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Specializing in Replacement Parts and Accessories for all Consumer Based Atari Game Systems and Atari Computers.  For the Best Web site Index page / Site listing

           

     

 

One of the more common Atari Questions / E-Mails we get, do you really have that Atari part or Atari item in stock.  I have checked the world wide Internet and you are the only one that lists it?  I noticed that your that your Atari web page(s) have not been updated (bottom of each Best Web page has a last updated date) for weeks, months or years?  When we cleared out the local Atari Sunnyvale Warehouses here over a 10 to 15 year period, we hauled in thousands and thousands of Pallets of Atari Goods.  Some Atari items we have a lifetime supply of (hence why the Best Atari web page for that product never gets updated) and other Atari items have sold out fast to the world wide Atari users and collectors.

Bests Atari Hall of fame  A little background into why Best Electronics was started 36 years ago and a short list of Best Exclusive made Atari Products, Atari Upgrade kits, Replacement and Upgraded Atari parts Best has developed / produced in the last 36 years in the Atari business.  See why some of the Best made exclusive Atari items and stock Atari products we carry, even show up on E-Bay after they are purchased direct from Best Electronics and resold with a big mark up by E-bay Atari sellers!             

 

All Atari World Wide Atari CX78 JoyPad Owners!  On June 17, 2019 after 16+ months work, Best has released a CX78 Upgrade Gold Kit that will fix / cure the known Atari CX78 JoyPad problems that causes them to fail early and it also Enhances / Upgrades the stock Atari made CX78 JoyPad features / functions!    

                         

On June 17, 2019 Best released another Upgraded Atari replacement part.  The 16+ month story behind the making of the New 4th Best designed Upgraded / Enhanced Atari CX40 Joystick replacement cable.

                 

After 30+ months (2 years and 6 months, the longest in Best Company history) of work, Best is releasing the 3rd upgrade for the stock Atari made stock CX40 Joystick.  The Best 1st CX40 Lifetime Gold internal PCB upgrade was introduced in 2005.  2nd Best CX40 Lifetime Silicone Joystick boot, released in November 2016.  Released on August 09, 2018 the 3rd Best CX40 Upgraded / Enhanced / Beefed up Atari CX40 Joystick replacement part.  The Best Super CX40 Joystick replacement handle.  Three New Best CX40 Joystick upgrades, 15 to 20 years after very last Atari Engineering Upgrades / Revision Changes were made to the stock Atari made CX40 Joysticks.   

              

As of July 10, 2018 Best Electronics is now shipping 4th Generation / Rev. 4 of the Best exclusive Atari CX40 Joystick Lifetime Gold PCB boards.  For over 13+ years now, they have become a World Wide Upgrade board that turns the always failing (because of the stock CX40 boards) Atari CX40 Joystick into lifetime Gold CX40 Joystick (assuming the inner CX40 white handle is good).  Read the upgrade stats / information on the Best CX40 Gold PCB's and the 110% positive feed comments from World Wide Atari / Commodore CX40 Joystick users that have installed the Best CX40 Gold Upgrade boards  They are even purchased direct from Best Electronics and resold on E-Bay! 

 

Be advised of the Atari 7800 clone power supplies ($22.61 to $40.97) and the very over priced ($49.95 to $89.95) stock New Atari made OEM 7800 Power supplies listed on E-bay, all suffer from the same known 7800 Power supply design problems that cause them to go bad early for the last 25+ years and is one of the many reasons why Atari 7800 users are always looking for a New / Replacement 7800 Power Supply.  After 11 months of work, Best has cured these known 7800 Power supply problems with its New Upgraded / Improved / Enhanced 2018 Atari 7800 Power supply which costs less than any of the ones listed on E-Bay and has a better / longer Atari Warranty.  Read the Best Article on the making of the New 2018 Best 7800 Upgraded / Improved / Enhanced Power Supply

 

Best Electronics is releasing its 1st upgraded Atari product for 2018.  Read about the 10 month story behind the making of the Best Atari 600XL / 800XL Enhanced / Upgraded replacement Keyboard Mylar

              

After 12+ months work, Best Electronics is releasing another upgraded Atari product for 2017.  The Best 2nd Generation Enhanced / Upgraded Custom made Atari Composite Video Cable for Atari 8 bit Computers

        

After 10+ months work, Best is releasing its latest Atari Upgrade part for the 35+ year Atari designed CX40 Joystick.  See why Best went back to a 1982 Atari Engineering designed CX40 part to inspire its latest Upgraded / Improved CX40 Lifetime replacement part.

