How to Clean & Fix a Nintendo 64 Game

Instructions for how to clean and restore old N64 games with stickers, writing, and dirty connectors. Text instructions at http://www.jjgames.com/page/clean-nintendo-64-games

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• restore
• fix
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• games
• n64

[Draknfyre]

The Magic Eraser will remove some plastic from the cartridge, I don't recommend using it, Alchohol will remove both sticker and marks with a little bit of elbow grease.

It's funny. the manuals always warn you never to use alcohol, but when you buy the cleaning kits, it usually came with alcohol.

And Nintendo itself would recommend cleaning the contacts with alcohol, if you contacted them about a dirty game not working anymore.

[jjgames]

@Draknfyre I think that was just Nintendo covering their butts so people didn't use too much alcohol or something like that. Nintendo's own brand name cleaning kit from the SNES used alcohol too.

[TheAmazingMirror]

Oh yes, also could you guys please make a video regarding dead internal batteries in a N64 cartdrige and how to fix them? It would be so helpful, thanks! :)

[jjgames]

@TheAmazingMirror Thanks for the suggestion. I will add this to our list of videos to make.

[Kushy327]

CAUTION! The rubbing alcohol does clean the game but it also causes it to freeze so get another q tip and put it over water then do as you did with the q tip of rubbing alcohol. Or just try it without the alcohol. Thanks for the help too jj. You saved all 20 of my games.

[MrMurderx1221]

@TROLLFACE868 Dude..... Anyone who knows anything about N64's and games isn't gonna pay for that unless all the games are Ocarina of Time's all gold carts...

[TROLLFACE868]

I'm selling a nintendo 64 + 20 fully working games for $250 pm me for info

[Sicofonia]

Short and to the point. Thanks for posting m8!

[Ushanka15]

Or take some rubbing alcohol and scrub it good.

[Xjerp]

@mkfan1997 There is blood in Killer Instinct Gold.

[spencewile]

This video is fake! everone knows that you have to blow in the cartridge! XD

[YoungJames2011]

whats that game called??

[lakenvelder0pandora]

My brother has been in Cambodia doing missions for seven months now. He is coming home in two days and I wanted him to be here when I finally (for the first time in my life) finished the Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask. I was trying to get the game to work over and over again and couldn't get it to work, so I googled how to clean the cartridge and it led me here. Now my brother and I can experience the good old days! Thank you so much!!!

[TheForeverGreatWolf]

lol i didn't know jjgames had a youtube channel, if i did i would have been subscribed to you guys along time ago :)

[Draknfyre]

@GeorgiaJunkman

90% alcohol will remove paint and other things. If you aren't careful, it will actually damage the cartridge if you rub too hard. I wouldn't use 90% unless you were trying to use a Q-tip to remove a particularly hard marker mark. It's just too strong to use all over the cartridge unless the whole cartridge was filthy.