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On February 14, 2021 after a 3+ year search (longest in Best company history), the many many steps involved and set backs on the making of the New Best State of the Art Auto Switching Atari 2600 Power supplies. Now shipping.
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.
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 and Used Atari made OEM 7800 Power supplies listed on E-bay / Amazon, 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 Auto Switching Atari 7800 Power supply which costs less than any of the ones listed on E-Bay or Amazon 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 12 ft 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 37 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!
The World Leader in Atari Parts and Atari Supplies. On February 1, 2023
Best Electronics started its 39th 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 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.
Karl L. of the UK
Karl has placed
several Atari orders to Best over the years.
On International Atari Best always gives a complete break down of costs or a
rough estimate on what an Atari order will run / cost before the Atari order is
placed. The very nature of any International Atari order involves
Very Very High
International shipping costs (almost
double the cost of a domestic Atari order shipping costs), plus incoming
VAT
(Value
Added
Tax)
and incoming Customs fees. So 1st time International Atari customers are
sometimes shocked on these final Atari order costs. This time Karl wanted
to order 3 Atari items, two of them were very heavy. So Best gave him a
rough estimate on shipping cost for his next Atari International order.
"Those estimates for postage are in keeping with what I expected so I’m fine
with that. The overall cost is similar or better to eBay items but I know
ordering from you, the items are in great condition and well packed. Let me
know overall cost. Just a short note to let you know the package arrived
today. Everything looks great thanks to the packaging, so I'm a happy Atari
customer again with a few new toys to play with."
Tom N. of WA Tom has been an Atari customer for over 35+ years. He was a member and past President of the SEATTLE / PUGET SOUND ATARI COMPUTER (SPACE) Atari users group. During the 80 and 90's (hay day of Atari computers) Best meet Tom many many times at 8 to 10+ Atari shows put on by the Seattle / Puget Sound Atari users groups Best Electronics attended. Tom recently retired as an Instructor of Bates Technical College of WA. Both of his Adult sons and families are still hot and heavy into Atari computers passed on to them by Tom. One of Toms sons contacted Best for some Atari hardware / replacement Atari Parts about a year ago. It was how we got back in touch Tom. He has been going thru his rooms and garage full of Atari hardware. Tom now was trying to revive some Old and New 1200XL computers in his Atari collection. Tom purchased one of Best Upgraded / Enhanced Lifetime 1200XL replacement keyboard mylars "I installed my first Atari 1200XL upgraded keyboard mylar recently in a NOS unit that had never been out of the box until now. Despite that, the keyboard was defective. I want to personally thank you for the work and thought you put into creating an excellent replacement mylar. It works exceptionally well. Thanks for your excellent service."
Dave Y. of NY. Dave contacted Best because he as trying to revive his 30+ year stored away Atari 800XL computer. It had developed XL Keyboard problems. He saw recommendations for Best on some Atari forums. Dave ordered one of Bests 2nd Gen. Upgraded / Enhanced XL keyboard replacement mylars. In 98% of the Atari XL cases over the years, this cures 30+ year old Atari XL Keyboard Failures. In Dave's very rare case it did not fix all of his XL Keyboard problems. Bests 39+ year Atari Super Tech, gave Dave some Atari tech tips on swapping the 2 800XL keyboard interface chips on the XL motherboard to see if the XL keyboard problems shifted. They did. Dave replaced the 2 chips and his Atari XL keyboard is now fully working again! "Thanks for the advice, Bradley. I really appreciate your patience and help. I will probably be purchasing more from your company as I work on getting my Rana 1000 hard drive working (if possible) and my venerable old Atari 400. You have an incredible inventory and I'll be checking your site regularly. Put me down as another satisfied customer. :-)"
Donovan C. of AZ. Upon on receiving an E-Mail from Best saying his latest placed Atari order had been shipped the same day to Donovan, he E-Mailed back and said.... "Thanks for everything. You’ve been my 1st stop for keeping old Atari gear alive since the early 2000s – 5200 Gold dot kits, XEGS keyboard membranes… everything I need to keep these things running. I love that your solutions aren’t just replacements for worn out parts that will fail again in the same way, but offer improved features, engineering, and components that correct and enhance the durability and features of the OEM parts they replace".
Tom J. of AL Tom is a new collector of old stock atari XE in box games! Placing his very first Atari order with Best he said...... "Received my games yesterday! Very appreciative on multiple counts:
· Games are all in great condition!
I I appreciate how you utilize environmentally friendly biodegradable shipping peanuts
· Packed perfectly
· Shipped across the USA in two day!
Again, thanks!"
Patrick P. of SC Patrick contacted Best because he had problem with his old Atari 800XL Keyboard. He order 2 NE4051 keyboard interface chips (for the 800XL motherboard) and one of the New Best 2nd Gen. Upgraded internal keyboard mylars. "I want to thank you for getting my order to me so quickly. I was very surprised (but very grateful) to see my order ship on a Saturday and to see it delivered to my front door the following Monday! That's super fast. Thank you. I'm also happy to say that the 4051 CMOS chips that you sent sorted out my keyboard issues. And thanks to your very helpful instructions, I was able to install the replacement mylar into my 800XL. It's clear that you care very much about your work. Definitely expect to hear from me again!"
John L. of AR John contacted Best by phone. He said he just bought a used Atari 65XE computer on E-bay. It was listed as tested and fully working. When John received it, it had keyboard problems. John ordered one of Bests New replacement Atari OEM XE Keyboards and a replacement Atari OEM XL / XE vertical mounting power switch. By an E-Mail sent to Best John said "Just wanted to say I'm impressed. I ordered I believe on Thursday, and my wife walked in with the replacement keyboard today (Saturday). Thank you very much."
