Non-jittering Atari 2600 Paddles??

[KAZ]

The paddles that I got from an auction jitter like crazy! After a little bit, the jittering "improves" a little bit.

By jittering I mean when you move your character on the screen, it moves right and left quickly before coming to rest at its final spot.

 

I was wondering if anyone's ever made non-jittering Atari 2600 paddles.

Several of my games use the paddles now, and it would be nice to have functional ones.

 

Like I bought some refurbished Atari 5200 controllers, and they work awesome!

[liquid_sky]

mine have no jitter whatsoever.

[Paul Slocum]

http://www.atariage.com/2600/faq/index.htm...mID=2600#fixpad

 

-paul

[Albert]

Good timing, as this was just discussed in detail recently:

 

Topic: How can I de-jitter my paddles?

 

..Al

[KAZ]

Awesome, I read that previous thread.

 

I do have rubbing alcohol and Q-tips, tho I don't think that will do much good.

 

Instead I'll try to locate that cleaner that Radio Shack sells (thanks for the item number and all that).

 

Then I'll drag out my Night Driver and have some fun

[KAZ]

Well I went to Radio Shack, but they didn't have item #64-4422 (as what was in the faq).

 

The guy said it appears that the item was discontinued, and no longer made.

 

So he suggested I go to a hardware store (like maybe Home Depot).

 

On the way to Home Depot, I stopped at a Circuit City, but they didn't have it.

 

I ended up at Home Depot, looking for a contact cleaner (I was looking for WD40 Electrical Contact Cleaner), but they only had the regular stuff.

 

BUT, I did pick up a contact cleaner

It is: "CRC QD Contact Cleaner, Quick Drying Formula" (Electrical Grade).

 

I also picked up some "Goo Gone".

 

I got home and went to work on a sticker from Goodwill that was on the back of an Atari 2600 Cartridge. Once I put the stuff on, it peeled right off (kinda felt like when you remove a sticker from wax paper (like mailing labels).

 

One cart had red marker on the back of it, and it steamed right through that stuff (my Q-tip was completely red).

 

Then I got to the contact cleaner, and sprayed it on the inside of one of my Atari paddles, right in the middle of that "pot" area, and twisted the paddle around a bunch of times.

 

I went over and played Breakout, and it worked great!!

 

It still jitters just a tiny tiny bit, but not like before, where it would jitter two inches both ways.

 

Thanks for your help!

 

[ 05-25-2002: Message edited by: KAZ ]