• @NuclearDolphin@lemmy.ml
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    101 month ago

    Except this game has a centuries long record of murdering and maiming women and children around the globe. Unplug it and toss it in the trash where it belongs.

  • @BluescreenOfDeath@lemmy.world
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    371 month ago

    Way to make me feel old.

    I never had to do that to my N64 cartridges. That was the meme for the NES.

    And even then, blowing on it didn’t really help. It was the ejecting and reinserting of the cartridge that fixed the issue because the slot on the NES was janky.

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮
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      1 month ago

      We did it with the SNES sometimes, too. But yeah, never had to blow in the 64 carts. They just always worked. Shit, one of our 64 games the shell broke off so it was just the PCB and even that always worked.

      • @grue@lemmy.world
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        51 month ago

        I never once felt the need to blow on a SNES cartridge either. I promise you, it was 100% only a NES thing.

        In fact, the edge connector was never really the problem and blowing on it was never more than a placebo that actually did more harm than good. The real issue was the weird VCR-like insertion mechanism the NES used, and I’m pretty sure the later top-loader version solved the problem even for NES cartridges.

  • baltakatei
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    31 month ago

    Metaphorically, the US does this every election cycle, hot swapping elected officials peacefully, usually without replacing incumbents. However, the problem is that your kid brother insists on trying the same corroded cartridges again and again because he loves seeing you squirm in frustration more than actually having a functioning system. Also, you don’t get to play until he gets a game over while you, in contrast, are on a set time limit.

  • @Chewget@lemm.ee
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    21 month ago

    Just to be clear, definitely don’t blow on the cartridge. It will only cause corrosion and can also cause mold to grow on the contacts area… if it needs cleaning, use a dry cloth or alcohol swab.

    Too many game cartridges have been ruined from years of blowing on them.

  • @Lucky_777@lemmy.world
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    171 month ago

    America is a scratched PS1 disc, you have to turn your PS1 at an angle against the wall to get it to function properly.