459+ Additional Best Customer Atari Feedback Comments from all over the World
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
I
over paid for an
Atari
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:
Here are some recent samples of over paid or over priced Atari items we seen on E-Bay
Defender II 2 Atari 2600 -Brand New- (NTSC- America). Seller does not offer returns Sold on 03-22-23 for $37.00 plus $5.85 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 $10.20
Atari 400 800 XL XE - Decision In The Desert- 48k disk - New NOS - Sealed Seller does not offer returns Sold on 03-22-23 for $34.95 with free shipping
Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box MicroProse Decision in the Desert disk based game for Atari 800 / XL / XE computers with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $9.95 plus Max. US shipping $10.20
Bests New Atari Jaguar Myst Demo CD with normal Atari 90 day Warranty $15.00 plus shipping
Bests Atari New OEM Lynx II Rubber grips (2) with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $9.95 plus shipping
Bests New Atari Lynx II OEM replacement Battery cover with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $6.95 plus shipping
Bests New in the shrunk wrapped box Atari Eastern Front game for Atari 400 /800 / XL / XE / XEGS Computers with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $35.95 plus Max. US Shipping $10.20 In stock for the last 25+ years
Bests New (3 years in development) in the Shrunk Wrapped box state of the art Auto Switching Atari 2600 Power Supply for all World Wide made Atari 2600 consoles that cures all of the stock Atari 2600 power supply problems that causes them to always fail with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $13.95 plus shipping
Used Official Atari 7800 AC Power Adapter CO24471-001 CORD TESTED WORKING OEM. 2 available. 30 day returns. Buyer pays for return shipping. Current 3 day E-bay auction as of 03-19-23. Buy one for $59.95 or two for $56.95 with free shipping Buying a 25 to 35+ year old used Atari DC 2600 Power, is like buying a used 30+ year old car battery and expect it to run like a new Car battery. Old linear DC power supplies have a fixed useable life, they degrade with time / use and then they all fail. Read Bests Atari Information Tip why you should never buy used Atari DC Power supplies on E-Bay! All Atari Clone and over priced Atari OEM 7800 Power Supplies listed on E-Bay, all suffer from the same problems that cause them to always 100% fail early for the last 25+ years. It is one of the many many reasons why current and new Atari 7800 console owners are always looking for a replacement 7800 Power supply!
Bests New boxed Upgraded / Improved Atari 7800 Auto Switching Power Supply with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $21.00 plus Max US shipping $12.60 For more Information on the New Auto Switching Best 7800 Power supply click on here that cures all of known problems on the stock OEM Atari 7800 Power supplies.
Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari 5200 Moon Patrol with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $15.00 plus Max. US shipping $10.20
Defender II 2 Atari 2600 -Brand New- (NTSC- America). Seller does not offer returns Current 23 day E-bay auction as of 03-19-23. By it now for $37.00 plus $5.85 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 $10.40
Atari 7800 Power Adapter/Power Supply | By Best Electronics | New in Box. Seller does not offer returns 2 Sold Sold on 03-04-23 for $54.99 free shipping (These New Best Upgraded / Enhanced Auto Switching 7800 Power Supplies were bought direct from Best Electronics, marked up and resold by this E-Bay seller)
Bests New boxed Upgraded / Improved Atari 7800 Auto Switching Power Supply with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $21.00 plus Max US shipping $12.60 For more Information on the New Auto Switching Best 7800 Power supply click on here that cures the stock Atari 7800 Power supply problems, that causes them to almost 100% fail
Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Roklans Gorf game for only 400 / 800 Atari computers (this Atari computer compatibility information was not on the above E-Bay Atari listing information) with normal 90 day Atari Warranty $29.95 plus max. US shipping $10.20
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 $10.20
Used Superman for ATARI 800XL/COMMODOR
Bests New in the Factory Clam shell clear case, Superman disk game for the Atari 800 / XL / XE Computers with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $9.95 plus Max. US Shipping $10.20
Atari 2600 - G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike (1983) Sealed New in Box NIB. Seller does not offer returns Sold on 02-27-22 for $100.00 with free shipping
Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Parker Bros 2600 GI Joe Strike with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $59.95 plus Max. US Shipping $12.55
Best New Atari OEM 2600 / 2600A / 2600JR Right Angle power jack with normal 90 day Warranty $1.50 plus shipping
Atari 2600 - G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike (1983) Sealed New in Box NIB. Seller does not offer returns 4 bids. Sold on 10-12-22 for $93.70 plus $16.75 shipping Current 23 day E-Bay auction as of 02-26-23. Buy it now for $100.00 with free shipping
Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Parker Bros 2600 GI Joe Strike with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $59.95 plus Max. US Shipping $10.40
Bests New Atari Lynx II OEM Japan made Color LCD display with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $20 plus Max. US shipping 10.20
Atari 7800 Food Fight NEW SEALED in Box. Seller does not offer returns Current 28 day E-Bay auction as of 02-26-23. Buy it now for $75.00 with free shipping
Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari 7800 Food Fight with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $29.95 plus Max. US Shipping $10.40
3,932+ examples of over paid or over priced E-Bay Atari items
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.
T
he New Best CX24 Joystick Upgrade matched set of 3 Gold Lifetime PCBs.
State of the Art, Atari Joystick for the Older Atari Systems!
Click on image for more info.
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 systemHaving 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.
Latest Free Atari Tech Tip on getting Composite Video out of your Atari 2600, 5200 or 7800 without any internal Mods.
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 Atari
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.
