Jump to content
Have You Played Atari Today?
2600|5200|7800|Lynx|Jaguar|Forums|Store  

MFoolsRun

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content Count

    316

  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by MFoolsRun

  4. Posted

    International Soccer (looks like it should have a front label, which it doesn't)

    Super Challenge Baseball (also looks like it should have a front label)

    Worry not, those M Network games only had end lables like their Intellivision cousins. :)

     

    Welcome to the pack-rat thread by the way! :D

     

     

    Thanks! I'm much more of an NES-and-newer collector (I wasn't even alive when half the Atari stuff came out) but they were there and cheap and I have the system to play them on!

  5. Posted

    My first ever post in this thread, my first ever thrift find! (I'm new to this collecting thing).

     

    From Goodwill, all loose, all 2600:

    2 Combat carts, left them behind.

    RealSports Football

    Activision Skiing

    Video Pinball

    International Soccer (looks like it should have a front label, which it doesn't)

    Super Challenge Baseball (also looks like it should have a front label)

    QBert (I can't make this one work, but I haven't cleaned well yet).

     

    $1.35/ea

     

    Awesome.

  10. Posted

    I cut the lockout chip yesterday and now my NES works even better plus I never have to look at that annoying flashing screen ever again. I also used a Mr. Clean magic eraser on the outside and now my NES looks brand spanking new. Next I'm thinking about changing the LED to green.

     

    Ooh! Magic eraser! Great idea! I'll give that a shot!

  19. Posted

    Hi,

    I've done some googling, but I figure you guys probably have experience with this: I have a small collection of NES games that I've gotten from various sources. The outsides of these games are pretty uniformly filthy. I'd like to clean them without too much effort, and without peeling the label. Does anyone have some insight beyond the arduous task of hitting each groove with a q-tip?

  20. Posted

    I fixed two of my NESes tonight using Tyler Willis guide above! I disabled the lockout chips and scrubbed the 72-pin connectors (and adjusted the contacts) and scrubbed every game with isopropyl (I didn't disassemble them only because I don't have a gamebit).

     

    And every game booted perfectly the first time. My huge stack of untestable games has now been tested and every single one worked on the first try.

     

    Thanks for this thread, everyone, it's been a huge help!

  22. Posted

    I have a pile of NES games in questionable repair that I have no way of testing because my toaster is unreliable. I don't have a local GamesXChange, is eBay a reliable source for connectors? Is there a particular eBay seller you could recommend?

     

    If you just want to test your cartridges, and/or you aren't a stickler for the games looking and sounding exactly like you remember, buying a Yobo or other Nintendo-on-a-chip system might serve you better than trying to repair your NES.

     

    Otherwise, The Electric Quarter sells replacement connectors, and I've had good experience buying from them in the past.

     

    I want to test them with the goal of keeping the working ones and using them on a real NES (I'm a sucker for the spectacle).

     

    Thanks for the reference, I'll check them out!

AtariAge
Forums
Store
General
Follow AtariAge

Copyright ©1998-2021 AtariAge

×
×
  • Create New...