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!
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All comments are spontaneous unsolicited Best customer feed back comments and are posted here with the permission of each Best customer
Matteo D. of
Italy.
Matteo contacted
Best via E-Mail.
He said he had a
completely dead
Atari PAL 800XL
computer he wanted
to get going again.
After looking at
Bests complete Atari
Custom chip listing,
he ordered 1 each of
all of the Atari PAL
custom chips used in
his Atari 800XL PAL
computer.
After being notified
that his Atari
custom chip order
was shipped to him
he said
"THANK YOU! I
can't wait to
receive the package.
Keep up the great
work!"
By
the way Matteo had
his Atari chip order
sent ($10.40) to an
US Freight forwarder
(for Best's
International
Shipping money
saving information
article click
on this URL)
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he had an account
with. A
rough estimate by
Best, Matteo saved
about $30 dollars
over the normal
shipping cost Best
would have had to
charge Matteo to
send his Atari chip
direct to him via US
Priority Mail to
Italy.
"This is Matteo D.
from Italy. I
just wanted to let
you know that I
finally received the
chips you sent me.
Thanks to your
support and the
chips you provided,
I was able to revive
my Atari 800 XL.
I greatly appreciate
it and wish you all
the best !"
Daniel G. of MA. Daniel purchased Bests new Upgraded / Enhanced 2600 Auto Switching power supply and a new Atari PAL 2600 32 in 1 game cart. "I just wanted to express my satisfaction with my order and prompt delivery. Your 2600 Power Supply has eliminated the wavy lines on my screen! I have even done a full recap, 6 new switches (ordered from you last year or so), and voltage regulator previously but it seems like the cheap 3rd party adaptor I was using was the worst culprit! Also despite being a PAL cart the 32-in-1 unexpectedly works fine on new 2600+ on flat screen."
Mike S. of KS Mike contacted Best via E-Mail. He was looking to buy 2 sets of Best's CX52 Joystick Gold lifetime rebuild parts kits. "I want to sincerely thank you for your help with the new CX52 repair kits. I now have two fully functional controllers! This system was my grandfather’s 5200 and he used to kick our butts when we were kids back in the 80’s. Now my kids can enjoy kicking my butt. The shipping was extremely fast! Thank you"
Glenn M. of Australia. Glenn contacted Best Via E-Mail. He wanted to order a new in the box Atari Portfolio black carrying case. He arranged for Best to send his Atari Portfolio order to his US Freight forwarder in Florida, who in turn would ship that order to Glenn in Australia. This International shipping method, usually means a big end cost savings on International shipping costs. For more information on this cost saving International shipping method, click on this Best URL. "My Atari Portfolio case arrived today in Australia. It looks absolutely stunning and I’m very happy with it. Another great customer experience from Best Electronics. Take care!"
Frank D. of Germany. Placing his very 1st International Atari order to Best. He ordered some hard to find new Atari 8 bit PAL Custom chips. "Happiness in Germany! My order arrived today, great work. I'm so happy for the customer" (he means Custom) "ICs. Thank you for the quick work and shipping. I will order from you again next time."
Oliver D. of Germany Oliver ordered some hard to find New Atari PAL version 8 bit computer chips. "The package with the custom ICs I ordered arrived in good condition. As always, it was a pleasure to order from you. Many thanks for the great service. Greetings from Germany"
Follow up Comment: "This was my fifth order from Germany and, as always, the order and delivery went without any problems. So far Best-Electronics has been able to fulfill all my wishes when looking for rare Atari replacement parts. Many thanks for this and for the great service."
Karoly B. of Germany. "A while back, I ordered 3 TT Touch sets from you. They arrived fine and all work great in my ST, STE, and a Falcon. As a satisfied customer, now I'm back, ordering more Atari things from your shop." This Atari order Karoly ordered 1, 2nd Gen. Best TT Touch ST / STE / Falcon keyboard internal upgraded contacts and 2, 2nd Gen. Best XE Touch XE / XEGS internal keyboard upgrade contacts. It is
extremely rare to get any Atari feed back comments from any of our German Atari users. In the last 40+ years in the Atari business, this may be our 9th or 10th feed back comment from Germany !
Derek W. of CA. "I can't believe I stumbled onto your site after many years! I have a 2600, 5200, and 7800, and the 5200 has mushy joysticks despite its light use over the past 40 years. The keypads are a big reason I don't play the 5200. I would like to upgrade the two joysticks to the gold 5200 controller with all the upgrade parts (Flex 10 circuits, replacement keypads and auxiliary pads, buttons, silicone pads and anything else I have neglected). I wanted to say thanks for the Atari 5200 upgrade kits. I turned on the 5200 before I installed them and I couldn't run anything because the start and reset buttons didn't respond at all! I installed both kits, and now everything works better than it ever did. I'm having a great time, thanks so much!"
