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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!

B e 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 E nhanced / 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!

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

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Rod L. of Canada Rod was rebuilding his Atari 8 bit computer collection. He ordered a New Atari 65XE Computer with Bests new 2nd Generation / Upgraded Atari Composite Video cable two months ago. He contacted Best this time because he wanted to order a 1050 Disk drive to go with his new Atari 65XE. "Thank you for sending the new 65XE and new 2nd generation composite video cable - what a treat it was to unpack and use, it felt like Christmas arrived early! Thanks, too, for your unbelievably great support to me and thousands of other Atari aficionados over the years." Christopher D. of Canada. Christopher placed an Atari order for Bests New Upgraded / Enhanced Auto Switching 7800 Power supply, a New set of Atari 7800 OEM bottom case rubber feet and a couple of New boxed Atari 7800 games. "I just wanted to send a quick email to let you know that my order arrived today in great shape. I am particularly impressed by the improved Atari 7800 power supply! It truly feels like such a substantial upgrade in quality over the stock power supply! I feel much better about the durability of this power supply than I have ever felt about the stock unit. Thanks so much for your help. I'll definitely be back for more products in the future!" 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."

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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 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: 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 s amples of over paid or over priced Atari items we seen on E-Bay

Brand New Sealed Atari 2600 Circus Atari ATARI 2600 Video Game System. 30 day money back, buyer pays return shipping Current 4 day E-bay auction as of 09-19-20. Buy it now for $59.95 plus $3.95 shipping Bests New in the Shrunk wrapped box, Atari 2600 Circus Atari with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $12.00 plus Max. US shipping $8.30

Used Atari 400/800 Donkey Kong complete in long box. Seller does not offer returns Current 18 day E-bay auction as of 09-19-20. Buy it now for $37.49 plus $7.49 shipping Best New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari 400 / 800 / XL / XE Donkey Kong with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $17.95 plus shipping Jinks Atari 7800 Game Sealed Nib. Seller does not offer returns Current 19 day E-bay auction as of 09-19-20. Buy it now for $40.00 plus $4.60 shipping Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari 7800 Jinks game with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $15.00 plus Max. US shipping $8.30 NEW NOS IN FACTORY SEALED & S/W BOX ATARI 5200 ZONE RANGER GAME BY ACTIVISION. 30 day returns. Buyer pays for return shipping Current 12 day E-Bay auction as of 09-19-20 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 JR PAC MAN Atari 2600 New & Factory Sealed Vintage Video Game. Seller does not offer returns Sold on 09-13-20 for $36.00 plus $5.00 shipping Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box CX26123 Atari 2600 Pac Man Jr. with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $12.00 plus Max. US shipping $8.30 NEW ( NOS ) ATARI 2600 BIG BIRDS EGG CATCH GAME IN FACTORY SEALED & S/W BOX 7800. 30 day money back, buyer pays return shipping Sold on 09-03-20 for $89.99 with free shipping Best New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari 2600 Big Birds Egg Catch Game with Atari Kids controller over lay with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $15.00 plus Max. US Shipping $8.30

DONKEY KONG JR. 1988 ATARI 2600 GAME RED BOX sealed Atari new game wata vga. Seller does not offer Sold on 09-01-20 for $200.00 with free shipping P urchased direct from Best Electronics and marked up and resold by this E-Bay seller Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari 2600 Donkey Kong Jr. with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $36 plus Max. US shipping $8.30

USED UK ATARI PORTFOLIO PARALLEL 16bit HPC-101 INTERFACE. THE ITEM IS IN USED CONDITION AND MAY HAVE SOME COSMETIC SIGNS OF USE, SUCH AS SCRATCHES AND DENTS 30 days, buyer pays return shipping back to the UK Current 10 day E-bay auction as of 09-05-20. Buy it now for $66.03 plus $39.61 shipping Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari Portfolio Parallel Interface with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $49.95 plus max. US shipping $8.30 USED ATARI EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM MASTER CARTRIDGE ONLY CXL4001 Very Rare! Ships Free! Seller does not offer returns Current 24 day E-bay auction as of 09-05-20. Buy it now for $120.00 with Free 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. In stock for the last 36+ years! $39.95 plus Max US shipping $8.30 Brand New Sealed Atari 2600 Circus Atari ATARI 2600 Video Game System. 30 day money back, buyer pays return shipping Last one / 3 sold. Current 19 day E-bay auction as of 09-05-20. Buy it now for $59.95 plus $3.95 shipping Bests New in the Shrunk wrapped box, Atari 2600 Circus Atari with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $12.00 plus Max. US shipping $8.30 CYBERMORPH Atari Jaguar Cartridge W/manual & Overlay NEW In Box . Seller does not offer returns 7 available 29 sold Current 27day E-Bay auction as of 09-05-20. Buy it now for $49.95 plus $5.50 shipping Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari Jaguar Cybermorph game with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $19.95 plus Max. US shipping $8.30

Used Batman Returns Atari Lynx Video Game Cartridge Complete in Box CIB with Manual. Seller does not offer returns Current 14 day E-bay auction as of 09-05-20. Buy it now for $49.99 plus $4.60 shipping Bests New in the shrunk wrapped box Lynx Batman Returns game with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $39.95 with Max. US Shipping $8.30 DINOLYMPICS Atari LYNX New FACTORY Sealed. GREAT NEW GAME!! rare new! Seller does not offer returns Current 29 day E-bay auction as of 09-05-20. Buy it now for $63.99 plus $6.99 shipping Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari Lynx Dinolympics with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $19.95 plus max. US shipping $8.30 D INOLYMPICS Atari LYNX New Sealed Complete. 5 available 25 sold Seller does not offer returns Current 3 day E-bay auction as of 09-05-20. Buy it now for $39.95 plus $5.50 shipping Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari Lynx Dinolympics with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $19.95 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 3 day E-Bay auction as of 09-05-20 Buy it now for $100.00 plus $9.95 shipping Bests New in the Shrunk Wrappe d box Atari (800 / XL / XE Computers) Lode Runner game with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $29.50 plus max. US shipping $8.30

SUPER ASTEROIDS & MISSILE COMMAND Atari Lynx NEW FACTORY SEALED PA2093. S eller does not offer returns 2 available. Current 4 day E-Bay auction as of 09-05-20. Buy it now for $249.95 with free shipping Bests New in the Shrunk Wrapped box Atari Lynx Combo game Super Asteroids and Missile Command with normal 90 day Atari Warranty. $75.00 plus Max. US Shipping $8.30