Yeah something not really right there.. could you show pictures of how you wired up the joystick?

Question, I may know a guy that happened to pick up a Circuit Gem... This guy.... may have cracked the screen during fitment as he was attempting to put in a 750 mah battery. :P :P :P Could this "guy" buy a screen by itself??? Again asking for a guy.... that I happen to know. Thanks in advance This...

When the joysticks are plugged in, what do the readings of the analog values show? Are they wildly changing?

Do you have any joys connected (or plan to)? If not then disable them

Can you try performing the arduino update, see how that goes: https://github.com/kiteretro/Circuit-Sw ... controller

arm_freq=900 is actually an underclock, seeing as by default is 1000..

Ah i see, i hadn't actually tested that out but i see what needs to be done! Move the "+" wire from the charge LED onto the RED CIRCLED side of the capacitor here with the label "THIS":
It has to be this cap, and it has to be the side circled in RED

What does the icon in the top right corner look like? Is it an '!' or an 'X' ? I'm guessing it's an 'X' in which case what you should do is do the mode disable button combo, wait 10 full seconds, and then do the mode enable combo, wait a full 10 seconds .. now is the icon a '!' ? If not, repeat the ...

Yeh the kit included a couple, they are JST SH 4pin (1.0mm) connectors on the socket things

If you put it in the middle, and you have a recent-ish version of the board, you'll see that there is already an FPC connector just below that cutout hole in the middle otherwise snapping off that bit of plastic and soldering wires is the best way