I Restored This Yellowed Joystick and Play New Games with it - Retro Gaming Restoration

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In this episode I restore a yellowed retro joystick. The model is QuickShot Python 5. The controller is yellowed and even though it was sold as working to me on ebay, it turned out to be drifting to right.
I started with opening the controller and noticed I need to desolder the the wires to get all the pieces apart. After desoldering I cleaned the parts in watery soap and put them into my retrobrighting box to remove the yellowing.
Here is my tutorial to build it: • Making the Ultimate Re...
Here is my tutorial about the retrobrighting process: • How to remove yellowin...
I cleaned the board with isopropyl alcohol. However I did not remove the rubber pads for the buttons. This was because those can be very fragile and it would be extremely hard to find a replacement. But as you can see in the end, I still had to remove them and clean the contacts for the buttons.
To connect the joystick to a modern PC with new Windows such as Windows 10, you need a special adapter. I used this Rockfire adapter for gameport to USB (amzn.to/3wqtN9X). I have Windows 10 Home version 20H2, in this video in case someone has issues with this method. Just a Gameport to USB cable doesn't usually work.
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[@ElTheMothPerson]

Hi! :D

[@tobitechboy1461]

Hey!

[@eflem77]

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[@kinskifilms]

What brand of gloves are those? Do they smell like raw, powdery rubber? I need good gloves!

[@sunny_sky8930]

Hey odd tinkering you restored a ps1 slim ps2 slim and PlayStation portable now do ps3 them do ps4 and then ps5

[@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078]

Watching some old computer and gaming technology getting a second chance to live never, really never gets old.

[@Fellsansdavidgames1271]

true

[@MrINSANITY321]

Quite literally never gets old to be fair haha.

[@yungzynofficial2055]

Please never use a comma again.

[@ilikeminecraft1232]

People who watch other things: HAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@mooshroommoon]

Yeah

[@S1L3NTIGamer]

“Ancient gamer hand sweat” is my new catchphrase.

[@anotherneko]

"Legacy Cheeto Dust"

[@The1stKelvin]

Your mom is my new catchphrase

[@poble]

@@The1stKelvin ha ha funny 😐

[@The1stKelvin]

@@poble very funny...

[@haydenbaca4974]

@@anotherneko it says under that "translate to English"

[@danielsimpkins9662]

10:56 that wire you snipped is a cold solder joint. Requires flux and a longer application of heat to get the solder to flow properly.

[@Enchurito]

It also looked like two of the pins were bridged.

[@MarinusMakesStuff]

First of all, he bridges a couple of pins, and second of all the solder indeed didn't flow well enough to make the contact. Horrific soldering. I'm not used to seeing that on this channel. I wonder if he's just messing with us.

[@danielsimpkins9662]

@@MarinusMakesStuff pretty horrific soldering, for sure!

[@nonexistant2k3]

Soldering has been his weakest area. But had improved until this one. That was rough to watch. Soldering and welding are arts that need lots of practice. And they need some more.

[@FTfilm]

Was looking for this. There were at least two bridges and one cold joint. I wonder if he fixed it off camera since it seemed to work at the end of the vid

[@CinemaMacabro]

Quick shot serial joysticks were really responsive during their time, I would play some mame arcade games with this such as Afternurner or Space Harrier. Great repair video btw, you did a stellar job!

[@wtbeecher]

Afterburner FTW!

[@deathmourne1]

@@wtbeecher Amen brother!

[@SirGroompleton]

Just wanted to drop a comment to give some love to the ducktor. Seeing that lil guy show up in your vids always makes me crack a smile

[@dreamieskies3737]

All hail ducktor

[@alexanderosinubi5154]

What do you do with the things you have restored? Do you keep and use them? If so, a tour of all the stuff you've restored over the years would really be cool!

[@iwannatalkalot3415]

I think he resells them as refurbished

[@Cyberwaddles]

I agree. It would be cool to see if he keeps them. I'm sure he keeps some but maybe sells extra

[@onedeadsaint]

10:43 blue and second white appear to be bridged. finished the episode and I guess it wasn't a problem which is good. great video!

