Garwor

Check out the following link if you want. I work as a writer and in my spare time do video game write-ups that nobody reads (hence why I haven't bothered to get a real website). NES action platformers are my favorite console / genre combo. https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-gamesmans-knob/the-essential-nes-action-platformers/1004811559557537

Those are three of my favorite games. Absolutely masterful action platformers!

Yep, never did it on Minestorm, nor with about 90% of my carts (or the troubled carts once I cleaned them). I'm 99% sure it was just getting a bad read, especially because it was happening right in the very beginning of a game. I'd just never had that happen before so I wanted to make sure it wasn't some super obvious hardware failure. Super familiar with read failure on an NES, haha, not so much with this machine. I appreciate the cleaning tips! It's probably about time I get the thing a head to toe. I'll hit up the reader with some Deoxit (don't need anything that heavy duty usually, but my friend always has some around for his pinball machines). Thanks again!

Hey folks, first post here, but I hope to become a regular user. I've had my Vectrex for a few years and it recently went through a period of non-use. Since using it again I've had a situation with a few carts where about 5-7 seconds into the start of a game the screen will go black, sound will stop, etc. The system isn't losing power (I can hear the volume pot's scratchiness as I turn it). Cleaning the cart contacts seem to fix the issue. Troubleshooted and solved, most likely. But I'm curious if anyone else has had this happen before. Sad as it may be, I treat my Vectrex like it were my first born, haha, so I want to be 100% on this. Thanks!