 

Where the average Atari company would of given up over a year and 7 months ago, looking for a replacement / upgraded Atari CX30 Paddle Pot.  Best would like to thank the hundreds and hundreds of patient world wide Atari CX30 Paddle users who have waited and inquired over and over for the last 19+ months about the status of Bests Super Pot search.  Read what Best Electronics went thru searching the world for a new 2nd Generation CX30 Pot vendor.  What sounds like a very easy Atari part to find, ended up being a very very long extended search (the 2nd longest in the 34 year company history) for Best Electronics. 

 

After over 8+ months work, Best is releasing its latest exclusive Atari upgrade.  It is a 2016 Upgraded / Improved / Licensed version of a bench mark / proven Atari 800XL 256K Ram Upgrade, 1st released in 1990.

 

After over 6 months work, Bests New and Latest Gold controller Upgrade for a troubled Atari 7800 Joystick (like the Atari CX40 and CX52 Joystick problems which Best has fixed) with a shaky past.  If you liked Bests CX40 Joystick lifetime Gold PCB boards, Upgraded Gold Lifetime Atari CX40 Joysticks and Lifetime Atari 5200 CX52 Gold Joysticks you will love this latest Atari 7800 Lifetime controller upgrade.  

 

After 8 months work, Best's latest 2016 Atari 1200XL Keyboard Upgraded internal replacement Mylar for an Atari keyboard with almost a 100% Failure rate!  

Here is a chronological listing of all Best Atari Web site Updates, Corrections or New Atari items since it went up in early 2002. 

 As you will see, we keep the Best Atari Web site current and up to date for all Atari Consumer products we support.

 

The World Leader in Atari Parts and Atari Supplies.  On February 1, 2020

Best Electronics started its 36th year in the Atari business!

As of 02-07-18 the Best Web site has had over 1 Million+ views from World Wide Atari users!

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Best Electronics was Voted "The Best Atari Supporting Company" in the World.  By World Wide Atari users,  in the Independent online, MyAtari 2002 and 2003 web site Surveys and 1st Runner up in the  2004 Survey!  Survey was not run in 2005 - 2018!

                                                                 

                

Best Atari Customer feed back:

All comments are spontaneous unsolicited Best customer feed back comments and are posted here with the permission of each Best customer. 

                     

Jack B. of CA.   Jack sent in two old carbon dot non working Atari CX52 Joysticks for Bests Reconditioned / Upgraded CX52 Gold Lifetime Joystick exchange program.  He received them and was happy with them.  But Jack noticed that one of the Best CX52 Gold Joysticks would not go far right on the 5200 Centipede game.  We told Jack that Atari CX52 Joystick symptom was covered in the 1/2 sheet of Best CX52 Joystick information / Trouble shooting information we include with each CX52 Joystick we send out.  All Best Reconditioned / Upgraded CX52 Gold Joysticks are tested twice (once during reconditioning and just before they are sent out).  They are tested on an Atari 5200 motherboard that has pasted all of the Atari 5200 Factory Diagnostic tests and it up to Atari 5200 Engineering motherboard specifications.  What has happened, is Jacks Atari 5200 30+ year old motherboard has drifted off the original Atari Factory electronic port setting.  Atari 5200 Engineering knew this could be a possible problem in the future, so they designed a way this could be corrected.  10 to 15 minutes on the phone with Jack, Best walked him thru the minor 5200 motherboard port adjustment / calibration.  "First let me say that my newly calibrated, gold CX52s work perfectly.  I am enjoying my 5200 every day, and am so happy with my purchase.  I honestly can't believe how well they work, and I'd like to do some more business with you."

Steve K. of Canada   Steve wanted to rebuild his Atari Lynx II console.  He ordered a New Atari OEM Lynx II Flex circuit and new mating silicon pad set and a few new Lynx lose games.  "Just to let you know, the package arrived safely toward the end of last week. I've installed the new flex circuit and pads and everything is working well. I'm amazed that it's still possible to buy brand-new, OEM Atari parts in 2020. It feels like a miracle. Thanks for helping keep this hobby alive."

               

Wesley R. of KY  Wesley ordered one of Bests very very rare New in the box, 1st Generation Japan made Atari Lynx I combo (includes New Lynx I with US Power supply, California game, Comlink cable and 4 other new Atari Lynx games with normal Atari 90 day Warranty) packages.  "I received the package today. All I can say is, WOW! I am in love with my new Lynx! I will definitely be buying some more items from Best Electronics soon."

Follow up Comment:  "I will be reaching out to you again here soon to order some Atari ST and Lynx items. Pleasure doing business with Best Electronics."
                 

Ian S. of TX.  Ian had purchased an Atari 5200 2 port console, but when it arrived it was having some video issues which he was not to happy with.  A couple of Best 5200 trouble shooting tips to Ian and several E-Mails later, Bests suggestion was to get a new drop in Atari 5200 2 port US motherboard.  "Thank you so much! The 5200 motherboard works perfectly!"