[@d33jmeister]

I was gonna comment that! I presume he fixed it, as there are several bridged connections by the looks

[@JoshBattin]

Came here to say this.

[@djevrek]

same

[@wingedfish1175]

I mean I assume it never was a problem, the thing was clearly heavily used and I don't think it got exposed to "melt the solder" heat so it likey was functional regardless

[@JTTofficial]

Or those solder joints in 10:56.

[@thegoldenorder1240]

Had one of these and would play X Wing and Tie Fighter nonstop. Excellent joystick. Torpedoes top button/Guns on the trigger always.

[@endarios8060]

I honestly was expecting him to play Tie Fighter 😆 that game ruined my Sidewinder joystick back in the day…

[@thegoldenorder1240]

@@endarios8060 Absolutely. The suctions would snap off all the time.

[@Dessan01]

Yeah same, it did the job very well, loved all the X-Wing games, Tie Fighter was best 🙂

[@djdeadbeat4380]

The ducktor is always a nice addition!

[@c.l.7525]

"That's some ancient gamers hand sweat". Don't be shy, taste it...

[@KorbinX]

Reminds me of the 360 controllers. So much gunk in the seams hahah

[@gojirazillasaurus6341]

@@KorbinX XD

[@rafapenson]

🤢🤮

[@amirhoseinshams256]

😖🤢🤮🤮🤮😟

[@Hyser0510]

Absorb the energy of the ancient gamers...

[@x_les_x]

I'm just fascinated of how hard whoever played the heck out of this joystick controller.

[@souljastation5463]

If they used it a lot they must have been very delicate, considering the excellent conditions the rubber pads are in. It never happened to me to find an old joystick with the rubber pads in such good state. There's at least a couple of busted ones.

[@frankfuller975]

The controller design looks pretty intentional to me. "eventually it breaks and loses contact" so that the gamer needs a new controller and to give them more money. :p

[@unused7629]

makes sense

[@carolynnettles3767]

It never fails, no matter what’s going on, no matter if I’m sad or down or just had a bad day, that duck always makes me smile 😊 thank you for that!

[@mog-myownbestfriend]

I'm gonna say that there was a missed opportunity to use "Odd Tankering" with this sponsorship

[@Spelter]

Oh man, I love your calming type of videos. I'm in the hospital now and need to calm down, your videos are perfect for that

[@robertmelendez8713]

Ahhh the memories... I used to have one of these on a Commodore 64. I still remember the Auto fire tab being such a massive cheat on some of those retro games.

[@lablackzed]

Still got my 64 with all the games and joysticks think I might hook it up and play it.👍😂Helicopter gunship was my favourite.

[@PeteDriver530]

@@lablackzed did you ever play Impossible Mission on C64?

[@lablackzed]

@@PeteDriver530 Probably I play so many game's over the years maybe I still have it in my collection.👍

[@RobGMun]

I had a black one of these for my Commodore 64 back in the early 80's. I preferred the shorter ball top Quickshot

[@brick6347]

They were digital though, weren't they? The clicky type. Had one on my Amiga.

[@RobGMun]

@@brick6347 micro switches. But they felt so satisfying

[@persona83]

There's a certain beauty in this ancient hardware with these white colours and simpler electronics.

[@Zeydarchist]

y'know, my day was rubbish for the most part, and then OddTinkering uploaded a video, and now... now it's a lot better.

[@gojirazillasaurus6341]

:D

[@TheFullStar]

Same watching this while brushing my teeth to go to the dentist. I HATE the dentist.

[@eduardoolivares9767]

Day restoration

[@Renville80]

Hey Odd Tinkering, look at getting yourself a Edsyn AS196 desoldering tool. It would probably be much quicker than trying to use solder braid when desoldering wires and through-hole component leads.

[@barrylottering4977]

My brother and I were each given black ones for Christmas. They had an ‘Autofire’ switch at the back. I was so stoked that Christmas morning!

