I heard someone comment that there is some issue with game boy cartridges now
and was recommending not buying those anymore. I'm not sure of what the details
were.. maybe a battery issue? I think if they're bad they won't boot. Anyone
know the real details?
On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Swift Griggs wrote:
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> I have some 90's consoles in my collection and I fondly remember a few
> systems that took carts that family and friends owned back in the 80's and
> 90's. I thought the Colecovision Adam was awesome. My cousin had one and
> I
> was so je
On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Swift Griggs
wrote:
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> On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, et...@757.org wrote:
> > > Why does blowing on them help? (mosture? cleaning action?)
> > The moisure makes the connection work better or something, so that is
> > where it comes from. Cleaning the contacts is best, a
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Andrew Burton wrote:
> Sorry, you are wrong. I own three SNES games that use the SFX chip:
> Starfox, Stunt Race FX and Yoshi's Island (SFX chip used for sprite
> rotation and 3D objects, such as doors that fell towards the screen).
Cool. I thought there were only two as
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> > Remember the ones like Starfox for the SNES that had coprocessors
embedded
> > on
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> Seen the crazy prices for rare Neo Geo carts? $400 bucks for "Tw
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, et...@757.org wrote:
> > Why does blowing on them help? (mosture? cleaning action?)
> The moisure makes the connection work better or something, so that is
> where it comes from. Cleaning the contacts is best, and if it's a NES you
> can replace the "finger module" or the slo
On 04/19/2016 08:13 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
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>> On Apr 19, 2016, at 10:53 AM, Swift Griggs
>> wrote:
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>>
>> Well, after discussing all things that can go wrong with a floppy
>> disk to corrupt or destroy it, it makes me wonder about another
>> vintage media format: the cart.
>
> You mean a R
On 2016-Apr-19, at 8:13 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
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>> On Apr 19, 2016, at 10:53 AM, Swift Griggs wrote:
>>
>>
>> Well, after discussing all things that can go wrong with a floppy disk to
>> corrupt or destroy it, it makes me wonder about another vintage media
>> format: the cart.
>
> You mea
How long will they last?
Probably a long time, but dump them all anyways! You never know!
Why does blowing on them help? (mosture? cleaning action?)
The moisure makes the connection work better or something, so that is
where it comes from. Cleaning the contacts is best, and if it's a NES yo
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Paul Koning wrote:
> You mean a ROM cartridge as opposed to a magnetic tape cartridge, right?
> ("Cart" is also broadcast radio slang for magnetic tape cartridges,
> vaguely like an 8-track tape in appearance.)
ROM carts, yes. I know what you mean about the old radio "carts
> On Apr 19, 2016, at 10:53 AM, Swift Griggs wrote:
>
>
> Well, after discussing all things that can go wrong with a floppy disk to
> corrupt or destroy it, it makes me wonder about another vintage media
> format: the cart.
You mean a ROM cartridge as opposed to a magnetic tape cartridge, ri
Well, after discussing all things that can go wrong with a floppy disk to
corrupt or destroy it, it makes me wonder about another vintage media
format: the cart.
How long will they last?
Why does blowing on them help? (mosture? cleaning action?)
Are some better than others in terms of longevi
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