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How did we all know to fix NES cartridges as kids in the 80s/90s?
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:25 pm
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:25 pm
We didn't have the internet and I never saw a magazine article saying blowing air into a Nintendo game cartridge would help the console read it, but everyone I grew up with knew this workaround.
You're telling me millions upon millions of American kids just figured this out on their own with no medium to share it yet everyone knew about it?
How?
You're telling me millions upon millions of American kids just figured this out on their own with no medium to share it yet everyone knew about it?
How?
This post was edited on 4/1/24 at 8:57 pm
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Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:25 pm to TideSaint
word of mouth
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:25 pm to TideSaint
I saw an article in Readers Digest. That’s how I found out.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:27 pm to TideSaint
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This post was edited on 4/1/24 at 8:28 pm
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:27 pm to doliss
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word of mouth
I'm from a small town in Mississippi. I knew 10 kids in my neighborhood growing up. There was no word of mouth from the outside world.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:27 pm to TideSaint
Did it really even work? 
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:27 pm to TideSaint
Tribal knowledge passed down from elder elementary schoolers.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:27 pm to TideSaint
We used to have to wedge a skoal can on top of them sometimes to get them to work.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:27 pm to Paul Allen
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I saw an article in Readers Digest. That’s how I found out.
Ok, well this makes sense. At least some form of media was putting the information out there.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:29 pm to TideSaint
Video game magazines existed (and still exist)
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:29 pm to FutureCorridor49
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Did it really even work?
frick yeah it did.
If blowing air into it didn't work the true fix was inserting the cartridge 95% of the way and then forcing it down. That shite was money.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:29 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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Video game magazines existed (and still exist)
I had a subscription to Nintendo Power back then. I never saw an article about it.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:29 pm to TideSaint
The other fix I used was inserting the cartridge just barely enough so that you could push it down into the console. That seemed to work more than blowing on the end
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:29 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Nintendo Power is the goat
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:30 pm to doliss
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The other fix I used was inserting the cartridge just barely enough so that you could push it down into the console. That seemed to work more than blowing on the end
See my post above.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:31 pm to jmarto1
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Nintendo Power is the goat
The special editions that had a full magazine walkthrough of games like Final Fantasy were the absolute best
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:32 pm to TideSaint
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We didn't have the internet and I never saw a magazine article saying blowing air into a Nintendo game cartridge would help the console read it, but everyone I grew up with knew this workaround.
blowing on it did nothing.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:32 pm to TideSaint
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If blowing air into it didn't work the true fix was inserting the cartridge 95% of the way and then forcing it down.
worked
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:33 pm to TideSaint
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We didn't have the internet and I never saw a magazine article saying blowing air into a Nintendo game cartridge would help the console read it, but everyone I grew up with knew this workaround
Because we used our brains. People are stupid today and don't have to think.
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