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how is the list generated? based on listings during 2023?

one issue I had was after completing the work there was tracking issues trying to get the light gun calibrated it would skip all over the screen. Of course i blamed my workmanship and re-did the Molex connectors at the light pen to cord. issue still existed so i soldered the cables together without molex connection. tracking still existed and found instruction for adjusting the potentiometer. After messing with the set screw I got the skipping resolved. 

it made mention of using an oscilloscope to specific settings and then dial to between 20-24 pulses but that is beyond my skillset and not sure who would have that equipment and know how locally.

at the end of the day the Macs is restored and working!

new cord installed. will include photos of some of the repair.

although i doubt this thread will ever help anyone else I like to think it will

Im going to roll the dice on some Molex Female .062 Pin connectors. I don't think it will be as easy to remove the pins as I hoped and I want to avoid solder/shrink tube.

EDIT: the .062" are too big, it looks like I need a .0475" (1.2mm). Approx from digital caliper. I can not find the smaller pins, also it looks too difficult to remove the pins off the wire after crimped. So I think my best bet may be mentioned above by stripped 1/2" of wire past the pin and solder onto the new cord.

Thanks for all the help guys, i guess they are custom only way would be from someone who makes knockoff controllers or to steal from an authentic controller. I am going to try to remove and reuse from an existing controller.

I appreciate all the different input.

I am trying to make this repair as authentic as possible so re-using all first party components should be the best.

6 hours ago, drxandy said:

That's what I would do in your shoes, that way you get the original plug housing too.

Thanks! It helped to talk through it. This is the plan. I will remove the housing and pins from a sacrificial controller. Makes more sense then trying to source the pins and ill be taking apart the controller plug anyways.

3 minutes ago, MrWunderful said:

Can you un-bend the wings off the terminals of another controller port? With a razor or something. 

 

Or, cut the wire an inch back and pull out the hairs from the middle until you can bend them out with needle nose pliers. 
 

Just Throwing some ideas out

I might have to remove and swap over. 

Gikfun Female and Male Pin Connector Terminal for Dupont Jumper Wire Each 100pcs EK8284 https://a.co/d/bShhfQj

perhaps a kit like this exists with the correct part

3 minutes ago, MrWunderful said:

OK yeah I might not be able to help you with that. Have you tried to look up the pin out on the male end for a super scope six? I have to assume it would be similar.

Well i have another macs so i can open it to get the pin out since its different than other light guns (macs rifles wont work with other lightgun games)

so where green goes etc I can just use my existing as a wiring diagram.

maybe I will have to try to uncrimp and recrimp the pins off the snes controller I will sacrifice. Was hoping to just buy new pins

Basically where to get pins to be able to make this connection from a cord.

I have all the connections inside the rifle figured out.

What im asking for is the pins that get crimped onto the wire so i can make the cord end connection

pictures for clarification 

3 minutes ago, darkchylde28 said:

I would say to just run your wiring and then splice an actual SNES controller cable (or one from a clone controller) onto whatever little bit you extend out of the gun, solder the wires together, heat shrink each one individually, then heat shrink the whole thing where you made the splice.  No need to worry about finding the appropriate connector or crimping tool or anything else, as you'll already have it on the cable.  That's my $0.02.

Its an option, but id rather have this restored closer to oem. 

The macs cord is grey vs snes black and having the two fuse together just seems like a hack job and will be visually obvious.

I can’t use a snes cable because the longer length required for the macs rifle.

a final option may be to buy a long third party one but it needs to be a 4 conductor and I am not sure what they are. 

I have already bought the cabling so the appropriate pins to be crimped would be my ideal solution to make it close to original.

I have a macs rifle and the military base cut the snes controller cable and the trigger switch cord out.

I have bought the proper cable for the snes cord and to wire to the trigger switch

the issue I am running into is finding the appropriate pins (assuming crimp style pin) to be able to affix the replacement cable to the snes controller plug.

My plan is to remove the male plug off a snes controller and affix to the newly wired cabling. the new wire is 22awg not sure if that matches normal snes controllers but that is what the macs uses.

So what I am asking for is if anyone can point me in the direction of the pins that need to get crimped onto the cabling so I can install the plug to the end of the cable.

I have another macs rifle so I will be able to match wiring and pinout that way. It is more just knowing what to buy.

13 minutes ago, FenrirZero said:

To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. 

weird, most people just want to build a portfolio

5 minutes ago, RegularGuyGamer said:

I sold mine last year for like $300 instantly. 

damn, must be a-lot of cornball cocksuckers out there. Probably this whole forum

1 hour ago, talem84 said:

90sI have one of the signs for the display!

messaged

I think this comes down to multiple factors.

What is your goal in grading? It is worth grading a childhood favourite for personak collection.

If “worth” means when do we profit then the answer is it depends on market conditions. Some games even low grade will benefit from being graded, others actually sell for more raw/ungraded state. 

10 hours ago, Johnnyboy113 said:

What’s cornball going for now? I had one from kevbot (btw my phone wanted to autocorrect kevbot for LE guy lmao) but sold it I guess. 

no idea, I still have mine with a replacement label

first print needs to be easily identifiable. Some people say first print when there was no difference identifiers over many print runs. You must go title by title and more often than not agree with the majority

1 hour ago, Link said:

I just tested with two pieces of jewel case layered together. They did indeed stick; but there wasn't any dust or mess, and they were easy to seperate. What I like about a dremel is no shards cracking across the rest of the case. ymmv of course, and I hope a grading case is thicker plastic than a jewel case.

whatever works. Maybe a combination of dremmel and chisel/hammer.

Play safe. Wear safety glasses and cut resistant gloves