Do you think blowing air on NES games really did anything?

[jfall]

I remember doing this all of the time when games didn't work, but I really don't know if it ever really did anything. Sometimes you'd have to do it like 30 times before the game started working

 

[T3C]

It must have because they usually worked afterwords

 

[ironcrotch]

Yea. Or leaving the game slightly out of the slot so it makes the clunk sound before it goes in.

 

[imported_Tick]

I think dust was actually a real problem with them.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: TechITguy
It must have because they usually worked afterwords

That and i sometimes took an eraser to the contacts and it fixed it (well, this was with my atari systems, dont know about NES)

 

[jfall]

Originally posted by: TechITguy
It must have because they usually worked afterwords

not always

 

[Cheezeit]

I still did it to my N64 and it helped everytime

 

[PottedMeat]

i figured the aerosolized spit cleaned off some of the contacts - although it probably caused corrosion in the long run.

 

[Shlong]

I think it was a temporary fix. At first blowing would make it work everytime but after a few months go by you had to blow more frequently until eventually it stopped working.

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
Yea. Or leaving the game slightly out of the slot so it makes the clunk sound before it goes in.

qft

 

[jfall]

never the less, the NES was still a well built machine

 

[anxi80]

it didnt work too well for me. i was more of a fan of shoving another game cartridge on top of the game i was playing in the console.

 

[Rebasxer]

I remember doing it alot, now its been replaced by the wipe the disc on my shirt play.

 

[jfall]

Originally posted by: anxi80
it didnt work too well for me. i was more of a fan of shoving another game cartridge on top of the game i was playing in the console.

LOL, I remember that one too.

It's funny where all these little "tricks" came from. Back then no one used the internet, so it's not like you'd look it up there. Yet, everyone in the world seems to have used the same methods of getting their Nintendo to work

 

[MustangSVT]

i didnt blow on it i put some steam and it always worked on it on the first try

steam = slow blowing with moisture on it

 

[Goosemaster]

lol @ our youth :laugh:

 

[JME Fidelity]

IT DOES SOMETHING AND I KNOW IT!
IT NEVER FAILS

 

[bolomite]

that flashing pink screen still haunts me

 

[MustangSVT]

come to think.. I had great time playing RIVER CITY RANSOM on NES

also Dodgeball!!!!

ah the memories...

 

[jfall]

Originally posted by: MustangSVT
come to think.. I had great time playing RIVER CITY RANSOM on NES

also Dodgeball!!!!

ah the memories...

Punchout & Bubble Bobble > those

 

[MustangSVT]

Originally posted by: jfall

Originally posted by: MustangSVT
come to think.. I had great time playing RIVER CITY RANSOM on NES

also Dodgeball!!!!

ah the memories...

Punchout & Bubble Bobble > those

wtf u jack@ss, nothing tops rivercity!!!NOTHINGGGGG did you even play it?

I was never able to beat tyson on punchout..

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
Yea. Or leaving the game slightly out of the slot so it makes the clunk sound before it goes in.

Thats what I did all the time. Worked like a charm.

 

[venk]

Originally posted by: MustangSVT

Originally posted by: jfall

Originally posted by: MustangSVT
come to think.. I had great time playing RIVER CITY RANSOM on NES

also Dodgeball!!!!

ah the memories...

Punchout & Bubble Bobble > those

wtf u jack@ss, nothing tops rivercity!!!NOTHINGGGGG did you even play it?

I was never able to beat tyson on punchout..

Contra > *

/thread

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: venk

Originally posted by: MustangSVT

Originally posted by: jfall

Originally posted by: MustangSVT
come to think.. I had great time playing RIVER CITY RANSOM on NES

also Dodgeball!!!!

ah the memories...

Punchout & Bubble Bobble > those

wtf u jack@ss, nothing tops rivercity!!!NOTHINGGGGG did you even play it?

I was never able to beat tyson on punchout..

Contra > *

/thread

FTW

 

[AkumaX]

Finaly Fantasy = t3h ha|2d