Tips for making a game work ?

[figgler]

I just found a bunch of activision games at the game store this weekend. All of them play, but Enduro won't run..

 

Anyone have any tips on getting it to play, other than just blowing in it?

 

Thanks in advance

[JB]

I convinced an NES cart to work once by threatening it.

 

...

 

It's not a very reliable method.

[MegaManFan]

See this thread:

http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=30282

[sebastius]

If you can open the carts, use a good kitchen grease cleaning spray on the edge connector (try it first on the ugliest and most common game you have at least 10 copies of). Works also for the outside of most carts, but try it first on something you don't really want to save.

 

Alternatively use a pencil eraser to rub the contacts clean.

 

Or use a q-tip with some alcohol so you can reach the contacts with the cartridge unopened.

[+Random Terrain]

Yeah, the pencil eraser tip always works for me (so far).

[figgler]

Just wanna say thanks to all for the help with Enduro.

 

After blowing in the cartridge, I tried the eraser method, but it was a good cleaning with alcohol that did the trick.

 

FYI - Enduro is worth the trouble

 

Cheers

[MegaManFan]

If you can open the carts, use a good kitchen grease cleaning spray on the edge connector

 

NO NO NO. They'll work in the short run, but that's gonna leave a filthy residue in the long run that actually makes matters WORSE.

[Frostbite Z]

Just wanna say thanks to all for the help with Enduro.

 

After blowing in the cartridge, I tried the eraser method, but it was a good cleaning with alcohol that did the trick.

 

FYI - Enduro is worth the trouble  

 

Cheers

 

This method has worked for me far more often than not, and, yes, Enduro is certainly worth the trouble. It was the first racing game I ever played, much less enjoyed. On more modern systems, most of my games have been racing based, so you could say this one started it all for me!

[inextremis staple]

i also find that how far you have the cart in reflects how it plays sometimes

my freeway for instance wont work unless it barely touches the contacts

others have to be in all the way and then some

so its not always a matter of cleaning

 

 

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[Pixellated Ghost]

I use Progold G5 spray to clean the cartridge contacts on my games. It's a bit expensive at $15 or so a can plus shipping but it's definitely worth the price, as it even gets 30-50 year old switches and contacts clean again.

[Edit_5]

When I get a cart that wont cooperate I just run my finger over the end of the contacts, works for me...

[Dolt]

Hiwatt, a company pretty known for its guitar amplifiers, has a new thing called Hiwatt Nanocarbon that they're going to be selling in music instrument retailers and also audio and video big box retailers. Basically you rub it over most any metal connector and it improves signal flow (or so they claim).

 

They sent me a packet of it which I'm going to try out on my guitar cables (their PR guy insists that it will improve low-end; we'll see), but I'm thinking that it might be a good thing to try on a cart. Next time I get a dodgy cart, I'm going to give this stuff a shot and see what happens.