           

Steve H. of NH   Steve said he had left of couple of voice mails to Best, but never heard back from us.  Then he tried an E-Mail to Best.  In our same day E-Mail reply back, we explained to Steve we are so busy here (7 days a week, 14 to 16 hour days here) that we get to our Atari voice Mails around 12 midnight to 2 AM typically.  It has not changed for last 20+ years.  Steve said he just got an Atari 130XE but it had keyboard problems.   He said he wanted to order the Best better made XE Keyboard CB101049 replacement mylar.  One of the two Atari made stock XE Keyboard mylars has a close to a 99% failure rate.  The Best made upgraded XE Keyboard mylar has a 1/4 of 1% failure rate for the last 28+ years of sell them all over the world.  "130XE keyboard mylar arrived today.  It’s in and working!  Good price, great service, thanks for being there!"

 

Gary G. of OH   Gary sent in 3 old Atari carbon dot CX52 Joysticks for Best CX52 Gold Joysticks on Best CX52 exchange program.   When he received them he said "I received my sticks back. New buttons are great but I'm having a similar problem with each stick."  We explained to Gary that all Atari CX52 Joysticks Bests reconditions are tested on Atari Factory consoles that are calibrated to Atari 5200 Engineering Spec's using Atari 5200 Diagnostic hardware.  Just before the Reconditioned CX52 Joysticks are sent out, they again go into our 36+ Atari Super Tech's area to be again tested on Factory spec Atari 5200 consoles.  We explained to Gary, that we have found over the last 36+ years selling Atari CX52 Joysticks, that some of the Atari 5200 30+ year old consoles have electronically drifted off the Atari 5200 Factory Joystick port settings, casing the CX52 Joystick problems Gary was seeing.  Atari 5200 design Engineers put in device to correct this port problem on all 5200 motherboards made.   We explained that we can help Gary do the minor internal setting adjustment over the phone within his 5200 console to get his Best CX52 Joystick problems corrected.  A couple of E-Mails back and forth, Best told Gary how to prep his 5200 console, the 5200 game cartridge required and the tools required before he called Best.  We arranged for Gary to call Best around Friday afternoon here, where is slows down just a little (Ha ha) here.  About 10 to 15 minutes on the phone with Gary:  "All 3 sticks work great after calibration. Thanks."

Follow up Comment:  "Sticks work great and over-the-phone console calibration was easy!  I look forward to doing more business with you later!"

 

John F. of NY    John ordered 1 of Bests new CX40 Joysticks upgraded with the Best designed CX40 Gold lifetime inner PCB board, Best designed new CX40 lifetime Silicon Joystick boot and Best designed / Upgraded CX40 inner Super Handle.  "Today, I opened your package and handed Jess our newly purchased Upgraded CX-40 Gold.  All she said was, “...now that’s what I’m talkin’ about...”  So, it’s nothing but high scores for her and  I’ve finally saved the princess from Donkey Kong - and I totally suck.    The firm, smooth stick response and a fire button that “clicks” coupled with the soft grip - makes you’re upgraded CX-40 work the “Gold Standard” of joysticks in this house."

 

Michael O. of CA   Michael sent in an old non working CX52 carbon dot Joystick for Bests CX52 upgraded Gold exchange program.  "I love the action of this 5200 controller you had rebuilt for me its awesome."

Follow up Comment:  "the joystick has a feel that takes you by surprise.  It makes the 5200 very enjoyable now."

                      

Mark S. of FL   Mark took advantage of Bests Atari CX52 Joystick exchange / Gold upgrade program.  He sent in a non working Atari CX52 Carbon dot Joystick.  "I love my rebuilt Gold Contact 5200 Joystick!  It has transformed my Super System from practically unplayable to one of my favorite consoles of all time!" 

                           

395+ Additional Best Customer Atari Feedback Comments from all over the World

 

   Best Electronics Company wide Recycling and Eco efforts!

 

 

 

Best Electronics has been Sold Out of the very popular Wizztronics Atari 8 bit Midimax MIDI interfaces for close to 6 – 7+ years now.  Not to use the over used “RARE” word on E-Bay Atari listings, the MIDIMAX product is one step more.  In the last 10+ year of watching for Atari items on E-bay every single day, I think in total, we have only seen one used Wizztronics MIDIMAX listed and sold on E-Bay.  Think of it, have you ever seen a Wizztronics Atari MIDIMAX ever listed on E-bay at all?  World wide Atari 8 Bit Computer (400 (48K), 800 (48K), 1200XL, 800XL, 65XE / 130XE and XE Game owners simply will not part with their highly prized Atari MIDIMAX interface.  With an inexpensive MIDI Keyboard you can now learn how to use MIDI Synthesizers, Drum machines, Write/Save, Play and Modify Music without the normal High cost of a normal MIDI system and Atari ST, PC or Mac Computer.  With the MIDIMAX MIDI interface, standard MIDI Keyboard, 2 MIDI cables and an Atari 8 bit computer with disk drive, you have a Brand New application for your Classic Atari 8 bit Computer!!