[@Xelger]

Beautiful work as always, and since I like technology so much, seeing electronics come back to life never got old.

[@amirhoseinshams256]

"this is a quickshot *PYTHON* 5 from 1992" When programming is part of your life

[@jaypexlegend8351]

I have been waiting for you to update for forever!!! jeez dude what takes so long!

[@SamiTheAnxiousBean]

Hello Mr duck! Also Idk why but Ive always loved your restoration videos despite...not being a large fan of asmr content Idk why this type of stuff is satisfying Thank you for resorting a weapon of the ancient gamers

[@samanthadean1083]

“Functional”, oh boy, who hasn’t experienced that result from EBay? Fantastic job by you and the Ducktor!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@souljastation5463]

I did, but it never happened to me to find the rubber pads in such good conditon whenever I bought old joysticks from ebay.

[@tomd1939]

Do you have to dispose of the hydrogen peroxide every time? Or can it be reused?

[@klfjoat]

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is unstable (as are all compounds with the prefix "per" in their name). Given time, temperature, and light, O2 will be given off at a lesser or greater rate, and it will degrade into water (H20), a much more stable compound. So the reality is that it will become water quickly enough that it should only be "reused" if he plans on doing one batch of plastic after another over the span of a few days.

[@KorbinX]

I used to have the same one when I was little. Used it to play Aces over Europe ^-^

[@steveseabolt7598]

I really enjoy watching your videos! They are so calming and relaxing. Total silence except the sound of the screwdriver turning the screw out of the plastic. Plus it's also nice to see all these things get a new lease on life, thanks for posting 🙂!

[@MoreHertz]

So good and relaxing really wanted to refine this channel

[@Kasey1776]

Great to watch this after a long day. Thanks man

[@peterjames3509]

I had the same joystick for my C64. Was Black and Red though. Happy memories.

[@eddierools]

Wow, you never cease to amaze me with these restoration videos! Never been much into joysticks personally, but it's cool to see one made the same year that I was born, very nicely done, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what you'll restore next!

[@anands6127]

12:25 That's nice you thought about it and showed us also

[@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078]

The fact that you play the Pz. II without APCR deserves a like alone. Chad.

[@eefm99]

Low tier players don't even know what that is. And it's probably better.

[@mmdirtyworkz]

It's low tier, who uses gold ammo in such setting anyway?

[@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078]

@@mmdirtyworkz You'll be surprised.

[@ChloeASMR91]

I got so many head tingles from this

[@talideon]

Had one of those in the early '90s as a kid, except mine was dark grey, so a little more resistant to obvious dirt!

[@thomasebelsheiser6422]

This Joystick remember me the good old times when gaming was just that simple. You did not need 10 or more buttons to just play a game and have a lot of fun. So long ago!

[@ItsHeartstruck]

Fnf players in shock

[@fixedguitar47]

I had one of these for my 486. BACK WHEN THINGS DIDN’T SUCK!

[@Mjdeadman21]

"translated from Duckish" you get a subscribe just for that LMAO love the Ducktor

[@Spudchucker92]

'It's a bit dirty and has a nice tan' Sounds like a girl I once knew

[@gojirazillasaurus6341]

XD

[@Rit_99z]

This is the most satisfying channel I've ever seen in my entire life more than asmr unboxing video keep it up bro!

[@thatonefriend2969]

Am i weird for Falling asleep to your videos? Its like a not gross ASMR and fascinating to watch at the same time

[@APixieNinja]

"Ancient gamer's hand sweat"... lmao 😂🤣🤣 idk why but I laughed so much at that. You have a way with words Odd. 👍😂

[@Damien_N]

Seeing this quick shot joystick reminds me of the one I had with the computer in our house when I was growing up, and the games I played on the computer then. Simpler times. Thank you.

[@bryce_hello]

These videos are the perfect asmr to fall asleep to

[@dchizy]

Had that joy stick for my Amiga 300. Happy times

[@gantas6804]

When the first screw falls into the ice cube tray around 0:50 mark it sounds a bit like Quagmire's "giggity"

[@m4c1990]

ROFL SponsorBlock jumped right to 16:06, I love this AddOn.

