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Banned Joined: Sep 13 2008 Posts: 3129

has anybody tried the thing where you take a game cartridge that has lime crap all over the metal prongs and take a cutip with rubbing alchohol and you rub the cutip on the metal prongs and it cleans it?

I have tried this and it has worked for me

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

hacker, this is decent advice, but I'm not sure if it is a conversation piece.

In either case, could you try to make the titles for your posts more informative so that we can easily reference posts in the future.

For example you could have named this post "How I Clean old Game Cartridges" and it would have made it easier for everyone to figure out what they were getting into.

Also, you may find this helpful.
http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-an-Old-Game-Cartridge

Posted: Oct 15 2008 11:16 am

Still, blowing into the cartridges has to be the dumbest move ever.

Human breath is MOIST. Wrap a scarf around your face and breathe for a few minutes. Now, isn't that scarf wet? Think about how much saliva you transferred to your NES cartridges over the years of blowing. Your connectors could get so corrupted from that.

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

Nekkoru wrote:

Still, blowing into the cartridges has to be the dumbest move ever.

Human breath is MOIST. Wrap a scarf around your face and breathe for a few minutes. Now, isn't that scarf wet? Think about how much saliva you transferred to your NES cartridges over the years of blowing. Your connectors could get so corrupted from that.

Dumber than putting them in the dish washer?

Posted: Oct 15 2008 11:31 am

Well, not as dumb, but my point still stands: you have all ruined your cartridges at one point or another. Q-tips for the win.

Posted: Oct 15 2008 02:18 pm

Q-tips are almost common sense, and careful blowing transmits very little moisture. As long as your not salivating like a rancor, there should be no problem with blowing on your games. Q-tips are obviously a better choice, but if you are out of these then try small wadded up paper towels, works nearly as good.

Posted: Oct 15 2008 02:56 pm

Under the shirt technique works like a fucking champ. Take a thin t-shirt your wearing and place the game under the front. Blow into it and 99% of the time it fires right up. This works exceptionally well when after using a q-tip.

Posted: Oct 15 2008 05:34 pm

Nintendo cartridges are a living demonstration on how superstitions are started. It starts with blowing on it, followed by q-tips, alchohol, if you rich and stupid those professional game cleaners that nintendo sold that did NOTHING, slam the cartridge, don't slam it. By the end my friends and me had like a 4-step sequence meant to try keep the flickering white screen at bay.

Everyone has like a local method, and they all work with varying shades of reliability. Which is something just above luck, but still mainly subject to the whims of fate. Like roulette.

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RobotGumshoe wrote:

Nintendo cartridges are a living demonstration on how superstitions are started. It starts with blowing on it, followed by q-tips, alchohol, if you rich and stupid those professional game cleaners that nintendo sold that did NOTHING, slam the cartridge, don't slam it. By the end my friends and me had like a 4-step sequence meant to try keep the flickering white screen at bay.

Everyone has like a local method, and they all work with varying shades of reliability. Which is something just above luck, but still mainly subject to the whims of fate. Like roulette.

Except when there is dust or corrosion on the cartridge that is blocking the metal pins from connecting correctly.

Posted: Oct 15 2008 08:04 pm

Usually a new pin set corrects the issue, they sell them on e-bay for like $5. It basically makes your connection as good as the contacts in your games, so basically you limit it to your ability to clean your games and keep them that way,

Joined: Aug 26 2007 Posts: 2752

Blow in it, it's the prime definition of old school gaming. You know, maybe all that cartage blowing will come in handy some day Evil

Title: Alexz Aficionado Joined: May 21 2008 Posts: 2889

Cleaning game cartridges.

Method 1. Blowing into it. Has worked for me in the past. Has also got LOTS of dirt and dust in my eyes.

Method 2. Q-Tip plus alcohol. 1000% better if you have the stuff. Once clean you'll find out it was actually your system that was in need of more cleaning.

Posted: Oct 16 2008 03:54 am

ReeperTheSeeker wrote:

Blow in it, it's the prime definition of old school gaming. You know, maybe all that cartage blowing will come in handy some day Evil

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

Nicely done Tyop.

Posted: Oct 16 2008 11:19 am

Haha.

Posted: Oct 16 2008 05:55 pm

Blow in it, punch it, and threaten to rape its mother. That's what usually works for me.

Posted: Oct 16 2008 09:30 pm

My avatar says it all.

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I've been blowing in carts for years, and it's always worked fine.

hell, it's worked so well that people tell me I'm magic when it comes to getting NES carts to work.