We have some interesting News on the Atari MIDIMAX product

  The Best Electronics State of the Art internal Upgrade for the Classic Atari CX40 Joystick!

Also See Atari CX40 Joysticks upgraded with the New Best CX40 Internal Upgrade!

 

 

Atari Flashback2 New Owners.  Did you know that there is an Internal Hack / User installed upgrade that will allow the New Fixed 40 internal game Flashback2 Atari consoles to use the over 400 to 600+ Atari 2600 Game cartridges?   It does require you open up (Break the Warranty seal) your Flashback2 Console and solder wires to the Flashback2 motherboard.  Best Electronics is listed in this article and the only one in the world to have the New Atari 2600A Cartridge Guide assemblies ($10, Limit one) in stock for this Flashback2 upgrade.

 

 

I over paid for an eBay logoAtari item!  E-Bay is a great place for Atari Bargains, but over the last 14 to 15+ years we have seen Atari E-bay bidders over pay for thousands of New and Used Atari items that have No Warranty at all, when Best Electronics has the exact same New Atari item in stock for less money with the normal Atari 90 Day Warranty (same Atari Warranty for the last 36+ years) and in most cases with cheaper shipping charges.  So when you find an Atari item on E-Bay you are thinking about bidding on, suggest you come to the Best Atari Web site to find if Best Electronics has the same New Atari item in stock.  Remember that not all of the over 5,000+ Atari items we have in stock are listed at this Atari web site, only the more popular ones we get requests for.  If you can not find it on this all Atari web site, send us an E-Mail: bestelec@bestelec.digitalspacemail8.net  The lesson here is, you should always check the Best Web site before bidding on any Atari item and do not get caught up in E-Bay Bidding fever or get caught by an E-Bay land shark trying to get over market value for a new or used Atari item.  If you do have a problem with your Atari E-Bay item you won and it is sold as Seller does not offer returns, you can come to Best Electronics to get the Atari replacement parts or free Best Atari Technical advice on how to fix your ailing E-Bay Atari items. 

Here are some recent samples of over paid or over priced Atari items we seen on E-Bay

 

Frogger Atari 2600 BRAND NEW SEALED.  Seller does not offer returns  Sold on 07-26-20 for $469.99 with Free shipping  Purchased from Best Electronics and marked up and resold by this E-Bay seller        

Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Parker Bros 2600 Frogger with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $59.95 plus shipping

         

Atari 2600 BRAIN GAMES '86 BRAND NEW Game Cartridge FACTORY SEALED Rare Gray Box  Seller does not offer returns  Sold on 07-24-20 for $49.99 plus $5.99 shipping

Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari 2600 Brain Games game with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $12.00 plus max. US shipping $8.30

                               

DEFENDER II 2 (1984) BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED ATARI 2600.  Seller does not offer returns  Sold on 07-24-20 for $40.00 with free shipping

Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari 2600 Defender II Game with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $12.00 plus Max. US shipping $8.30

                

Used CROSS FORCE Atari 2600 Video Game Complete CIB Cartridge Manual Box.  30 day returns  Buyer pays for return shipping Sold on 07-23-20 for $29.99 plus $3.75 shipping

Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Spectravisions Cross Force game for the Atari 2600 with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $25.00 plus Max. US shipping $8.30

             

Used Dracula the Undead - Atari Lynx - Game cartridge Only - FREE SHIPPING.  30 day returns  Buyer pays for return shipping  Sold on 07-23-20 for $30.00 with free shipping

Bests New loose Atari Lynx Dracula game cartridge with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $14.95 plus max. US shipping $8.30

           

NEW NOS ATARI 2600 G.I. JOE COBRA STRIKE GAME IN FACTORY SEALED & S/W BOX 7800.  14 day returns, buyer pays for return shipping  Sold on 07-22-20 for $329.99 with free shipping   

Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Parker Bros 2600 GI Joe Strike with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $25 plus Max. US Shipping $8.30

                                         

GI JOE - COBRA STRIKE - Atari 2600 - WATA NEW FACTORY SEALED.  Seller does not offer returns  Current 34 day E-Bay auction as of 07-24-20   Buy it now for $400.00 plus $14.90 shipping  Purchased direct from Best Electronics and marked up and resold by this E-Bay seller

Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Parker Bros 2600 GI Joe Strike with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $50 plus Max. US Shipping $8.30

         

RARE Diagnostic Atari 400/800 Prototype SALT Rev. 2.05 Cartridge Service Center.  Seller does not offer returns  Current 34 day E-Bay auction as of 07-24-20   Buy it now for $250.00 plus $4.95 shipping  Purchased direct from Best Electronics and marked up and resold by this E-Bay seller

