Dogbone Controller for NES - Tomee

I purchased two of these on accident. I am glad I did, because each one had a problem and being able to compare them side-by-side allowed me to not overreact to it.The first controller had great feeling buttons, but had an issue with the connecting cable. Inside the main cable of the controller are a group of wires, and that housing cable (the one you typically see, the big black one) was pulled out of the controller showing the individual wires and leaving them exposed and vulnerable to damage.The second controller had really lackluster button feel, but the cord cover was correctly in place. I decided to do a little controller surgery and see what I could find. I opened the one with the cord issue first and saw the layout, and then opened the other one to see how it compared. I could see immediately how the cable was routed and how it should have been held in place inside the controller, but had slipped out of place. This took a few seconds to fix, and then I looked at the buttons on each one.Most people who crack open controllers are used to larger one-piece rubber membranes which cover the button and provide the continuity through the tiny carbon pad to make the connection go live. That is what makes the action on screen. These controllers instead have separate tiny silicone (I suppose) membranes for each button. I could see how they sat on the one with great button press, and how on the one with mushy buttons they were not sitting correctly. I popped the membrane out, turned it to the right orientation, and reassembled. Perfect.overall quality control might be a bit lax here, or I could have just received two with issues randomly. Even if I had to cannibalize two controllers to make one that was perfect, it would have been half the price of the official Nintendo dogbone controller and that would have been acceptable to me.

It works pretty good for the nes and 3rd party console

I was Very excited to use this, because growing up, and even today, I had not ever heard of it! Now, after only using this NES controller once, I probably will not ever, go back to the square NES one lol!

I had an authentic dogbone controller with a fully intact shell, but a destroyed cord. Unlike the original NES controller, the Dogbone controller featured a modular cord which plugged into the PCB inside the controller, whereas the original was soldered on. I bought this hoping that I could either take the modular plug or far more likely take the entire PCB with soldered cord and transplant it into my authentic dogbone shell... NOPE.. Inside this thing is nothing like the authentic dogbone - the PCB will not fit inside an authentic shell... So I was stuck reselling this thing as is.. fortunately though it was an easy sell because there are lots of toploaders out there in need of dogbones!!

Works great!