Gadgetory

all right today we're going to be taking apart the original NES controller it's actually pretty interesting inside there are six Phillips head screws along the back and once you get those screws out the back casing just pops out you can see the little grooves inside for organizing the wires and then this right here is the integrated circuit this is kind of the brains of the controller it's a gatekeeper of sorts it keeps the button presses all under control and then you can see up here in the top there's these two little brackets that kind of hold the cable in place so when you pull on it doesn't put any stress on the controller I'm going to go ahead and lift the circuit board away from the controller itself and you can see how simple it is it's actually really cool so each time you press down one of the little buttons it connects the little black spots on the board which connects two wires and that's what goes to the integrated circuit controls the actual controller itself so if you want to wire together other buttons right there is where you want to solder them on so I'm going to when I build my giant controller here in a couple weeks that's what I'm going to do obviously you can always take off the buttons and clean them out these are getting kind of be a collector's item so cleaning them is probably a good decision anyway if you have any questions make sure to leave in the comments below don't forget to like if this video helped you and don't forget to subscribe does mean a lot to me I hope to see you around thanks for watching