product is always so clean, it makes you want to just never touch it again and just stare at it.

I've never clicked in a video so fast! I love your content! 🤩

I used to have one of those controllers! I loved that thing...best controller I ever had! Very nice video :D Thanks for sharing it!

Great restore. Makes me want to learn more about soldering/circuitry too.

Your editing has hit another level :)

Such awesome content, I really enjoy your videos and thanks to all the time spent watching them I have learned quite a bit and have gotten all but one of my video game console controllers cleaned and working, although this video has given me an idea how I could fix the last one. Thank you so much for all the amazing and educational videos!

It seemed like an eternity from your last video (yet I know the job like this takes time) and I'm happy to see a new restoration. Love everything you do, mate, you're cool))

The part where you dropped the buttons on the back absolutely floored me lmao. I love your videos.

Fantastic video, and great job! The Super Advantage arcade stick look like new!

Glad to see another video from you and that game brought back memories lol 😆 wow

Amazing work good sir. Just amazing

This feels so good to watch.

Nicely done 👍never seen that silver paint used before, that was brilliant. Cleaned up as good as new.

Especially with an endorsement, I can't express how much I appreciate no talking in your videos. Your vids help me wind down for the night and I occasionally fall asleep to the tinkering sounds. Thank you.🙂😌👍 (p.s. Quacking sounds are ok!😃🦆👨🏼‍⚕️👩🏼‍⚕️)

Amazing Restoration 👍👍

What a throwback! I have an snes and never heard of this type of controller!

Love and really appreciate the stop-motion. I know first hand how time consuming it is