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Power Player Super Joy III - Second Player Controller Teardown

Written By: Damian
Published: April 15, 2026
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Power Player Super Joy III - Second Player Controller Teardown

Written By: Damian
Published: April 15, 2026
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Teardown

Introduction

The Power Player Super Joy III is a famiclone video game console, built into a controller shaped like an N64 controller, and can be extended with a second controller in the shape of a Sega Genesis 3-button controller and a light gun resembling a Walther PPK pistol.

This teardown focuses on the Player 2 controller, resembling a 3-button Sega Genesis controller, and it's meant to be plugged in to the top of the N64 look-a-like controller.

What you need

This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Power Player Super Joy III - Second Player Controller, use our service manual.

  1. Power Player Super Joy III - Second Player Controller Teardown, Remove the D-Pad extender.: step 1, image 1 of 3 Power Player Super Joy III - Second Player Controller Teardown, Remove the D-Pad extender.: step 1, image 2 of 3 Power Player Super Joy III - Second Player Controller Teardown, Remove the D-Pad extender.: step 1, image 3 of 3

    • Some controllers have an extended joystick pole in the middle of their D-Pad.

    • This can be removed by hand, simply rotating the stick counter-clockwise.

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  2. Power Player Super Joy III - Second Player Controller Teardown, Remove the six screws on the back.: step 2, image 1 of 2 Power Player Super Joy III - Second Player Controller Teardown, Remove the six screws on the back.: step 2, image 2 of 2

    • The controller is held together with six Phillips crosshead screws on the back.

    • Use a screwdriver with a 0 size tip with at least 20mm of length in the driver.

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  4. Power Player Super Joy III - Second Player Controller Teardown, Remove the back cover.: step 3, image 1 of 2 Power Player Super Joy III - Second Player Controller Teardown, Remove the back cover.: step 3, image 2 of 2

    • The back of the controller can be removed by grabbing the top and bottom of the back piece and lifting it off.

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  5. Power Player Super Joy III - Second Player Controller Teardown, Remove the PCB.: step 4, image 1 of 3 Power Player Super Joy III - Second Player Controller Teardown, Remove the PCB.: step 4, image 2 of 3 Power Player Super Joy III - Second Player Controller Teardown, Remove the PCB.: step 4, image 3 of 3

    • The printed circuit board can be removed by grabbing the top and bottom of the board, then lifting it off.

    • Underneath the board are all the controller's buttons; six on the right side, a four-button D-pad membrane, and the Start button on top.

    • The button membranes may sometimes stick to the board.

    • The printed circuit board is rather simple, but uses a tiny proprietary chip covered under a drop of black epoxy to protect and obscure the logic. However, it is likely a simple 8-bit shift register to send an 8-bit signal similar to an NES controller back to the main famiclone unit.

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  6. Power Player Super Joy III - Second Player Controller Teardown, A note about the controller plug: step 5, image 1 of 1

    • While the end of the controller plug looks like a traditional Sega Genesis or Atari plug, it is noticeably different.

    • CAUTION: The controller may physically connect to an Atari or Sega Genesis console, but it will likely not behave properly because not all of the pins are mapped properly to what an Atari or a Sega Genesis expect.

    • Even so, because the port shows only five holes larger than the rest, only the five usable pins on the controller port are large enough to fit onto a DB-9 connector, suitable because there are only five wires inside the controller's cable.

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