>Blow into your cartridge>The moisture from your spit destroys the pins>Millions of millenials are nostalgic for esstentially destroying their treasured gamesWhy? Did 91% isopropyl alcohol wipes just not exist back then?
>>12558587People used to drink mercury for health benefits. We dumb.
>>12558590Back in my day, we bought snake oil to heal our wounds.
>>12558587>Did 91% isopropyl alcohol wipes just not exist back then?That wasn't the problem. The actual issue is that the ZIF socket was flawed by design because the contacts would compress from repeated use and the only way to fix it would be to open the system and bend them all back into place one by one. No one knew about this back then. Blowing into cartridges was the only thing we knew that made carts work a little more often. We all tried q-tips and alcohol. There were cartridge cleaning kits being sold in stores. None of them worked.
>pull out cartridge>blow in it>put it back in>it worksIt ain't rocket science, nigga.
Why weren't kids attuned to nerdy scientific solutions that they couldn't possibly come up with? were they stupid? why didn't they consult ChatGPT in the 90s? were they stupid?
>>12558616>Then eventually the pins corrode and the cartridge is broken permanently
>>12558619>Using wipes you can find at the store is a scientific solution according to this guyI'm not laughing... I promise...
>>12558606Retards today just replace the ZIF socket with cheaply made knockoffs that are so tight they compress the cartridge circuit board/contacts so they'll never work in any other system except for that one. bending the pins back into place has generally given me 8 or 9/10 success rates with any cart until the pins eventually get pushed in too much again, which isn't perfect but still the better choice.
>>12558590>laughs in 100+yr old enviromental catastrophe that's still ongoing>>12558587>spit and destroying pinsHave you ever wondered why those pins are not made of steel?Also, did you know consumer-grade isopropyl alcohol is always a mixture that contains water,which can pick up impurities that are able to form an electrolytical solution?
>>12558626And the 7 yo kids are definitely going to be very aware of bacteria from blowing their carts! YOU are very smart!
>>12558645You were clearly a retarded 7 year old then because I knew from the start not to do that, had parents who told me not to do that, and knew basic science not to do that.
What NES carts have been destroyed by blowing?
>>12558620Show me an example of this.
>>12558620That never happened to anyone, it's just something you read from some random baseless source on the internet.
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>>12558654>>12558658
>>12558667>subject A: new, subject B: oldCompelling
>>12558620Yeah, but this doesn't really happen. Where are all those fucked up games? Mine still work. Some better than others but they all work. If one is giving you some trouble just blow on it.
>>12558672>No argumentI accept your concession.https://www.eurogamer.net/blowing-on-nes-cartridges-was-actually-bad-for-them
>>12558679>The only flaw in the experiment was that the cartridges weren't exactly identical to begin with, so perhaps the coating or materials could have been slightly different.
>>12558706>uhmmm sweatie it's not the same game so you're wrong
>>12558645>metal-eating bacteriaDoesn't matter, they're tiny anyways.Almost all surface bacterias are obligatory cellular parasites or chemoorganothropics, like the ones that live in your gut or produce toxins that cause infections.Unless you live near a mine and actively drink/wash stuff with the tailings, this won't happen.>>12558648Your parents might have taken some lessons about oxidation and reduction,maybe know a thing or two about gibbs free energy and changes in entropy and equilibrium,but they haven't factored in the air actually contains impurities and water vapor,which helps produce flakes of low-conductivity hydrated iron oxide.That's why aircraft boneyards are built in deserts and are coated with a hydrophobic film.Lastly, the biggest culprit isn't contacts - it's faulty capacitors, inductors and pcb "rot"Your parents are smart and make logical conclusions, but they haven't done their research.You can gimme da updoots now, faggotsuck my effortposting and pointless "i'm le smart" crusade
>>12558672>he thinks these carts aren't the same age
>>12558654High school chemistry.
>>12558587Not on our parents' budget.
People can say what they want, but it does work. What bothers me more is how often people shill for Deoxit as a contact cleaner. It works well as a safe lubricant and helps wire connections, but it does jack shit for cleaning game pins, barely better than alcohol with a Q-tip, which itself is pretty dogshit.The best way to clean carts are>a bit of computer paper with some alcohol>Weimans cooktop cleaner (small amount, gentle rubbing)
>>12558587>isopropyl alcohol wipesThe purpose of blowing into the cartridge isn't to clean the pins.
>>12558587We had magic breath in the 80's that fixed electronics
>>12558587god I hate people like that
>>12558590if mercury doesnt cure you than why do they put it in thermometers
>>12558741>That's why aircraft boneyards are built in deserts and are coated with a hydrophobic film.wouldnt they want them to decay faster?
It's not even the carts, you retards. It's the ZIF sockets, which can be repaired. There's no need to even replace them like some other batch of retards do.
>>12558667>A: filthy, covered in grime>B: sparkling clean and ready to play
>>12558648>had parents who told me not to do that, and knew basic science not to do that.They just told you not to do that so they retarded son doesn't pass out from exhaustion
>>12559889I almost exclusively play NES/FC games on a Famicom, nd the carts absolutely do get dirty to the point of being unplayable, oftentimes requiring FAR more effort than a simple Q-tip plus iso. I guess most people either deal with their own personal collection that they cared for over the years, or are buying already cleaned games, because if you're buying miscellaneous lots of stuff in Current Year, you will absolutely see some shit when it comes to dirty games.
>>12558606>only way to fix it would be to open the system and bend them all back into place one by oneActually you just remove the slot and boil it. Then it reads perfectly every time.
>>12558587>>The moisture from your spit destroys the pinsold wive's tale. literally does not happen
>>12559927>old wive's tale. literally does not happenIt's half true. It speeds up corrosion and the problem you are trying to blow away tends to be corrosion. NES pins are more prone to getting a layer of oxidation that the weak slot in the console struggles to make good contact through. By blowing on it you temporarily improve the contact slightly by salty moisture, but you also make the corrosion layer thicker for next time. So no, it doesn't "destroy" the pins, but it does speed up the process until you have to scrub them to remove the oxidation layer.
>>12558645When I was 6 I surmised that blowing spit into electronics was a bad idea. Moisture + electricity = bad is something your parents should have taught you. I didn't understand corrosion, but I knew not to be retarded. I used to shake the carts because I figured the air blasting over them was good enough to remove the dust if the cart had sat out. But mostly I just didn't leave the carts out. Amazing how a 6 year old can have better electronics hygiene that alleged adults on 4chan.
>>12559560They need these planes there, so later they can special summon or do graveyard shenanigans
>>12559991i figured out corrosion at the age of 5. sorry but you where pretty stupid and your parents should be ashamed of you
>>12559991>he didn't use tools like all smart humans dohello hunter-gatherer caveman>>12560285In case it wasn't apparent by "electronics hygiene", this guy's a midwit thinking he's hot shit lmao
>The moisture from your spit destroys the pinsjust put your shirt over it before blowing
>>12559901>so they>retardedirony