[@VRestoration]

I have had a joystick similar to that for a long time and I have not been able to test it by the input, I did not know that there was a USB adapter.

[@sotkajarvi]

Quickshot joysticks were absolutely brilliant! I had two Quickshot II Turbo joysticks i used with my C64 and Amiga 500, 2000, 3000 and Amiga 4000.

[@jacobroman3168]

This is why I love this guy he’s so prepared so intuitive and he’s very considerate of his viewers I don’t know if there was a KZbin Oscar but it should go to you my friend I love watching your channel💚🤍❤️ sending good Italian vibes your way💚🤍❤️👍🤩

[@tonysilva7988]

4:57 Dr Octopus is giving a -tentacle- hand to help out

[@SharkoonBln]

Nice, the DuckTor is back. And also nice to see Odd Tinkering is speaking fluent duckish ;)

[@b4air]

I used to have an Amiga 500 with the Quick Shot Python 1 Joystick... Words cannot describe how much I miss those... (Saying this as an PS 5 owner)

[@kingnewcomer2029]

Another awesome restoration video! 👍 I think this is my first time ever seeing a gaming Joystick being restored on your channel! 🙂 It really is neat watching those 2 halves of the Stick come apart! 😃

[@jimmerhardy]

At first these project appear simple until the screwdriver comes out, revealing impressive engineering. Alway fascinating.

[@evertonian26]

I went through loads of these Quick Shot Python joysticks when I was a kid playing games on the Amiga. They took some hefty use! lol

[@HackerJack42]

Number 2 Philips. Wires needed extra flux when soldering. Turn screw counter-clockwise first to prevent cutting new threads in plastic. Really enjoy the videos, but it's frustrating when I see the wrong tool or technique being used.

[@zermomia]

What memories...i had this for my Amiga 500, F18 interceptor was the best , technically it's nothing now but was all then.

[@craigsmith3645]

Great restoration! I used to fix a lot of these back in the day for money, some of these had rubber cups on the tops of the joy fork to cushion and stop wear on traces. HaHa! I knew you were going to have trouble because you didn't clean the joy of pad contacts! They were always getting flaky after a lot of playing. 409 makes an excellent cleaner for plastics and cords, just don't leave it to soak usually. Seriously get a soldering station & learn how to do it correctly, I'm surprised it worked!

[@petrescuework-difficultcas6581]

Was hungry when I started the video. Saw the dirt and grime, now the hunger is gone. Great 😅👍

[@petrescuework-difficultcas6581]

This black 4 clamp grabby arm thingy, how is it called? I need that in my life 😍

[@LordHoth_90]

I had one, nothing was as satisfying as flying around the screen blasting star fighters in Star Wars: Tie Fighter

[@mowburnt]

Had one of these with my amiga. Kick off 2 was ace with this 👌

[@LeHenkmanz]

Crazy to see this. A couple of months ago a box of my retro controllers got full of water after a flood in my basement, and i restored all of them after being inspired by your videos. Funny thing is, i also own one of these Quickshots Python-joysticks, but i own a black one used on a Mega Drive. I actually got it to work again after opening, drying, cleaning and putting it back together. I almost never ever see one of these so seeing this pop up in my recommended was a nice surprise. Thanks for your videos, i've learned a lot from you over the years.

[@tonygeddes9558]

There’s something very therapeutic about watching your videos. . .

[@lurkerrekrul]

I have a gameport to USB adapter that I bought at Radio Shack about 20 years ago. Actually, I have three of them. I bought the first one, then decided that I should buy a couple backups (I'm not sure why now). The later ones were a slight different style, but otherwise functionally identical. They all have switches on them for two types of joystick, gamepad and racing wheel. In my experience, only simple, two axis, two button joysticks work. I've tried ones with hat switches, multiple buttons, etc. Anything even slightly fancy doesn't work, at least on the adapter I have.