487+ 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 40+ 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
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 $10.40
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 $10.40
New Bests Alps Japan made high quality 7800 replacement switch with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $1.50 each plus shipping
Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box PARKER Bros. Frogger for the Atari 400 / XL / XE computers with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $17.95 plus shipping
Best New Atari Lynx II carrying case / pouch (no box) with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $22.95 plus shipping New in the shrunk wrapped Lynx II box Atari Carrying pouch $29.95 plus shipping
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OUST Atari Lynx NEW Factory Sealed PT5005. Seller does not offer returns 4 available, 55 Sold. Current 24 day E-Bay auction as of 10-06-24. Buy it now for $179.95 plus $7.80 shippingBests New in the shrunk wrapped box Atari Lynx Joust game with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $39.95 with Max. US Shipping $10.40
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
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
USED ATARI EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM MASTER CARTRIDGE CXL4001 Very Rare! Ships Free! 30 day returns | Buyer pays for return shipping Current 30 day E-Bay auction as of 09-29-24. Buy it now for $120.00 plus $9.25 shipping
Bests New CXL4001 Atari Educational System Master Cartridge with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. The Atari Educational Master Cartridge is used with the Atari Educational Cassette tape sets (US History, World History, Basic Sociology, Counseling procedures, Psychology....) with audio and visual display on an Atari 8 bit computers. $39.95 plus Max US shipping $10.40
2 ( TWO ) NEW White Plastic Joystick Handles for Original Atari 2600 Joystick. More than 10 available / 33 sold as of 09-29-24 60 day returns | Seller pays for return shipping Current 29 day E-Bay auction as of 09-29-24. Buy it now for $25.90 with free shipping Best has seen these non Atari made CX40 replacement white clone handles on E-Bay for years. On average they last about 2 to 4 months of normal CX40 Joystick use and all of a sudden you hear a snap / cracking sound (bottom thin round ring breaks) within your CX40 joystick bottom case as they all 100% fail
All Atari CX40 Joystick owners for the last 35+ years have known how fast their stock (two Atari versions / styles made) CX40 inner handles would fail with any kind of normal use. 3rd party replacement CX40 handles of the same era would fail even faster than the Atari OEM stock CX40 Handles. After 30+ months work, The New Best Designed / Upgraded / Enhanced CX40 replacement Super Handle with the normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $12.95 each plus shipping. See the Best customer feed back comments on the Best Gold CX40 Joysticks upgraded with the New Best CX40 Super Handles
Space Invaders (Atari 5200, 1982) NIB SEALED!!!! Seller does not offer returns Current 23 day E-bay auction as of 09-29-24. Buy it now for $99.95 with free Shipping
Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari 5200 Space Invaders with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $15.00 plus Max. US shipping $10.40
Atari 2600 Ms. Pac-Man BRAND NEW SEALED. Includes HANG TAG! Seller does not offer returns Current 18 day E-bay auction as of 09-29-24. Buy it now for $75.00 plus $4.68 Shipping
Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box, Atari 2600 Ms Pacman with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $29.95 plus shipping
Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari Sentinel, one of the very rare Atari made 2600 Light gun games made with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $75.00 plus Max. US shipping $10.40
Bests New Atari Custom made CO14805 GTIA Chip with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $5.00 plus 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 $10.40
Bests New Atari 2600 / 5200 / 7800 / 400 / 800 / 1200XL Right angle black slide switch CO12241 with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $2.50 plus 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
Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari Jaguar Iron Soldier with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $45.95 plus shipping
(2 EA) ATARI 2600 JOYSTICK REPLACEMENT PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD PCB NEW CX40 GOLD. 9 available / 3 sold on 09-28-23, More than 10 available 10 sold on 09-15-24. 30 day money back, buyer pays return shipping Current 26 day E-Bay auction as of 09-15-23. Buy it now for $30.97 plus $5.55 shipping This Best made exclusive Atari Gold CX40 Rev. 4 PCB board was purchased direct from Best for resale on E-BAY by this Atari E-BAY seller
Bests New 4th Gen. Lifetime CX40 Joystick Gold PCB board. Thousands and thousands of Atari CX40 Joystick owners have found, once you install a Best CX40 Gold Lifetime PCB board, it turns a standard Atari CX40 Joystick that fails all of the time, into a Lifetime CX40 Gold Joystick. $9.95 each plus shipping For more Information and World wide Atari CX40 user feed back comments on the Best Exclusive CX40 Gold Lifetime PCB's click here.
4,397+ 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.