Old School Nintendo: how to get working?

[Kenazo]

So, we picked up an old school original nintendo at a garage sale for $5 with a bunch of games, Super Mario 3 seems to work, but the rest won't let the machine start.
Anyone know a good trick to get them going, or the best way to fix it? Of course we've tried the "Blow in the cartridge" trick, even though I don't think that really does anything.

 

[Anubis]

Shirt Blow + barly incert teh game and push it down = always works

 

[PingSpike]

q-tips and rubbing alcohol on the cart connection. Try slidding the game back and forth a little bit in the tray too.

The original nintendo was a PITA...I'd just get an emulator.

 

[Spoooon]

Do the connectors look rusty? That's supposed to be a problem with old school Nintendos. Though, mine is in mint condition.

I second the "barely insert game" trick.

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Spoooon
I second the "barely insert game" trick.

Agreed. One must wonder how this knowledge became so widespread without the Internet.

 

[XZeroII]

Fire fixes everything.

 

[MrDudeMan]

i always found a good elbowdrop to work. if that isnt possible, a legdrop will work as well. seriously, with that kind of force, you scare the fvck out of the system and it starts working for a little while. always worked for me...

 

[ElFenix]

i wonder if anyone has the second version of the NES

 

[eLiu]

i got my games to work by vigorously rubbing the connectors on the carpet. (Hey, i was 5...and it did work)

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i wonder if anyone has the second version of the NES

One of my friends bought one back in the day... I wonder what happened to it. Didn't they make a 2nd SNES too?

 

[minendo]

Take it apart and clean the connectors with rubbing alcohol.

 

[Kenazo]

Been doing some research and it looks like i might need this 72 pin connector

 

[AIWGuru]

Originally posted by: aves2k

Originally posted by: Spoooon
I second the "barely insert game" trick.

Agreed. One must wonder how this knowledge became so widespread without the Internet.

NINTENDO POWER MAGAZINE!

 

[digitalsm]

Originally posted by: Kenazo

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i wonder if anyone has the second version of the NES

One of my friends bought one back in the day... I wonder what happened to it. Didn't they make a 2nd SNES too?

Yes. There were multiple versions of the Genisis as well.

 

[Ness]

Originally posted by: Kenazo
Been doing some research and it looks like i might need this 72 pin connector

http://mcm.newark.com/NewarkWebCommerce/mcm/en_US/support/catalog/productDetail.jsp?id=83-3785

Picked one of those up because MCM is in-town to me. My NES went from not working with any amount of effort to working with NO effort. Installation is simple, too.

 

[AIWGuru]

Originally posted by: digitalsm

Originally posted by: Kenazo

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i wonder if anyone has the second version of the NES

One of my friends bought one back in the day... I wonder what happened to it. Didn't they make a 2nd SNES too?

Yes. There were multiple versions of the Genisis as well.

Four that I know of.
Original
New (which matched the second sega CD shell and 32x without adapter)
weird third one which was really rare
the one which was handheld but no screen or something. I vaguely remember it.

 

[Ness]

Originally posted by: Kenazo

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i wonder if anyone has the second version of the NES

One of my friends bought one back in the day... I wonder what happened to it. Didn't they make a 2nd SNES too?

There were actually 3 versions, but the second didn't have any cosmetic changes. If you've ever looked isdies the thing, then you'll see there was a sound processor or something seperate from the rest of the circuitry. In the later versions, this was integrated into the rest of it. The 3rd SNES was smaller the dreamcast but used the same circuit board, I think... it was a final marketing kick to combat the Playstation shortly after the launch of the Nintendo 64.

 

[axelfox]

"Slice Technique"

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: axelfox
"Slice Technique"

"Backhand Loop Technique"

 

[eakers]

"bunny ears technique"

 

[MournSanity]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i wonder if anyone has the second version of the NES

I do.

 

[toant103]

Originally posted by: Anubis
Shirt Blow + barly incert teh game and push it down = always works

 

[isekii]

insert the cart barely, move it side to side while it's down and power up.

 

[jswjimmy]

i use to lick the pins, that alwase worked for me.

 

[sash1]

go out and by Contra, by far the best game! My friend and I played it all the time back in the day...

I had a cartride cleaner, I doubt you can find 'em anymore, though.

`K