We all did it. I know I did. I would take out the Nintendo cartridge blow on it and put it back in. After a few attempts success! I even had a system, I would start from one side of the cartridge and go all the way to the other end. If I recall, I would also go back across from the other side. Sometimes I would even try so hard I remember running out of breath. Almost all of us did it and all of us thought it did something. The reason was results. When you put it back in and saw the game that it worked, it was logical to think that your actions made a difference even if it is now reported the blowing did not help.
Do you remember the different screens you got when the game didn't work? There was the flashing grey screen that would turn on and off in roughly a second interval. When I got that one I felt the game was way off and needed a lot of work. Then sometimes there was the title screen that was all jumbled up. You could make-out the game through the mess but it wasn't ready to play. When I saw this screen I thought I was close, and one or two more attempts would do it. If I remember there was also the screen showing something but it flashed like the grey screen problem. And for all these we tried the same solution.
I also remember using Q-tips and rubbing alcohol to clean the game. I would rub it on both sides of the chip and then look a the Q-tip to see how dirty it was. And of course, the more dirt on it, the more I thought I helped to get the game to work. Then, of course, I would wait for the game to dry properly. I do not know if this helped and I might have done more long-term damage. But my games still worked years later.
Oh and I remember blowing in the console itself, if it worked for the game, why not the NES.
Tell me I am not the only one?
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Sometimes I almost blew my brains out when I really really really really REALLY wanted to play a game and it just wouldn't start
There's probably already adults that won't know what you're talking about if you mention this, because they've never used cartridge games. Technology sure moves fast. Lol
Exactly! Or adults who are frowning when you mention that you once used a cassette to load your games from.
wow....i forgot that was even a thing to be honest. we used to do it everytime before putting it inside, that feels like lightyears away now
i rememebr when we had discs and we didnt have to blow on them, we just ended up scratching the gamecube discs lol....
Oh I remember disc cracks, they are another story. It's only a small one...
Sega CD would actively destroy games as you played them. The lens was offset by just that much.
My poor copy of Sonic CD paid the ultimate price for its awesome musical score.
A little brogan maintenance never hurts.
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Your not the only one!!!
Lol I remember doing exactly this with my N64. I swear it worked.
A lot of us did.
I still use my original NES and still have to blow on them. You can put them in an turn it on and kind on manually push them a bit and it will work too. Things are made like tanks!
Oh yeah, it is impressive, I had a Tetris cartridge for Game Boy that survived a wash.
Guilty.
Haha--yup!! 😂
Of course I did! How else was I going to make Bo Jackson run over everyone in Super Tecmo Bowl?
I am ashamed to admit this but I didn't play Tecmo Bowl. It is one of the top things on my list to try, that and Oregon Trail.