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Right button moves character left

I have an OCTOPUS Game & Watch that works fine except that lately, if I press LEFT once during the game, LEFT stops working and if I press RIGHT the character moves left for about 5-10 seconds and after RIGHT moves the character right again, the problem repeats itself. I did try to do a light cleaning with rubbing alcohol and although the buttons are more responsive, the problem didn’t go away. Has anyone else experienced this or know how to fix it?

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Im having a similar issue, except my left button doesnt work and the right button is spammed upon powering the g&w… i have parachute, so maybe theyre kickin the bucket after 40 years. :/

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Fixed it! Mine had residue from the carbon pads on the membranes. I just scrubbed contacts with some isopropyl with a qtip as a last ditch effort after checking all the test points with a multimeter. What i thought wouldve been corrosion, really turned out to be carbon and rubber gummed up. It looked clean, but turns out it was dirty. Good luck brotha

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