How to Clean & Fix a Nintendo NES Game

How to clean any markings off of a Nintendo NES cartridge. With simple household items it's easy to clean and restore any NES game. Text instructions at http://www.jjgames.com/page/clean-nintendo-nes-games

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[1drunkcrustpunk]

Any advise on pawn shop stickers over the labels?

[jjgames]

@1drunkcrustpunk If the stickers are over the label they are next to impossible to remove without removing the label as well. Sorry

[c3o7l4]

Thanks for this video. I bought a security screwdriver bit on eBay, and I open my games and clean with alcohol to remove dirt, then use a white pencil eraser to remove tarnish. I bought a new 72pin connector for the NES and I keep games in a plastic box to reduce air circulation which decreases tarnishing. Remember, if you have a favorite game and the back half of the cartridge is ugly, you can take the back half of a very common cheap game and swap them, then sell/donate/gift the unwanted one.

[Sacorian]

@muzboz The method you just decribes does long term irreparable damage to the cartridge and also the console's connectors as the moist from your mouth promotes corrosion. I say this cos I care. STOP BLOWING ON YOUR CARTRIDGES.

[nemesis2002b]

You really should protect the label.

[muzboz]

My tip for getting NES games to work, if they're just not booting, is to gently BREATHE SOME WARM BREATH INTO THE SLOT OF THE GAME, then insert. Voila! Works better than the cleaning seemed to for me. I guess the little bit of moisture from my breath makes the connection successful! It works!

[muzboz]

@1drunkcrustpunk YES! Use EUCALYPTUS oil. Just buy a little bottle of it. Peel the sticker off as well as you can without damaging whatever is underneath. Then you may have goopy sticker glue on it, or half peeled off label. Just tip a little EUCALYPTUS oil onto a tissue, and dab it onto the sticker. Maybe even leave it there for a bit. It basically helps dissolve the glue. Either straight away, or after a while, use the tissue to rub the sticker remains off. Do a few times til done!

[czwmark]

this guy turns me on

[Tricob1974]

@1drunkcrustpunk - A bit belated, but my advice is just to let the dust collect in between the shop's label and manufacturer's label; it'll come off more easily over time. The labels from the manufacturers are meant to stay on indefinitely, while pawn shop stickers are generally more short-lived.

[anassgame]

Tetris ! what a game !

[99GranDan]

Thank you for the tip to get the marker marks off the games! Personally, I believe the best way to clean the contacts is to open up the cartridge by using the special bit you can easily buy on eBay. Then you take a rag, put some Brasso on it and just really scrub those contacts. Make sure when you're done that you wipe off all of the Brasso on the contacts and the stuff that may have gotten on the board. This made 3 games that didn't work all work like new again.

[wescoolya]

SMILEY FACE!