Nintendo's NES game console turns 20!

[Ramma2]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
there was also a funky floppy based addon from asia... cartridge piracy.. course there was a legit one too.

and yes theres a clone now. 50 bucks is reasonable i guess. clone cartridges don't exist though. i'm not sure which parts went bad when things went faulty... the contacts in the console or on the cartridge.

It was the contacts in the actual system. Its called the "72 pin". If you look on ebay, the majority of NES deals say that the 72 pin has been replaced, with a better one that doesn't corrode like the original.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Ramma2

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
there was also a funky floppy based addon from asia... cartridge piracy.. course there was a legit one too.

and yes theres a clone now. 50 bucks is reasonable i guess. clone cartridges don't exist though. i'm not sure which parts went bad when things went faulty... the contacts in the console or on the cartridge.

It was the contacts in the actual system. Its called the "72 pin". If you look on ebay, the majority of NES deals say that the 72 pin has been replaced, with a better one that doesn't corrode like the original.

all the blowing on cartridges was for naught..lol

 

[raystorm]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: Ramma2

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
there was also a funky floppy based addon from asia... cartridge piracy.. course there was a legit one too.

and yes theres a clone now. 50 bucks is reasonable i guess. clone cartridges don't exist though. i'm not sure which parts went bad when things went faulty... the contacts in the console or on the cartridge.

It was the contacts in the actual system. Its called the "72 pin". If you look on ebay, the majority of NES deals say that the 72 pin has been replaced, with a better one that doesn't corrode like the original.

all the blowing on cartridges was for naught..lol

I remember all those NES contact cleaning kits that looked like a NES cartridge with a handle. You would dip the contact part of the kit with some solution and um... well.. insert and take out the kit repeatedly to clean the "72 pin" contacts. It sorta worked I guess though most still blew on the carts which probably didn't do a thing.