RetroGaming At Cyberphreak.com

Well, last night, after two days of talking, the US agreed to 90 day pause in the 145% tariff, reducing to 30%. Goodness knows how this is all going end up. In the meantime I will play it by ear.

For the smaller components, I have a good year’s worth on hand and the even the larger parts, like the joystick and buttons, I have a nice safety stock.

In more tariff news, I am almost done with my 5200 True Analog LT (Less Tariff or Lite).

This will be a less expensive version of the controller. It will have the same joystick as the original, but it will be ‘handed’ so you can choose to have the joystick on the left or the right side and will only come in overlay compatible. The case will be handheld and made in the USA. The enclosure is actually less expensive than the imported and is the most expensive single component of all my controllers. The price will be $129, less than the Jaguar conversion and a good option for anyone who is looking for a more affordable controller, with the same high quality you expect.

The LT will also be a replacement for my Jaguar to 5200 conversion. The cost of the controller is going through the roof, close to $80! I only have one left on hand, and after that, unless you can supply a controller, that will be the bittersweet end to that controller.

As a small business, I import most of my parts from China. The below $800 exemption has also been eliminated. The current tariff is 145%, in June, it raises to 245%. I can not absorb these costs, I would be selling at a loss. I did buy ahead as much as I could, so when my parts run out, IF I can get parts, here are the projected prices:

I had to turn back-orders off, so what you see in stock is what parts I have in stock. Once I run out of parts, I will start adjusting prices.
If I can’t get parts, I will have to pause the controller business. I am working on getting local sources, so that never happens.

Thank you everyone for your support!

Thank you everyone for the steady stream of orders. I am trying to mostly work on them on the weekend to spend more time with my family. Everything is good, just want to enjoy the upcoming spring weather and get my kitchen cabinets painted.

In other news, if you are curious about what the heck your version number means when you receive one of my controllers, I added a page here: Atari 5200 Controller Versions

Happy Gaming!

Received most of my parts and updated all the overlay compatible versions stock numbers. I am still waiting on the ‘classic’ phone style keypads in the mail. They should be in 10 days or so. You can order now, but will have to wait for keypads to come in.

The Intellivision True 16 Arcade controller is coming soon. You can join the wait list at: Intellivision Mailing List.

I did have to raise some prices, some materials are going up and I have underestimated my labor content. The dual sticks are great, but take almost 2.5 hours to build, start to finish.

I had a rush of orders, with a couple of dual sticks mixed in there. I just ordered parts for 15 more joysticks, but that will take 11-14 days to arrive, typically. I have parts for a couple controllers, but that’s it till the first week of March. All orders that are currently in queue have all parts on hand, so no worries for those who have already bought.

My wife is in the hospital right now, I so I won’t be able to fill any orders until the weekend of 2/15/2025.

Nothing too serious, side effects from cancer prevention treatment. Just waiting for tests to complete.

I really don’t like to get caught up in world politics, but here we are. I am based in the United States of America, and Cyberphreak Enterprises LLC is incorporated in Illinois, so I can’t avoid the trade war, so I am caught in this like every other US based company.

I did try to prepare by stocking up on small parts and some of the larger parts. I have complete parts for 7 or 9 controllers, depending on the configuration. As a little inside information, my parts cost is about 45-50% of my sell price, so a 10% tariff will result in about a 5-6% sell price increase. I will make adjustments as parts change price. The existing 10% tariff for Chinese based parts is already baked in, so it looks like I am going to paying 21% tariffs. (10%+10% is a 21% tax, jewelry store math).

For my friends up north in Canada, I am not sure what to do yet. If your Prime Minister retaliates, and I don’t blame him one bit, I don’t know how willing people will be to pay the 25% increase on top of the 6ish percent. What a mess.

We will get through this and I will make sure I am fair and open will all increases and I will not be making an extra penny.

David Nelson

Owner/operator, Cyberphreak Enterprises LLC

I went through and updated all my stock quantities for my controllers. They are accurate as of January 30, 2025. I had to bump up the price of the dual stick controllers, they is just so much labor involved it was unavoidable.

If I run out of parts between now and February 14, we are all just going to have to wait for everyone to finish celebrating the Year of the Snake and I can order new parts.

Happy 2025 everyone. It is only the 21^st of January and I have already received 8 orders! A big thank you to everyone for making this all possible. I have built and shipped 90 controller so far, with another 4 to ship soon. Starting with John P. on January 9, 2024 till now you all made my dream of starting my own small business possible. Cyberphreak Enterprises LLC is a real thing in the State of Illinois and I am celebrating my first year in business. I am still a one man operation, so patience is always appreciated.

In other news, if these tariffs turn out to be true, price adjustments will be made as I order new parts. I tried to build up an inventory of parts, in case the worst happens. We shall see. Actions like this directly affect small businesses. I hand assemble in the USA, but most of the parts do come from China, if you wanted an all domestically sourced controller, the parts cost alone would be close to $200, if you can even find a supplier. Sorry to get too political, but the importer of goods pays the tariff, not the exporter and there is no way I can absorb the cost without changing prices. My net profit right now is ~12%. I do this more as a hobby than keep the lights on, but still, I need some profit to develop newer controllers.

That leads me to what’s on deck for 2025. I hope to test and release a True 16 way controller for the Intellivision and a crazy controller that will be compatible with Atari 2600, 5200, and the 7800.

Happy Gaming,

David Nelson

Owner/Operator

Cyberphreak Enterprises, LLC

Working on making a batch of controllers for the 5200. For some reason 4 orders came in 18 hours, so I will be fulfilling in the order received. I have parts on hand for all the orders that have been placed.

I am getting low on parts, but they are arriving soon. As soon as I have all the parts in hand, I will update the inventory. If you see you are ordering a controller on back order, you really are buying a controller on back order until new joysticks and buttons arrive!

12/18/2024