Bests New Atari 400 / 800 SALT Diagnostic Cartridge V 2.05 with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $25.00 plus Max. US shipping $8.30.  400 /  800 Joystick port loop back board $15.00 and SIO Shorting Plug $7.95 required to run the SALT 2.05 Joystick and SIO external port diagnostic tests, no extra shipping charge

                      

RARE Atari 2600 Prototype Signal Tracing Cartridge Service Center.  Seller does not offer returns  Current 34 day E-Bay auction as of 07-24-20   Buy it now for $250.00 plus $4.95 shipping  Purchased direct from Best Electronics and marked up and resold by this E-Bay seller

Bests New Atari 2600 Signal Tracking Cartridge MA017601 $15.00 plus Max. US shipping $8.30

     

NEW NOS IN FACTORY SEALED & S/W BOX ATARI 5200 ZONE RANGER GAME.  30 day returns.  Buyer pays for return shipping  Current 7 day E-Bay auction as of 07-24-20   Buy it now for $99.99 with free shipping      

Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Activision's 5200 Zone Ranger game with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $20.00 plus Max. US shipping $8.30

          

Used Atari 400/800/XL/XE Caverns of Mars Cartridge only Tested & Working.  Free 30 day returns  Current 13 day E-Bay auction as of 07-24-20   Buy it now for $42.00 with free shipping

Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari 400 / 800 / XL / XE Caverns of Mars game with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $31.95 plus Max. US shipping $8.30  Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari 400 / 800 / XL / XE Caverns of Mars game Floppy disk version with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $15.95 plus shipping

                          

NEW Atari Computer 400 800 XL XE Mickey Mouse Great Outdoors Video Game System disk.  4 available.  30 day returns.  Buyer pays for return shipping  Current 35 day E-Bay auction as of 07-24-20   Buy it now for $49.95 plus $3.95 shipping Bests New in the shrunk warped box Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse in the Great Outdoors Educational Disk game for 800 / XL / XE / XEGS Atari computers with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $20.00 plus Shipping

                    

VTG Supra Corp Assault Force - Atari 400 800 XL XE - 1984 - NEW - Factory Sealed.  30 day returns.  Buyer pays for return shipping  Sold on 07-19-20 for $99.99 plus $15.05 shipping  Purchased from Best Electronics and marked up and resold by this E-Bay seller

Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Supra's Assault Force game with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $29.95 plus $8.30 shipping.          

       

Tutankham Atari 2600 New Sealed Mint Gold WATA 9.0 A+ Parker Brothers Arcade.  30 day returns.  Buyer pays for return shipping  Current 25 day E-Bay auction as of 07-19-20   Buy it now for $698.00 with free shipping  Purchased from Best Electronics and marked up and resold by this E-Bay seller      

Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Parker Bros 2600 Tutankham game with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $25 plus Max. US Shipping $8.30

        

LODE RUNNER BRAND NEW NIB ATARI 400\800\XL\XE Broderbund 1987 (Cartridge).  Seller does not offer returns  Current 21 day E-Bay auction as of 07-19-20   Buy it now for $100.00 plus $9.95 shipping 

Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari (XL /XE Computers only) Lode Runner game with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $29.50 plus max. US shipping $8.30

                  

USED ATARI 400 800 WIZARD OF WAR VIDEO GAME CARTRIDGE ROKLAN.  Seller does not offer returns  Current 7 day E-Bay auction as of 07-19-20.  Buy it now for $38.00 plus $5.00 shipping   

Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box, Rocklan's Wizard of Wor for the Atari 400 / 800 / 1200XL / 65XE / 130XE and XEGS with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $29.95 plus Max US Shipping $8.30

                     

Frogger Atari 2600 BRAND NEW SEALED.  Seller does not offer returns  Current  day E-Bay auction as of 07-19-20.  Buy it now for $469.99 with Free shipping  Purchased from Best Electronics and marked up and resold by this E-Bay seller        

Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Parker Bros 2600 Frogger with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $59.95 plus shipping

          

Used Atari 2600 Switch Box Adapter Video with Coax out Ohm Connector only.  Seller does not offer returns  4 available 24 sold.  Current 13 day E-Bay auction as of 07-19-20.  Buy it now for $22.99 plus $5.00 shipping      

Bests New Atari made OEM 1980 / 1990 Era TV Switch box with Atari Coax in and Coax out adapters with normal 90 day Atari Warranty.  $8.95 plus shipping

                  

3,081+ examples of over paid or over priced E-Bay Atari items

 

Best Electronics Atari Joystick, Paddle, Trackball and other Atari Controllers Quick Reference Guide!

