Found a great way to clean the game slot on the Atari consol

[General Atarian]

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On the "Good idea" area you can find how I did it. I pulled more dirt and crap out of that little slit that any other method before. I hope it helps.

[Philflound]

Ok, sounds great. Where do you get the card cleaner though? We aren't hotels.

 

Phil

[KAZ]

I love the cleaning suggestions. I bought a bunch of games from Ebay not long ago. Some seemed like they were rolled around in the dirt....you wouldn't believe what came off on the a Q-tip after using isopropyl alcohol!

 

A couple of them wouldn't even work till I cleaned them. It is the most rewarding thing...to take a cartridge that doesn't work, clean it, and realize that it worked only because you cleaned it!

 

Same goes with the console, I want my stuff to stay nice, so thanks for the suggestions.

 

The one cart that failed on me is Q-bert. No amount of cleaning made it worked, as I tried and tried and tried. Would anyone care to trade for a Q-bert (2600) that does work? Maybe it could be a challenge to someone. All the other games I got from this guy worked fine. I haven't done anything to it besides try to get it to work by cleaning it using the method that worked on all the others.

[D.Yancey]

A similar product is made for cleaning bill acceptors in arcades. You could order that from the supply house.

[DanBoris]

This is a great idea! You can get the cleaning cards like this from MCM Elecntronics (www.mcmelectronics.com). It's part number 20-2385. The kit MCM sells comes with dry cards and a bottle of the cleaner.

 

Dan

[ATARIPITBULL]

Thanks for the tip General Atarian!!