NES Burgertime Glitch?

[IntellivisionDude]

My copy of Burgertime resets to the title screen. And it happens not long into the game, sometimes minutes into the game, sometimes seconds. And this is the second copy of this game i have purchased and both have this glitch. Is this a common problem?

I have a friend who just bought a copy of Burgertime and so far his hasn't reset.

 

I just recently found out about the Colecovision version resetting. Now i'm having trouble with the Nes. I am not having good luck here. lol

[BrianC]

I think the problem is probably the NES itself rather than the game. I had toaster NESes reset on me a few times with various games.

[zombiecraig]

Yeah, it sounds like the connectors are off, causing the game to reset.

[IntellivisionDude]

It's a brand new 72 pin connector. This is the only game that does that. And all my games are cleaned.

[IntellivisionDude]

Quick update.

 

I possibly fixed it.

 

I originally cleaned the cart with 90% Rubbing Alcohol. I even took the cart apart and used multiple Q-tips until i didn't see black anymore.

 

After i posted that last message i decided to clean it again but this time with De-oxit. It's what people sometime recommend on older carts like Intellivion or Atari 2600 carts if you can't get them to work with just alcohol. I wasn't sure if it was a good idea for Nes carts or not. But i cleaned the Burgertime cart with it. A little more black came off too.

 

I did 3 quick run throughs and it hasn't reset. Maybe i fixed it. Hopefully i'm not jumping the gun. I will have to try it more tomorrow. I could of just got lucky.

 

A side story, i received Donkey Kong for the Intellivision in the mail today. I cleaned it with Rubbing Alcohol, once again with multiple Qtips until i didn't see any more black. Tested in the console and nothing. I wiggled with it and still nothing. I blew into the cart and got some response. But the game would freeze or not start at all. I then decided to use some De-oxit and a lot more black came off. It wasn't as much black as what came off with the Alcohol but i was still surprised how much was still left on it. Let the cart dry. Tried it again, and came on perfect first try and didn't freeze. I guess sometimes alcohol alone isn't enough. Now i'm gonna try and clean some other carts i been having trouble with. Maybe i will get lucky. I just bought the De-oxit recently but haven't really used it much. Stuff is expensive and i don't want to waste it. lol

[gdement]

Alcohol isn't very effective IMO.

I've started using copper cleaner but I haven't used it enough to be sure how good it is. I think it works better than alcohol though.

[Video]

Alcohol is a very poor cleaner to be honest. It's mostly recommended because while it does little good (aside from wetting the surface) it also does little or no harm.

 

Same with Q tips. You could easily use paper towels, a rag...whatever, you're just providing something to scrub with, though a mild abrasive would work better, most people recommend against it as it is possible to damage the carts (in the very long term, unless you're using like 40 grit sandpaper to "clean" it with )

 

Whenever I have problems, and the alcohol doesn't work, I do use more chemically chemicals though I've never heard of Deoxit (I'll have to look into that one) I have used contact cleaner's and polish a lot though (though only when alcohol alone won't work) Also, I do take the carts apart and use a soft eraser to scrub the contacts with, you'd be amazed what that will take off to, but again, it's because it's abrasive.

 

Anyhow, cool to hear you got you're cart working. Hope for many more years.

[IntellivisionDude]

Alcohol is a very poor cleaner to be honest. It's mostly recommended because while it does little good (aside from wetting the surface) it also does little or no harm.

 

Same with Q tips. You could easily use paper towels, a rag...whatever, you're just providing something to scrub with, though a mild abrasive would work better, most people recommend against it as it is possible to damage the carts (in the very long term, unless you're using like 40 grit sandpaper to "clean" it with )

 

Whenever I have problems, and the alcohol doesn't work, I do use more chemically chemicals though I've never heard of Deoxit (I'll have to look into that one) I have used contact cleaner's and polish a lot though (though only when alcohol alone won't work) Also, I do take the carts apart and use a soft eraser to scrub the contacts with, you'd be amazed what that will take off to, but again, it's because it's abrasive.

 

Anyhow, cool to hear you got you're cart working. Hope for many more years.

 

 

Deoxit is a contact cleaner.