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Megatron:
First major pickup of the month and one of my personal "Holy Grails" of Thrift Store hunting....$15 for the system with 6 games (mostly typical cheap stuff, although there was a copy of Mario 3)

Now there are lots of things I'd rather find for pennies in the wild, but this is one of the few that I would never actually buy at market price. I have so many different systems that can play NES games, I couldn't justify $100 for a system I will just look at (as opposed to, say a Jaguar, that will actually get played). So despite seeing these in game sores, I vowed to never buy one unless it was dirt cheap. Glad to have finally reached my goal. :D

Now on to the TG-16! lol

redsox2012:
I ordered this around 4 months ago, but it just arrived yesterday. It's called a "Blinking Light Win", and it replaces the snap-down 72 pin connection in an original NES.

It's basically a top-loader connection inside an original NES. The original 72 pin connector and cartridge tray have been removed and replaced with a solid connector (that's always connected), as well as a new cartridge tray. The game slides in, snaps into the new connector, and that's it - no more pressing down to make a connection. The new parts are the same size as the old ones, so everything fits back just like it was before. It took me less than 10 minutes to hook up. I believe it also disables the region protection, but I don't have any non-U.S. games to check.

(I should have taken some photos as I was installing it, but a quick google search will show pictures and videos of this product)

So far, it's worked for every game I've tried, even some that I could not make work before. Since there's no more connection that has to be made, there will never be another blinking light error. The connection is a little tighter than an original 72 pin, but not nearly as tight as an official Nintendo top loader or the death grip of some clone systems. Now I get the beautiful picture of an A/V connection with the reliability of a top loader.

This was a campaign on Kickstarter, and the company that makes it is called Arcade Works. I didn't get in on the Kickstarter campaign, but I was able to order one from the Arcade Works website for $20 + $5 shipping.

TDIRunner:

--- Quote from: redsox2012 on June 14, 2015, 11:15:43 PM ---I ordered this around 4 months ago, but it just arrived yesterday. It's called a "Blinking Light Win", and it replaces the snap-down 72 pin connection in an original NES.

It's basically a top-loader connection inside an original NES. The original 72 pin connector and cartridge tray have been removed and replaced with a solid connector (that's always connected), as well as a new cartridge tray. The game slides in, snaps into the new connector, and that's it - no more pressing down to make a connection. The new parts are the same size as the old ones, so everything fits back just like it was before. It took me less than 10 minutes to hook up. I believe it also disables the region protection, but I don't have any non-U.S. games to check.

(I should have taken some photos as I was installing it, but a quick google search will show pictures and videos of this product)

So far, it's worked for every game I've tried, even some that I could not make work before. Since there's no more connection that has to be made, there will never be another blinking light error. The connection is a little tighter than an original 72 pin, but not nearly as tight as an official Nintendo top loader or the death grip of some clone systems. Now I get the beautiful picture of an A/V connection with the reliability of a top loader.

This was a campaign on Kickstarter, and the company that makes it is called Arcade Works. I didn't get in on the Kickstarter campaign, but I was able to order one from the Arcade Works website for $20 + $5 shipping.

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I backed this project sometime last last year, and I read in an email that I should be receiving mine soon. I'm glad to see that someone has received theirs and that it's working out well for them. Although, I'm not very happy that someone who didn't back the program, and just ordered it online got theirs before someone who backed the company from the start. No offense to you, it's the seller that I have a bone to pick with.

TDIRunner:

--- Quote from: Megatron on June 14, 2015, 09:16:09 PM ---First major pickup of the month and one of my personal "Holy Grails" of Thrift Store hunting....$15 for the system with 6 games (mostly typical cheap stuff, although there was a copy of Mario 3)

Now there are lots of things I'd rather find for pennies in the wild, but this is one of the few that I would never actually buy at market price. I have so many different systems that can play NES games, I couldn't justify $100 for a system I will just look at (as opposed to, say a Jaguar, that will actually get played). So despite seeing these in game sores, I vowed to never buy one unless it was dirt cheap. Glad to have finally reached my goal. :D

Now on to the TG-16! lol

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I'm the exact same way. I"ll never use a top loader for my system setup, so it would be a big waste of money to pay $100 for a system I won't ever use. However, I would pickup one in a heart beat if I could get it cheap like that. Nice grab.

razielleonhart:
i had to ;D

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