Cleaning and Restoring a Nintendo GameCube Controller - Adam Koralik

[@sirmik3ygaming750]

Not sure if anyone noted on this yet, but the left joy stick or C stick simply pop off. All you do is pull up on them and they will pop right off. This allows cleaning the joystick mechanism much easier.

[@izzymaedavidson1974]

Nice throwback video. I love these cleaning videos.

[@blobber51]

Asmr

[@ianeons9278]

Requested: How to Clean a Wii U GamePad

[@EmeraldLavigne]

Simple: buy a Switch lol

[@starmaster65]

That'd actually be a very interesting video

[@ianeons9278]

@Johnny Carcigogen Nah,Wii U is better than Switch in my opinion.

[@AmazingJuniorBros]

@@ianeons9278 Ur opinion is invalid

[@vinniecorleone62]

I value your GameCube controller video here Adam, perfect timing as I'm getting out all my GameCube items!

[@Antpaok]

I first found your channel through cleaning videos back in 2012 and I was obsessed. Watched all of them. I remember you only had like 8k subs and I was like man this guy needs get bigger, these videos are too quality

[@IMe7x]

The GC controllers are generally easy to open and clean, very reliable too, so if something is wonky (most of the time is thumbsticks) usually Q-tip and Isopropyl alcohol will do the trick, i also tend to do inside the thumbstick mechanism aswell, sometimes dirt and hair gets stuck there for some reason. Cheers!

[@ianeons9278]

Scott is king of the GameCube empire.

[@vfletes1]

This was how i found your channel about 7 years ago. Looking for tutorial on cleaning my ps2.. Nice to see this again

[@theshadowman1398]

Did this procedure many times when I owned the GameCube. You can easily remove the analogue caps from the actual sticks

[@dave4shmups]

You always do a great job with these videos! Now with the Switch it seems like the Game Cube controller is the controller that will never die!

[@Unveiiled]

Wow I used to watch the old clean snes nes n64 videos back then probably at least 6 years ago. Nice throwback man.

[@drowssap4776]

Fun timing, I was just thinking tomorrow I’m going to open up my GC controllers and try to figure out whats going on with the buttons, theres some weirdness. Im hoping a good clean will fix it.

[@cax1175]

Adam, you should try Super Mario Galaxy on the 3D All Stars collection. The motion controls, especially with a pro controller, are literally nonexistent.

[@Caleb_Bravo99]

I miss when controllers were this simple to clean. The Xbox One controller gives me an aneurysm whenever I try to open that thing.

[@nimrodlevy]

This is very important video for new retrogamers! I want to add 2 important tips if i may, 1. Although this is a relatively simple clean, in the disassemble part take pictures before every step! It will be much easier to go back, especially when cleaning consoles. 2. Electrical contacts are better be cleaned with isopropyl alcohol (the one you buy on pharmacy the one nurses apply before shots) since it doesn't contain any water and doesn't risk shortcircuit and its cheap.

[@SvennyMcG]

Yay! New Gamerade! Love these videos. Watching you go into an original Xbox years ago inspired me to go in and fix one of mine, and happy to report it's still running

[@MattAkiyama1]

Phew I finally finished cleaning out my old childhood controller. It was relatively easy except for the last part where you hold the board and plop it onto the other shell. It kept coming out bulky and didn't seem to close shut until I fiddled with it three times. This was very time consuming but it was worth it. Thanks for showing how to open and clean the controller!

[@ianeons9278]

You're channel started the same year Minecraft was released. The only games I played back then where Leapster games.

[@JimmyNGX]

Just watched this tutorial while cleaning my controller and it works a lot better. Thanks for the help!

[@bwuuk]

You can pull the left and right joystick right out to make cleaning easier, same goes if you want to replace them with new ones, they're not attached to anything 😊

[@CCH3900]

Oh yay, we going old school with an Adam Koralik cleaning video, I find these strangely enjoyable. Better get out my Bingo card. Windex, check. Pledge, check. And yes. The GameCube controller is awesome.

