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