Strange problem with SNES Game Genie

[Andromeda Stardust]

I think my Game Genie has a stuck bit. I've haven't touched it in a couple years but I never had issues with it in the past. Last time I used it was on stock hardware, to grant infinite lives while playing the physical cart of Guntz's SML v3 Super Mario World hack, and enabling the feather cape to reach some hard to reach spots. Recently the Super NT gave me a renewed interest in everything Super Nintendo related, and I have run into so problems with the device itself.

Anyway I made a youtube video of the behavior.

(previous upload attempt aborted for some reason)

Basically the third character on the code input screen entry appears to have a stuck bit in it. Upon reset, some codes entered have the wrong character assigned, and they still don't work properly when entered. It exhibits the same behavior on stock hardware as well as the Super NT.

Is there potential to fix it, or should I just buy another one?

[0078265317]

What version is it?

[Andromeda Stardust]

What version is it?

1.0 if the pcb is correct.

[Andromeda Stardust]

Having issues with youtube aborting the video. Basically the 3rd character of the code appears to be wrong after entry for some reason.

[0078265317]

Video works fine now.

[NE146]

Doesn't the Super NT have Game Genie functionality built in?

[Andromeda Stardust]

Doesn't the Super NT have Game Genie functionality built in?

 

yes but mario kart codes werent working on it so i tried using my old genie. thats when i noticed the genies codes getting corrupted. it behaves the same on real snes.

[Newsdee]

I tried one game genie code on my Super NT and it worked fine... but I had to select the "activate all cheats" checkbox at the top.