[@JJop123]

not sure why, but when he calls windex, window lean, it feels....fitting

[@FlyingV555]

Window lean I think is he British version

[@JO11190]

I'm pretty sure they call it 'Windoline'

[@hha8356]

pronounciation: window - lin

[@relaxingreviews1184]

If ever the phrase 'dont judge a book by its cover' could be applied more potently; its with the Gamecube controller. To quote Comic Book Guy 'never experienced comfort like this'.

[@codydombrowsky660]

I've been watching your videos for over 6 years now. In 2014 I was looking for a video of how to connect my Super Nintendo to my T.V. And I came across your video of how to clean and restore one which was very helpfull. I've enjoyed your videos ever since.

[@ronaldhenson3379]

Hi Adam koralic I bought a original nintendo Game cube controller it's a indingo controller I bought it off eBay it was dirty I cleaned fixed inspected refurbished repaired restored sanitized also replaced the analog stick and c stick also cleaned the shell and buttons and it works excellent your video helped me a lot

[@Kenthis15]

So I have no information on why Nintendo specifically chose tri-wing screws, but I know it wasn’t something exclusive to them, at the time many companies pushed tri-wings as more durable and less likely to strip out over Phillips head screws.

[@DragonProtector]

It very true! Though i think i do not stripped one or was that the screw driver

[@SamuraiTacos1]

home from work and adam koralik video yay

[@DRNicholasJones]

I Miss the cleaning & restore videos .

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

I don't think I ever owned a first party GCN controller. When I bought my used console, it came with some generic version controller, and it's worked well for me since. I still refuse to install my GCLoader PNP until I can find a way to re-purpose the still-working OEM disc drive

[@ZappBranniglenn]

4:10 I think its more a case of being in a rush to see if the maintenance improved the controller at all

[@johndoe9843]

8:05 there's actually a plastic post that the cable wraps around so any pull on the cable goes more to the post than the actual connection on the board. Just wanted to throw that little tid bit out. Good video Ps the plastic post is on the top half of shell. Easier to do buttons lay the board on top then finally bottom shell. At least imo

[@RickRickiGames]

Yes I love these!!

[@donutfam4421]

appreciate this - youre the man

[@discomoon22]

I’ve noticed switch pro controllers get pretty gross too. Might have to clean mine soon!

[@boywithanearring]

thank you man this was hella useful 😁

[@flagshipbuilds]

Adam!!!! Missed you.

[@acebobbomb]

When will you build a time machine, Mr. Koralik???!!!

[@anonymousidea9119]

They are the time machine

[@Soulcommander]

Hi Adam, Hope your doing well. Nice vid as they all are!

[@Jimbo.Ori.]

I love these kinds of videos buddy

[@retroandmoderngaming493]

i love this restoring videos, please do more

[@monikasalt]

Seeing that purple plastic behind the motherboard, must be an old T1 type GameCube controller, the early controllers that were sold from 2001 to early 2002 have metal stickboxes, which those have sticks that don’t last for very long.

[@ThePreciseClimber]

And you still have the same background... :P

[@matthewnikitas2904]

Adam I have.a few Xbox controllers and would love for you to do one of them👍👍👍

[@HKgaming86]

what a nostalgic video

[@greenlight45]

Great video kind of funny though my controller to the exact same thing now I'll know how to clean it thank you

[@CommodoreFan64]

Maybe I'm just lucky, but I've had a GameCube since late 04, and I've never had any issues with all 10 of my official GameCube controllers, and 8 of them were thrift store finds, and all I had to do was give them a good clean, never any stick moving on their own. PS1/2 have been a whole other story for me.

[@scottythompson940]

Cool video tech talk Adam lol

[@mosesh06]

Adam, doing gods work!

[@johnsmith-vz4sk]

Great video Adam I got 4 game cubes that I need to clean up

[@ianeons9278]

Everybody here likes turtles!

[@iliketurtles4869]

Yes.

[@jeneleecolon3006]

Do a tour of your collection!