Best Electronics Quick Reference Guide for Atari Replacement OEM Power Supplies, Cables and Connections to TV's and Monitors

Best Atari Information tip:  Atari Power Supplies or what you should know before you buy a used E-Bay Atari Power supply or E-Bay Atari product with an used internal Atari Power Supply.

Best Atari XL / XE Power Supply information tip.  Are all Atari XL / XE replacement power supplies the same?

 

Best Electronics Final Answer to the Atari 5200 Joystick 25+ year Problems, What Every Atari 5200 Owner Should Know!

 

New Best exclusive 2nd generation Atari CX52 Joystick Upgrade

 

After close to 28+ years of selling Reconditioned Atari Carbon dot and Gold CX52 Joysticks, we have finally run out of the Atari CX52 Joystick cores to rebuild, we got out of the local Sunnyvale Atari warehouses years ago.  Any Atari 5200 owner who purchased our Best CX52 Gold Joysticks, 1 to 11+ years ago from us, knows that they are now lifetime upgraded CX52 Joysticks and you do not need any spare old / used CX52 Joysticks to keep as possible back up controllers.  We are asking you to send us any old / used Atari CX52 Joysticks you have.  Keep them from going into a land fill and recycle them so another deserving Atari 5200 owner like yourself will have the same fun / lifetime use of a Best CX52 Gold upgraded Joystick that you have.  If you like Best will credit you Best customer account a $6 credit per sent in CX52 complete controller for a current or future Atari Purchase / order from Best Electronics.

Best Electronics Exclusive and Very Comprehensive article on the proper rebuilding Atari CX52 5200 Joysticks  Includes a short list of the more popular Atari CX52 Joystick and Atari 5200 OEM replacement parts we carry (end of Article).

Brand New Custom made Atari Dust Cover for the Atari 5200 Consoles.  Back in stock after being out of stock for 12+ years

 

Do you have one of the Classic Atari CX40 Joysticks that is not working well? We have the perfect Solution for you.  Includes a short list of Atari CX40 OEM replacement parts and New Best 4th generation Gold CX40 PCB boards

Good News! CX40 stock Joystick Rubber boots back in stock, no limits for now.

The New 2016 Best CX40 Silicon Lifetime Joystick boot

 

  

                   

Do you have an old pair of Atari CX30 Paddles that have Shaking / Jittery cursors when you use them?   Read how simple it is to cure this problem.  Includes a short list of Atari CX30 Paddle OEM replacement parts.  One of the critical Atari OEM parts we got out of the local Atari Parts warehouse, required for this Atari CX30 Paddle rebuild finally Sold Out, but after a 6 to 7 year search the critical CX30 Paddle part just got upgraded to a 3X better version (Sold Out), now shipping a 5X 2nd Gen. Paddle Pot.   See information below.

    

Another Best Electronics Exclusive Atari Upgrade item!  Read about Best Electronics 6 to 7 year search for a replacement Atari CX30 Paddle Potentiometer.  New Extended life Atari CX30 Paddle, Gemini (non Atari Clone paddles) with the half shaft paddle knobs (not for the Gemini paddles with the splined paddle knob/pot shaft) and Ultra Pong, Super Pong, Super Pong Pro Am hand held Pong Paddle controllers replacement 1st Generation Super Potentiometers!!!

                                                                                                                                                                                

 

 

 

1st Generation CX30 Paddles Super Pots have finally Sold Out

 

Read about Bests 19+ month search for a 2nd Generation Upgraded / Enhanced S5 Atari CX30 Paddle and Atari / Sears Pong Paddle Super Pots! 

 

Can the Best S5 Lifetime CX30 Paddle pots be used / installed on Non Atari made Paddles?

                                      

 

 

 

1st Generation Super Pots

                                                                                                                                         

2nd Generation S5 Super Pots

            

Back in Stock after a long absence, the Atari CX24 Joystick / Atari CX22 Stock Trackball Fire button replacement PCB's.

The New Best CX24 Joystick Upgrade matched set of 3 Gold Lifetime PCBs.

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State of the Art, Atari Joystick for the Older Atari Systems! 

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Ever hear an old Atari person talking about an Atari BBS or Sysops and wonder what they were talking about?  Find out what Atari Computer users did 15 to 18+ years ago, before the Internet as we know it!  See a Demo of an Atari BBS or with a little effort, you can once again connect up to a live Atari BBS!

Read about a recent visit we had to Best Electronics from one of the premier Atari / Activision programmers of her time, Carol Shaw!

Best Atari Information Tip:  What you need to know before you buy an Atari Light Gun for your Atari 8 bit computer or Atari 2600 /  7800 game system

Having trouble connecting up the your old Atari to your Cable Ready TV and think your  Atari is Bad? or What you should know before you connect up your Old Atari Product to your Cable Ready TV.  Check out our Best Electronics Money Saving Atari Information tips (and other common problems) before you doing anything else with your Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, Atari 8 bit Computers or ST Computer system!  These Best Tech Tips also apply to Most Atari products made, that connect up to a TV.

