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Posted: Jan 23 2011 06:01 pm

I just bought a copy of Yoshi's Island from a used game store today but im system doesnt play it. Ive done the obvious, rubbed the connector pins with rubbing alcohol and q tips several times, but still it wont work. I turn the system on, it gives me a nintendo sign and i hear the "ding" but its unreadable and theirs a bunch of random colors that appear.

Then sometimes i do get to the opening theme and i can hear the audio fine but i see this

Any Suggestions? The cart doesnt look damaged but the screws look worn down but maybe its just that someone changed the save battery. Im sad Sad

Posted: Jan 23 2011 07:25 pm

I'd take that game back and throw it across the counter.

Posted: Jan 23 2011 09:23 pm

Typically they should offer some sort of a return policy, so get your money or store credit. Or you can see if it works on one of their machines, assuming they have one to test it on.

Posted: Jan 23 2011 09:49 pm

Bummer.

Posted: Jan 23 2011 09:56 pm

Tried it on another system but no luck, ill probably have to return it yeah. Thought maybe their was another method maybe i missed but i think ive tried everything

2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

put the cart halfway in. also try it at a slight angle. I know this sounds weird, but it works for the regular NES, and sometimes it helps with the genesis games.

2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

also look to see if the pins are corroded. they can be as clean as they want, but if they're damaged, you ain't playin' dat game.

Posted: Jan 24 2011 12:13 pm

Invest in one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Game-Bit-3-8-MM-Tool-NES-SNES-N64-Cartridge-GameBit-/270695795299?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item3f06ba0a63
Then, open the cart and take an eraser to the pins, once done do the usual cleaning with a q-tip and half distilled water and half alcohol. I do this with every game I purchase and then I place them in a cover and inside my UGC. Never had a problem, but I guess you could return it if you are into taking the easy way out.

2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

If you get a pink pet eraser, you don't really need to open the cartridge up, as it's angled nicely to fit in there. That's not gonna help if the pins are nasty and corroded from sitting in a box in someone's basement for a few years before being traded in for some spare cash to buy a cheeseburger by some stoner who grew out of kid games and into Call of Duty.

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

LOL

Posted: Jan 24 2011 06:37 pm

An eraser? never heard of that before ill try to do it without taking the cart apart, maybe i should get one of those bits for the future

Posted: Jan 24 2011 09:35 pm

You'll rarely need to open up a cart but it does make cleaning it that much easier. Or if you feel like screwing with a friend. Side Story: While working at the store my buddy called and asked for me to hold him a copy of Super Mario Kart. I switched out the board for some Barbie game and I waited for a phone call. 10 minutes later I got a call..."FUCK...YOU."

Posted: Jan 24 2011 11:28 pm

SnesGuy wrote:

An eraser? never heard of that before ill try to do it without taking the cart apart, maybe i should get one of those bits for the future

Yeah, works good. We have to do the same trick at my job for the ribbon cables on some of our oven control boards, they get coated in grease and malfunction(I work maintenance for public housing, as you might imagine our tenants cook with a lot of fucking grease.)

Joined: Jun 08 2010 Location: Termina Field Posts: 1541

Nooo! That's my favorite SNES game!

Well, that sucks.

2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

Yeah. I'm with satire. I like the barbie game alot.

Posted: Jan 25 2011 10:47 pm

Eraser trick didnt work but i but i didnt open the cart so that may be the problem, i think ill just return it Sad

Joined: Jun 08 2010 Location: Termina Field Posts: 1541

SnesGuy wrote:

Eraser trick didnt work but i but i didnt open the cart so that may be the problem, i think ill just return it Sad

Was that the only Yoshi's Island cart they had? See if you can find another one.