[@taquitotrash97]

Hi Adam! I messaged you a while ago about this on one of your social medias, idk if you ever saw, I was trying to find a GameCube adapter that worked with the Wavebird for Nintendo Switch and aside from the original Nintendo one, I couldn’t find any. I thought it would be an interesting topic for a future video, if you’d like to take a crack at it. Thanks for all the years of great content, been around since your early Dreamcast stuff

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks, though I didn't even know that was a thing.

[@taquitotrash97]

@@AdamKoralik I tried some third party ones that said they worked on the wavebird but I couldn’t get them to boot up. They worked fine with the wired ones, though. Honestly, I couldn’t find anything on the topic aside from a couple of people testing the genuine Nintendo adapter and it working with the wavebird

[@truenickspivak]

Make more of these videos :D

[@johnaranjo2059]

Instead of pledge. I would highly recommend mothers vlr. (Vinyl leather rubber) it smells great (like a mans car) will bring the shine out and protect, without any residue

[@evanb4466]

My black gamecube controller broke just today so I guess good timing

[@RedxJasonCordray]

Hey adam, maybe you know the answer to this but whenever I play a gamecube game for example super mario sunshine the rumble does not work. I have the rumble turned on and my controllers are clean. I use them with the smash adapter for switch and on the wii and the rumble works so it has to be the gamecube itself but I'm not sure what is the cause and I cant find anything on the internet about it so maybe you know? Thank you

[@AdamKoralik]

Hm, that I don't know about.

[@RedxJasonCordray]

@@AdamKoralik oh okay well thanks anyway I just remember it working when I was younger and then it just stopped for some reason and I recently cleaned the controller ports and thought that would help but it didnt, its alright

[@iliketurtles4869]

I like turtles

[@ronaldhenson3379]

Yes it's totally worth it to clean a nintendo Game cube controller I clean my nintendo Game cube controller with rubbing alcohol glass cleaner q tips and tooth picks

[@Jimbo.Ori.]

You should be able to just pull the stick off the joystick box not sure what it’s called

[@thomasmcdonough1438]

Where have you been bro! Miss your videos!!

[@AdamKoralik]

I've been putting out videos every week son.

[@thomasmcdonough1438]

Adam Koralik I love you bro!!

[@NiGHTS1980]

Requested: How to refurbish a Nintendo 64 controller. :)

[@AdamKoralik]

I did one on cleaning an N64 controller years ago actually.

[@NiGHTS1980]

@@AdamKoralik Hi adam, not so much cleaning, but refurbishing as in replacing or repairing the analog stick which is known to break down badly with use.

[@HedgehogY2K]

This is what happens to Xbox 360 controllers when used for at least half a year. HALF A YEAR! IF NOT LUBRICATED! That's a serious and personal problem. Microsoft has never made a solution to this problem right here. Analog sticks need help from the community so over short time periods they don't wear out. Think about it, what if you had an Xbox 360 for 20 years like I will, that'sat least 35 broken analog sticks and thrown away because that's the one thing we always use and the very thing that always breaks, scratching the plastic Microsoft should've seen this coming.

[@landmind666]

Have you ever do the same to a wave bird?

[@AdamKoralik]

I have not.

[@SaintCurtious]

Great video,, how did you save swiss.ini to a memory card? i can't find instructions how to anywhere, I only have GC Loader installed

[@AdamKoralik]

You need the boot.iso file.

[@vyperii]

Adam do you have a link to purchase the screw driver?

[@AdamKoralik]

The tri-wing? I just got one off eBay.

[@vyperii]

@@AdamKoralik Yes- exactly that, although I think I've managed to find one :)

[@vyperii]

@@AdamKoralik I've got exactly the same issue with my Gamecube controller...

[@AdamKoralik]

@@vyperii Hopefully this helps!

[@vyperii]

@@AdamKoralik I used your video on cleaning the Saturn a couple of years back, bringing life back to a system that didn't read discs, so fingers crossed this one will be easy. Screwdriver ordered- should be here early next week. Thanks for the video chap :)

[@501st_guy]

Hey Adam I enjoyed your cleaning videos I don't see many people go into a Nintendo 64 DD I seen spawn wave took one apart but I can't recall anyone cleaning the N64DD that would be awesome if you the master of cleaning stuff do one if you don't mind doing it.

