RetroGaming At Cyberphreak.com

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

I have been able to get significant labor out of building my controllers and reduce some parts, so I am passing the reduction off to my loyal customers! Inflation has stabilized (for now) and I don’t like price gouging. There are no orders in the queue right now, so now is a great time to shop! I will be releasing the Vectrex ANDI shortly and the Intellevsion True 16 Arcade stick will be unveiled soon!

Happy Gaming!

David Nelson

Owner/Operator

Cyberphreak Enterprises LLC

If you have placed an order, you can check on the status on https://retrogame.cyberphreak.com/order-status/

I will update as the controllers get built, on your payment confirmation, you will see an Invoice ID, you can use this to track the status. I will update this page as controllers are completed and it will have the latest information.

Been working on building controllers. I had to bump up the price on the ANDI (analog/digital) 5200 controllers. The labor that goes into it is more than I expected. I also adjusted prices on the overlay compatible vs classic controllers, across the board. The overlay controllers requires a bit more labor, a custom 3D printed part, and is harder for me to make consistently, so the new price reflects that. I dropped the price on the dual stick classic.

All new controllers will have an updated look, which includes a stainless steel looking vinyl strip and color badge on the front.

Updated look, as I build up new controllers, I will take photos of each new type. Up next will be the overlay ANDI and ANDI classic.

Thank you everyone for the steady pace of orders. Sometimes I wish I had more time. My wife is still recovering from breast cancer, so I always put her first. She has “no evidence of disease” but we have to be vigilant.

When time allows, I would like to get my “Intellevision II True 16” prototype built and tested. Thanks Mitchell for the name suggestion, you will get the first production controller. It will be a 16 way controller, arcade stye, overlay compatible, and not require any external power, and it will have wood grain.

In the wings, I also have a 5200 digital only controller ready to go, along with a 7800 arcade controller, but I am waiting to complete my current backlog. Stayed tuned, as I get better at building, expect more great controllers.

Happy Gaming,

David Nelson

Cyerphreak Enterprises LLC.

Back from vacation and I have come up with a new controller, the ANDI, an ANalog DIgital controller for the Atari 5200. I am also working on a prototype for the Intellivision, with true 16 way joystick and overlay compatible keypad.