[@Phatsultan]

Loved playing Outrun on my granddad’s Amstrad with one of these.

[@wVirtol]

0:52 bro that a good idea , to use Ice makers to separate parts and all (mind blown)

[@cammyboy011]

That is exactly the model of stick we had on our family PC back in 97. I played network Q RAC rally on it as well as the Hellbender demo. We had it stuck to an old table mat for stability 😆

[@TwoWheelsWorld]

beating my headache i took big cup of tea, turning on youtube... Voila! It will be a good evening!

[@russellfrost5652]

I had this joystick in the 90’s, it was pretty terrible even then, but you’ve bought back memories of playing Afternurner II on my old Amiga! 🥰

[@nintoollica955]

Since he got sponsored by World of Tanks, will his next restoration project be to restore an M4 Sherman?

[@DreamsIgotTV]

The rubber duck doctor made my day, thank you

[@professorpenne9962]

never seen someone work so hard to restore a quickshot. we used to hate these back in the day.

[@anands6127]

Driving a tank with joystick gives a real like simulation!

[@SudosFTW]

Window cleaner with ammonia and then a final pass with alcohol is the better way to clean the cords. Just a tip from someone that has pulled many cords from a scrap facility.

[@IanCaponeDrVonoreheimdonzYT]

Imagine a video with: Odd Tinkering, Awesome Restorations and TysyTube!

[@noli5163]

I really love your vids, friend!!!! Your captions are funny and I dig how you can talk to us without actually talking lol

[@MrNakki]

Kyllä tätä kattoessa ahdistus helpottaa. Kiitos videoista ♥

[@AjaxJP]

Legend has it that if you eat the ancient gamer's hand sweat you absorb their powers

[@MigoqAki]

would be pretty insane, considering how hard and unforgiving old games were

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

To clean cords and cables I use 99% pure rubbing alcohol on large cotton balls. I unravel the cotton ball, separate it into two halves and then fold them over to approx 1" squares. I saturate the cotton and then add a small amount of liquid bar keepers friend. Every cord come out shiny clean. Give it a try and let me know your thoughts.

[@xturner09]

You should seriously add the rubber duck to your merch lol

[@AndrewPonti]

I'm very sure that my dad had the black and red version of this and we used it to play a lot of old computer games in the mid to late 90s. Gooooood memories!

[@stuffs8802]

Try putting a small piece of foam or rubber (like from heavy duty kitchen gloves) over the trace and it should prevent it from hitting without affecting the joystick.

[@littlebacchus216]

Quickshot in its many forms was my joystick of choice.

[@dssadecv1171]

Imagine being a yellowed plastic part just vibing, then the peroxide monster starts pissing on you and your friends

[@Karl0sis]

I have eight of these for my A500 and am busy restoring the microswitches, which have failed on some. Didn't think to check the hammer hitting the traces, thanks for that.

[@dantehenshin]

Like always a great Restoration, I have one lying around in the back of the cupboard I played a lot, I will motivate myself to clean it

[@vengeance1701]

Ducktor should really be your channel symbol at this point.

[@DaMu24]

I see Ducktor, I hit the Like button.

[@daisysylvonna568]

If you ever, God forbid, forget to brush the Ducktor's beak, I think the whole universe would crumble.

[@pincopallino6937]

Forget the -t-shirts, we want the isopropyl alcohol bottle with the Ducktor label on it

[@jhutto1984]

I adore the little ducky cursor on your laptop. :D

[@sandykemp7562]

We used to have a Quickshot Python for our Amiga. Was a great joystick. It even had a two button facility which was much better for fighting games etc.

[@mariegp5021]

I've never gagged at one of your videos until you said "ancient gamer hand sweat".

[@commissarkordoshky219]

the famous ductor is amazing!

[@misteridiot]

In a horrifyingly brutal move, furiously washes Doctor Duckingsworths mouth out with soap. >tender pats

[@youngezy7917]

Everyone: Aye another restoration video! Me: I here for the Duck!