How to make the camera stop spinning in the sims on the gamecube

Yes, and thanks for the response.  So it turns out it wasn't the controller,  but the player one controller port. I was originally using my wireless controller in the first plug in. After the suggestion of trying a different controller I plugged my wired controller into the same port and it didn't work at all, which made me nervous as it had worked fine before we moved this summer. So I plugged the wired one into the second port and the spinning stopped and the controller worked fine. The wireless one worked perfectly in the second port too. I guess the first portis going out.