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Nes games that barely work
e_brugal:
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--- Quote from: Arseen on April 19, 2014, 06:32:09 AM ---My guess would be your NES's 72-pin adapter is getting dirty or loose.
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I agree on both. But this only happens with batman only or with other games too?
Ozzy_98:
Here's how I fix NES's
1) Take the nes apart, and take the 72 pin connector out.
2) Take a pot of water, and bring it to a boil.
3) Using a thumbtack, bend all the little pins up some on the connector, you may see one side lower than the other.
4) Plop the connector in the water, let it sit 5 mins.
5) Pull it out. Show your wife. If she laughs, divorce her.
6) Out it away, and pull the nes connector out of the water. Put a clean but cheap nes cart in the slow, wiggle it, just a little bit, and remove it. Repeat 30ish times.
7) Boil 5 more mins
8) Have cart intersex once more, another 30 or so pumps
9) Dry off the connector and cart with a hair dryer.
10) Double check the pins look pulled up good and are even.
11) Optional, and risky: Disable the NES10 chip. This will make it impossible for the nes to ever blink. If you ever see the game load but it blinks, the NES10 is the cause. It also lets you play unlicensed games that did not disable the NES10 chip.
Arseen:
Really? You say boiling water does not warp the adapter...
Ozzy_98:
no, the plastic's very hard and seems to have a high melting temp. I thought at first people were doing this to BEND the adapter, but no, it boils off the dirt. That plastic doesn't give in the slightest in boiling water. So I've done it on 6 set of pins.
I would just say buy new 72 pin adapters, but most of them are crap now, not made to correct specs. If you put the cart in, and hear\feel it scrape, it's not good. You'll be scratching something off of something, most likely the contacts on the carts.
Edit: Oh and clean all your carts! ALL of them, dirt on nes carts are like STDs. When you insert your cart, you sleep with the dirt of the last 10 carts in your nes. And you don't want Mario sleeping with Prince Myer of Deadly Towers. I firmly believe you need to take the cart apart to clean it, with a bit driver, it's less than 5 seconds to take apart. Then I clean the pins with a magic eraser that's been wetted with rubbing alcohol, and buff dry with a paper towel. With the board out, you can clean pretty hard, and see what gunk you missed with q-tips.
Arseen:
Well, live and learn something new everyday. :D