[@AdamKoralik]

Never had a reason to take it apart to be honest.

[@501st_guy]

@@AdamKoralik yeah that thing gets real expensive I just started collecting the N64 and I want one in my collection one day but you probably take great care of the N64DD👍

[@texasssb4936]

Hey man could you for a cleaning vid for a ps3 slim? Unless you did and i missed it but i dont think so

[@AdamKoralik]

Tad more complicated than the controller. :P

[@unknownduck025]

How long does it take for the parts to air dry?

[@AdamKoralik]

Couple hours maybe

[@Waifu4Life]

8 years ago? Didn't you clean a NEO-GEO CD last year and a Famicom the year before that?

[@AdamKoralik]

I meant just a controller video.

[@Waifu4Life]

@@AdamKoralik oh, I see.

[@cax1175]

Adam, do you think getting a PC Engine Duo when I visit Japan is probably the cheapest way to go about getting into Turbografx16 games?

[@AdamKoralik]

Well, no, the console is region locked. So you'd have to get the Japanese games to go with it.

[@cax1175]

@@AdamKoralik Yeah, I just meant the library in general. My bad. PC Engine games are generally super cheap compared to the Turbografx16 ones.

[@AdamKoralik]

@@cax1175 Ah, then yes.

[@cax1175]

@@AdamKoralik Do you recall what you saw Duos for in Japan roughly?

[@AdamKoralik]

@@cax1175 Around $100 USD, maybe down to $80.

[@re7switchedition398]

off topic but is the dreamcast sega's 5th home console? some people tell me the it is because of the sg-1000 was the first? I always thought it was Master System or is it: 1. SG-1000 2. Master System 3. Genesis/Mega Drive 4. Saturn 5. Dreamcast or do I have it wrong?

[@AdamKoralik]

SG-1000 is first, yes.

[@re7switchedition398]

@@AdamKoralik so is the rest of the list correct or is the sega cd considered its own system As well?

[@EmeraldLavigne]

So, uh, super unpopular opinion? The GameCube controller sucks. One less button (L1) & no clicky sticks (L3 & R3) & no SELECT button equals literally less ability to play games. It also isn't comfortable: the "handles" are weirdly shaped & proportioned and the sticks are way too hard, uncomfortable plastic. I will admit that it was generally pretty solidly built. Honestly, the 360 might have the most comfortable controller. The Switch Pro controller is pretty decent, too. [Although the Joy-Cons sadly suck hard - that might just be like my least favorite controller or the least comfortable one...] The best controller is the PS4 controller, tho. The touchpad is genius: you can touch on it for an input, you can "click" either side as 2 separate inputs, it has the "6 axis" controls [although those are frequently hopelessly imprecise], and it has the OPTIONS button - that's a massive amount of stuff you can do to interact with a game.

[@EmeraldLavigne]

Plus that official add-on to do two face buttons with your other fingers...

[@chrispuhara8934]

Nice

[@MrCurtis227]

GameCube games are so expensive right now. I want double dash but it's like more than a new game complete. 👀😞

[@lenincardoso621]

do it fm towns marty Controller

[@malmalbaby2]

I wish mario 3d all stars had gamecube support...smh

[@DragonProtector]

Technically it does. Just you won't have lz button

[@malmalbaby2]

@@DragonProtector it also doesn't support vibration or analog triggers, which analog is important for sunshine.

[@DragonProtector]

@@malmalbaby2 ya and the press thumb stick down option either. But with joy cons it been fine

[@OscarknightTF2]

BRUH HOW DO I CLEAN STAINS OFF THE DAMN CONTROLLER MY THING HAS STAINS ALL OVER THE DAMN COBSYWJWYJWJSHWNENEKSGABAOAM

[@AdamKoralik]

Depends on the source of the stain.

[@averagearchuser]

Nice skipping the entire part I wanted to watch this video for

[@AdamKoralik]

Cool?