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I have an old Super NES (Nintendo Game from the late 80's?) to give to the niece & nephews, but it has a problem. Hoping someone here has experience with these... Some games will not play at all. Others will occasionally play - (which SEEM to be related to either reset button, or wiggeling the cartridge sometimes helps - but not all the time - and sometimes not at all. In other words - It could still just be random). Other games play just fine, every time, no problem whatsoever.

I know I should take an eraser to the SuperNES game cartridge connector.. I intend to clean that.

Is there anything inside the game cartridges that could wear out? I've not opened one yet - (will require glue to re-close?) But I assume it's just an onld-style EPROM and maybe a cap inside? Maybe in the non-working/flaky games the cap dried out?? (Total SWAG)

I guess my question is: What was the most common failure with these game consoles?? And of course, and hints or suggestions are appreciated before I get the screwdrivers out.

Thanks.

-mpm

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mpm
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Did you blow in the cartridge?

Tim

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No, but I'll clean those connections today too. I did find a Wiki article on the earlier Nintendo model, and it said some of the games have a "keep-alive" memory battery for storing game progress / results.

I assume if the battery dies (which is almost certainly the case on some of these cartridges), that you lose the ability to save a game midway, but that it would still work in all other respects.??

Anyway, that's one more thing to try....

Thanks.

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BobW

Actually the cartridge connector in the console should be replaced. This is a common problem on those game systems. Just Google for NES repoacement cartridge connector.

Regards, Stephen D. Barnes

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Stephen D. Barnes

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