I’m on an iPad, but even if I request the desktop site it’s the same deal.

I sent you back a PM yesterday…

I’ll give you Japanese Mario Tennis for $15 which includes shipping.

I have a bunch that I cut the cartridge slot out of with an exacto knife.

I just scored one of these too, and the foam is in rough shape. Any update of a way to fix this up?

Yeah. I had one of those aftermarket VB power adaptors, and the multimeter was showing voltage sometimes, and then it was in and out. Like I said, I bought the official adaptor tap and that did it. Worse comes to worse, you can always resell the tap. Make sure your actual AC adapter is giving power to the tap.

When I had a similar issue and it seems that the tap was receiving power, it turns out it still wasn’t. I gambled on buying a new adapter on eBay for like $30 and that did the trick.

Okay – what’s your charge? I’m in Florida, BTW.

Yep – the original AC adapter was bad. All is well now. It’s great!

So I went on eBay and bought another controller that came with an AC adapter and Galactic Pinball for $45. It worked. The AC adapter that I originally had was bad. Not to mention the screens inside the VB are PERFECT. So it looks like I’ve got a perfectly working VB for about $80, less whatever I can get for the extra controller!

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Bought it from some dude in a Buy,Sell,Trade group off Facebook.

Okay. I’ll scratch at everything. I may try to pick up a working used battery pack and controller combo from eBay and see if that works. That should at least tell me if it’s the system itself that’s broken, I guess.

I tested it on pins 5 and 6. Now I don’t seem to be getting anything. Is there something in the controller itself I can check to see if there’s a specific issue?

speedyink wrote:
Yeah sounds like the AC adapter is working. Next in line, you’ll need to check the controller. I’m not sure which pins carry the power though..

Got something here. I checked the pins on the controller. Even though I had plenty of voltage coming out of the AC adapter, I’m getting about 4.5 volts on the controller pins. My multimeter wasn’t small enough to fit into the pin connector so I had to use bent paper clips as a go-between – I don’t think that would change anything though.

So if I’m losing voltage somewhere in the controller – what might the fix be?

I picked up a multimeter and checked the AC adapter. It’s carrying 9.6 volts through the piece that snaps into the controller, so I don’t think that’s the issue.

USA. Florida to be exact.

speedyink wrote:
Do you have a multi meter/voltage tester?

I can pick one up today, but I guess I need a little guidance on what exactly to test.

DMC wrote:
The AC adaptor is the same as the one used on the NES/SNES. Do you have one of those consoles to try it on?

Yes, I have both – but since the VB one has the plastic piece that snaps onto the controller, wouldn’t I have to modify the NES/SNES ones to work with the VB?

Ok, so I hear absolutely nothing. Is there a way to check that the AC adapter is working before I try and buy another one?

I ordered a few and they haven’t arrived yet, so no. I thought that even without a game it would still start to whir up or something. Is that not the case?