Best Electronics                          

Specializing in Replacement Parts and Accessories for all Consumer based Atari Game Systems and Atari Computers for the index page.     

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 Atari collectors.   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, 2010   Best Electronics started its 26th year in the Atari business!     

Love what you see at the Best All Atari Web site?  Click on the Favorites button below to add Best Electronics to your Internet Explorer Favorites folder.

I over paid for an Atari item!  E-Bay is a great place for Atari Bargains, but over the last 5 to 7 years we have seen 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 and in most cases with cheaper shipping charges.  When you find something on E-Bay you like, suggest you come to the Best Atari Web site and use the above search function (and also located at the bottom of most of the Best Web site pages) 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.  So if the Best Web site search function does not find it on this web site, send us an E-Mail to Sales.  The lesson here, 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.  Here are some recent samples of over paid Atari items we seen sell on E-Bay:

 

Used Atari Service Factory Auth. Network Field Service binder, with Used Atari 410 Field Service Manual.  No Returns Accepted!  8-25-10.  Final E-Bay auction price $17.00 plus $12.00 shipping

Best New Atari Field Service Binder $3.50 and New Atari 410 Field Service manual $6.00 with normal 90 Day Atari Warranty.  Max. US Shipping $10.25

 

Used Atari Jaguar console PAL boxed.  8-20-10 Final E-Bay auction price $122.50 plus $15 shipping

Best New Atari Jaguar PAL console with normal 90 day Atari Warranty $110.00 plus shipping

 

Used Atari 5200 Diagnostic Cart Ver 1.1 (bought from Best Electronics) No Returns Accepted!  8-12-10 Final E-Bay auction price $55 plus $3.00 shipping

New Best Atari 5200 Diagnostic Test Cartridge Ver. 1.2 with Atari Warranty $49.95 plus shipping

 

Used Atari Jaguar Controller Boxed.  8-11-10 Final E-Bay auction price $19 plus $6.65 shipping.

New Best Atari Jaguar Controller (no Box) with Atari 90 day Warranty  $16.95 plus Max. US $6.25 shipping

 

Used Atari Lynx I Japan Japanese Version Boxed + Game No Returns Accepted! 7-25-10  Final E-Bay auction price $119.50 plus $42 shipping

New boxed Atari Lynx I with New Lynx California Games Cartridge with Atari 90 day Warranty (same as Japan version only difference is the Owners Manual is in English) $75 plus shipping.   2 Original Blue Used Atari 2600 Joystick Port Jumpers 7-25-10 Final E-Bay auction price $53.00 plus $4.00 shipping. New Atari 2600 Diagnostic Cartridge external Joystick Port blue shorting plugs (2) $12.00 plus shipping.

Used Atari 5200 Diagnostic Test Cartridge 1.2 (bought from Best Electronics) 7-18-10  Final E-Bay auction price $113.61 with free shipping.

New Best Atari 5200 Diagnostic Test Cartridge 1.2 with Atari Warranty $49.95 plus shipping

80+ examples of over paid 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 20+ year Problems, What Every Atari 5200 Owner Should Know!

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).

Announcing The first Major Improvement to the Atari CX52 Hand Controller in 15 years!

 

 

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!

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 Covers for the Atari 2600JR and Atari 7800 Consoles

The Atari 2600, Glory Days

A new published mini article on Atari 2600 History.

Best Atari Tech Tip: Faulty Game Cartridges?

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

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.

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!

All sizes back in stock again!  Also see our New Custom Embroidered Atari Golf Cap.

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.

Payment methods    Best now accepts Google Checkout payments    What is Google Checkout?

(408) 278-1070   (Hours above)     Current Pacific Standard Time is:

Because of the big volume of Spam E-Mails we receive everyday, we had to install E-Mail Spam filters on our server.  When sending an E-Mail to Best, Please put the word "Atari", Atari item or Atari part number, Atari Question or Atari Sales inquiry in the Subject line.  E-Mails with the typical Spam subject matter like: Urgent, Must read, Regarding, FWD, Blank subject line (RE:) or other SPAM E-Mail Subject lines you receive, will be automatically deleted on our E-Mail Server and never reach us.

After sending your E-Mail to us, if you do not hear back from us within a day or less, please resend your E-Mail inquiry with a different Subject matter information or from a different E-Mail address.  We do 100% respond to every Atari E-Mail we receive.  But sometimes Spam Filters on your Internet provider server or your own personal E-Mail Spam software filter you have installed may delete our E-Mail back to you.