Gold, original NES Controller

[jdsizzleslice]

Hello guys. I found a Gold NES Controller a while back, and I have never been able to find any information on it. This looks to be OEM from Nintendo. I was just wondering if anyone here could give me some information on this controller.

[burningdoom]

It looks like it's just a normal NES controller, that aged badly and the plastic yellowed.

[blurks]

Haha this is pure comedy gold... 

[aliensstudios]

[jdsizzleslice]

  Thanks for making fun of me. I thought that if I posted it on this forum that I would have gotten genuine responses, but instead have gotten laughed in my face. Thank you burningdoom for having a genuine response.

[dashv]

Thanks for making fun of me. I thought that if I posted it on this forum that I would have gotten genuine responses, but instead have gotten laughed in my face. Thank you burningdoom for having a genuine response.

Welcome to VGCollect. Burning doom meant no offense I'm sure. Most folks here on the forums are pretty cool. We do have a tendency to bust each other's chops though.

Don't take it too personally. I remember when I thought for sure PS3 had the ability to set the PS1 disc speed (it doesn't). That was an interesting discussion.

It is funny if you think about it that the plastics can change color so completely and uniformly that it's impossible to tell what it was originally.

[retromangia]

sorry mate, but your limited edition controller is not what you think it is.. lol, its just aged horribly 

[jdsizzleslice]

Ok the REASON why I asked is because I hadn't heard of the NES Controllers yellowing this bad. I had seen many SNES having this problem, but not an NES Controller. Sorry for all the trouble.

[Warmsignal]

It's kind of cool anyway. I'm sure that's pretty rare regardless of whether it's intentional or not.

[tpugmire]

Yeah it's just yellowing from uv light. Most plastic used in electronics has bromine added as a flame retardant. The bromine reacts to the uv light, and voila! yellow consoles/controllers. If you're that concerned about it, Google retrobrite. It can be reversed, but it's quite the process and results vary.

[dashv]

Ok the REASON why I asked is because I hadn't heard of the NES Controllers yellowing this bad. I had seen many SNES having this problem, but not an NES Controller. Sorry for all the trouble.

No trouble at all!

[matimo]

That's just a grossly yellowed controller..... burn it ._.

[dashv]

That's just a grossly yellowed controller..... burn it ._.

Doesn't have to look right to play right.

[realpoketendonl]

Don't worry about it, everyone makes blunders like this. You won't believe how many dumb things I've asked both here and on other forums about my PS3 when I got it. It's no big deal, just another chance to learn something new. :3

[ffxik]

The only bad thing about this is that when those plastics yellow to that degree they get brittle.  Try retrobrite though I don't think it will work wonders but it should help.

Couple things to note.  It's expensive to make.  It's also slow, takes multiple treatments and will need gracious amounts of UV light to make work properly, so either a UV lamp or a nice sunny day, though more than likely days.

Good luck and welcome to the forums.