 Best Atari 2600 Tech Tip!  What to look for when Buying/Bidding on a Used or third party Reconditioned Atari 2600 / 2600A / 2600Jr console.  Includes a list of Atari OEM 2600 replacement parts. 

New Atari Dust Covers for the Atari 2600/2600A Consoles and for the first time in 22+ years, Brand New Custom made Cover for the Atari 7800 Consoles

 

New Atari Engineering 2600 Heavy and Light 6 switch console Composite Video Kit Rev. 2

 

 

Best Atari Tech Tip: Faulty Game Cartridges?

How you can salvage questionable Atari Game Cartridges.

Other Best Free Atari Tech Tips

Latest Free Atari Tech Tip on getting Composite Video out of your Atari 2600, 5200 or 7800 without any internal Mods.

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Atari 2600 Cartridge Collectors! Do you have an Atari 32 in 1 Game Cartridge in your Collection?

 

 

New Atari Prototype / Unreleased in the US, 7800 Light Gun Game!  Atari US / NTSC version Sentinel.

 

 

Have you seen those E-Bay Auctions for 7800 Composite Video modifications?   You pay from $35 to $50+ and send (you pay for the shipping) in your 7800 console to be modified.  Best Electronics has a new Atari Engineering designed 7800 Composite Video mod for US 7800 Consoles you can do yourself for far less money!

New or First Time US eBay logoAtari bidders, Read our informative Best Atari Information Tip, That will save you some Grief, Hassles and Money!!

Thought to have passed into Atari History (lost for over 10+ years in our Atari Warehouses, we recently found a box of upgrade instructions on an Atari Pallet we were breaking down), Atari User written 8 bit Atari Computer Upgrades / Atari Hacks.   The Atari 65XE to 320K / 130XE Ram upgrade, 256K 600XL , Atari 1200XL Operating System back to the more popular 400 / 800 OS standard and Indus 8 bit GT Disk Drive Upgrade ROM.

Bests New Enhanced Composite Video cable for the Atari 65XE / 800 / 800XL / 130XE / 1200XL Computers

Are you an Atari 8 bit computer collector and have every Atari SIO peripheral Atari product made connected to your Atari SIO Daisy chain, but have run out of empty SIO ports to plug in all of your Atari SIO devices into?  Best has the perfect answer to this Atari SIO problem!

Brand New Custom made Atari Dust Cover for the Atari 800 Computer Back in stock after being out of stock for 8+ years

Just In Dust Cover for the Atari 800XL Computer with the Atari Logo!

New Unreleased / Prototype Atari XE Game Cartridge!

Once is a Lifetime buy.  New Atari 825 80 Column printers in the Atari Original 30+ year Factory boxes!

One of the misdiagnosed Lynx II known problems and Best Electronics final Cure / Upgrade fix for it.

New Atari Lynx Collector Items, Very Limited Supply

Reconditioned Atari Lynx I and II Console Specials!  

Best Atari Tech Tip for a dead Atari Lynx

 

New Feature:  You now can sample the Music Tracks on the Atari Jaguar Tempest 2000 Audio CD before you buy!  Originally scored for the Tempest 2000 Jaguar Game Cartridge.  Normally Only sold with the Jaguar CD players,  Now you can purchase it separately!  Only $5.00

 

Now in stock the long over due Jaguar combo Composite and Enhanced S-Video Cable.

 

 

Best Electronics Repairs Atari Jaguar CD Drives.  Please E-Mail us at: bestelec@bestelec.digitalspacemail8.net for details and costs.

Best Electronics exclusive Jaguar console Red Screen of Death Atari Tech Tip.

Atari ST / Mega / STE / MegaSTE / TT / Falcon Owners.  Heard of the Atari produced Upgrade Ajax Disk Controller Chip and wonder what it was?  Read about this Atari Custom chip that is fully Backward (to all ST computers made) and Forward compatiable to the very old WD1772 Disk Controller chip.  Atari designed State of the Art Custom drop in replacement DSDD / HD Floppy Disk Controller Chip.

Best Electronics is now the US Distributor for the Atari ST Bench Mark HDDRIVER Rev. 10.15 ST Flash card / Hard Drive Mech. Prep program.

 

 

New Double Sided, Double Density (DSDD) 3 1/2 Floppy Disks!  Atari 520ST, 520STFM, 1040ST, Mega 1/2/4, Stacy 1/2/4, MegaSTE, early Mac's and Amiga Computers Owners.  Have you tried to find New 3 1/2 inch DSDD Floppy disks lately?  They are basically an obsolete / discontinued item and have not been produced by Floppy Disk Manufactures for close to 8 to 10 years now.  Best Electronics recently got in a lot of New DSDD 3 1/2 Floppy Disks, probably the last new ones we will ever see.  Also see the Best Floppy Disk Information tip below.

