Does this glitch look familiar?

[quohog]

Every once in a while my Colecovision games look glitchy, like in the picture below. Extra pixels in horizontal or veritcal streaks, like garbage bitmaps. Not just visual artifacts--they mess up the gameplay sometimes. I thought it was my multicart, but now it's doing it on regular carts like Popeye here in the picture. I've cleaned the carts with alcohol, and when I pop them out and reinsert them five times or so, press reset a bunch, swing a dead cat around my head 13 times, eventually the glitches clear up. But they always come back.

 

Just wondering if this is a common problem with a known solution. Any info appreciated! Thanks!

 

PS Just kidding about the cat!

[Ruggers Customs]

Classic symptom of a dirty power switch and/or loose power connection at the rear of the console.  Clean your power switch and check your power supply connector.  There's tutorials on Youtube.  Good luck!

[quohog]

Interesting! I never would have thought power was the culprit! Sounds like an easy fix. Thank you!