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How to repair unresponsive Mega Drive/Genesis d-pad? (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/retrogaming
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I have the Mega Drive gamepad variation pictured in this article, where the d-pad is connected to a plastic circular piece on the back of the PCB where it triggers 4 rubber buttons.

But the down direction is very unresponsive. I've cleaned it well in the hopes that sticky plastic was the cause, but it wasn't.

Any tips? Replacement rubbers, a piece of padding maybe?

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[–] just_another_person 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The PCB is probably shedding at this point, so the contacts have a gap. You could try putting a nub of something in there for added pressure, but it surely still won't feel right while playing.

Is buying a used controller out of the question?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Is buying a used controller out of the question?

The backup plan is to do either that or get an 8bitdo M30 with a retro receiver!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I did get the M30. It's delightful but there's one problem - it looks like The Lion King is one of the few games the Retro Receiver has a problem with. Any button presses while holding a direction on the D-pad interrupt the direction on the D-pad. So a roll becomes a crouch and a running jump becomes a standing jump. I've reached out to support, hopefully they can help, otherwise I'll have to return it.