Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 42 minutes ago

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Let's repair and test out an NES Advantage joystick on this edition of Friday Night Arcade!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

OVERVIEW
0:00 - Introduction
0:59 - History and Packaging
1:59 - How it Works

REPAIR
5:09 - Disassembly
9:26 - Cleaning
14:24 - Retrobrite
15:20 - Reassembly

GAME TESTS
17:56 - Super Mario Bros.
19:02 - R.C. Pro Am
19:50 - Top Gun (yeah...what about it)
20:54 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
22:56 - Gradius
24:00 - Star Voyager
25:01 - Pac-Man

AARON'S THOUGHTS
The NES Advantage is awesome! Once you get it cleaned up and fix the buttons, this is a fantastic controller and a must to have in any collection. It's not perfect - the slow motion feature is hit or miss depending on the game and you may or may not even need the turbo features. I also wouldn't recommend it for platformers like Super Mario Bros. or Mega Man -- you're going to want a regular D-pad for that. But it's terrific for arcade ports, space shooters and beat 'em ups.

Feel free to complain about everything I did wrong in the repairs via the comments below.

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