 

 

 

 

 

Best 3 1/2 Floppy Disk Information tip:  for Atari ST Midi Composers and ST Users who use Atari 520ST, 520STFM, 1040ST, Mega 1/2/4, 1040STE, Stacy 1/2/4, MegaSTE, TT Computers equipped with 720K Internal Disk Drives also early Mac's and Amiga owners, are you having problems saving data to your floppy disks?  Are you using the wrong type of Floppy disks?

Alldata and Bell and Howell users!  Best Electronics has full Hardware support for your Atari ST/Mega (Alldata 3 and 4 Systems) Auto Diagnostic System and 1040STE, MegaSTE or Falcon based Bell and Howell Mail sorting System.  Atari Mice, Atari Keyboards, Atari Replacement Monitors/Multi Sync adapter cables or board level Components.

Atari STM1 Gray ST  / MegaSTE / TT / Falcon Mouse Rebuild Kits

Atari TT and MegaSTE Owners, Looking for Replacement Internal SCSI 1 Hard Drive?

Looking for an Atari ST Color, ST Mono Chrome Replacement Monitor?  Find out how you can get 2 ST monitors in 1, using Best Electronics Multi Sync Monitor adapter cable.  Now with a New Expanded List of over 110+ Compatible ST Multi Sync Monitors!  New Updated Information on using the Best ST Multi Sync adapter cable with a RGB to VGA Converter Box to just about any of the Newer Larger LCD / TFT Computer Monitors, The Largest LCD TV's and Projection TV's.  This RGB to VGA converter box will also work with any of the largest Tube type of Multi Sync monitors too.

New Update on the Brand New 2nd Generation Best ST Multi Sync adapter cable!

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To Celebrate Best Electronics 20+ years in the Atari Business and 14+ years selling the High Quality Truemouse (The ST/MegaSTE/TT/Falcon replacement mouse), we are running a Limited Special!  Buy 2 Truemouse’s for $34.95 each (click here for more information on the Truemouse) and get a "FREE" Atari Handy Mouse / Mini Trackball (click here for more information on the Atari Handy mouse), a $32.95 value!

Special to end without notice!

Best Electronics exclusive Mouse Plus Teflon upgrade internal roller set for the Taiwan Made STM1 Gray 520ST / 520STFM / 1040ST / 1040STE / MegaSTE / TT and Falcon ST mice.

Best Electronics Sleeper ST Best Trackball

Now back in stock, the PC version of the Best Trackball!

Best Electronics is now the exclusive World Wide Distributor for the Wizztronics Falcon 2 1/2" to 3 1/2" IDE Hard Drive plug in adapter board

The New Best Atari Falcon Upgrade all Falcon users can use!

A Money Saving Best Tech Tip for Atari SLM605 Laser Printer Owners!

Atari Falcon / PC/Mac Owners! Special Buy on External Iomega Jaz 1 Gig drives

            

 1987 era Atari Player on Board Car Window sign

                                  

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On one of our recent Trips to a German Atari Messe (Fair) we found a rare Atari Collector item, which most Atari Collectors have Never seen before, a Genuine Atari Made Full Size Grocery Bag with the Atari Logo's on it.   These Atari Collector Bags, were given out at the Atari Booth Store when you purchased some Atari Collector Clothing, Products or supplies 10 to 12 years ago. Very Limited Supply! and Limited to 1 per Lucky Atari Collector.  $15 each.

See pictures of Best Electronics at the April 10 -11 1999 Semi Annual International German Atari Neuss Messe (Fair/Show)

Our Revision 10 Catalog all Atari Catalog with over 5000+ Atari Parts and More! New Updated information! Catalog front and back cover pictures, Catalog Specifications, Catalog Questions and Answers, Comments and Reviews on the Best Rev. 10 Catalog, Ordering information.

Best Revision 10 Catalog 14 page Addendum online with color photos.  Best Rev. 10 Catalog Owners, Down load and add the current Addendum to your Best Atari Catalog!  New information on future Best Rev. 10 all Atari Catalog Addendums.

We are the Largest Atari Dealer for Atari OEM Replacement Parts in the World, for Atari Computers and Game Machines with over 5000+ different Atari Parts and Atari  Accessories in Stock and Ready to ship.  We cannot list our complete 5000+ Atari inventory on the web, but it's in our catalog. order your copy today.

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current Best Phone number for over 20+ years now.  Since that old Best phone number is only listed on some very very old

Atari flyers and the Best Rev. 10 all Atari catalog, the amount of phone calls we get on that old phone number are now down to 1 to

2 per a 6 to 8 month period.   So Best will drop / discontinue that phone number as the 1st of 2018.

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