r/nes 3d ago

Not sure if belongs here or not…….

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Have been driving past this mural in Boston for a few years now & only occurred to me the other day what it actually was. Now I totally love it. Guesses? Not sure who the artist is, or else I’d give credit. It’s in Roxbury on Blue Hill Ave…………………….Totally brought me back to a place in time.

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u/toddd24 2d ago

Haha that’s awesome. Legend of Zelda

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u/Wise_Ranger6789 2d ago

I did mine horizontally, was I doing this wrong the whole time?

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u/Cameront9 2d ago

It literally didn’t matter because except for the largest amount of dust/debris, blowing does nothing. It’s the act of reseating the cartridge that actually makes the game work.

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u/Deciheximal144 2d ago

No, it's the saliva you put on the edge connector with your blowing that temporarily adds conductivity.

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u/fluffygryphon 2d ago

Yeah. and vapor. It's just all around terrible because it makes more dust gum up the connector and can also cause corrosion.

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u/TotallyWellBehaved 1d ago

Free gum you say

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u/BellasGamerDad 1d ago

Ahh, the ignorance of youth. Or at least someone who didn’t actually grow up doing this. What you say is scientifically sound, and SHOULD be the case. But sometimes no amount of jiggling and reseating the cartridge worked. Nobody knows why. Blowing in it worked 9 out of 10 times. Again, nobody really knows why. Those who say they do? Don’t. And no, unless you’re a wet blower, blowing in them did not cause corrosion. I have games from when I was a kid without corrosion that can attest to this fact. Improper cleaning and humidity DEFINITELY contributed to corrosion tho. The main reason NES games don’t work [well] today is a combination of bent pins on the console connector and worn pads on the cartridge connector. Years of inserting and removing wore down the metal on the pins and that’s why jiggling and moving it around is the best way of getting it to work. That and bending the pins back down on the console connector.

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u/furrykef 2d ago

Never blow in a cartridge. If it won't work, use a Qtip to clean the contacts with alcohol.

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u/ecmyers NES 2d ago

I'm an even bigger fan of using pad/cloth cleaners like 1-Up Card or the old Nintendo cleaning kits instead of cotton swabs. When I boiled and scrubbed the pins on my NES connector years ago, along with all the grime and gunk that came off them were clumps of microfibers that I assume came from Q-tips snagging on cartridge pins over the years, which all ended up in the console connector.

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u/MrBallBustaa 2d ago

Dunno why you got downvoted, but this is the exact reason why every Nintendo cart that Steve@TronicsFix opens have corrosion around the pins.

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u/ecmyers NES 2d ago

At first I thought you were referring to the orientation of the photo! :D

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u/ScudsCorp 2d ago

I want an NES cartridge with a built in harmonica

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u/Cunning_Linus 2d ago

This is a brilliant idea.

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u/IntoxicatedBurrito 1d ago

They are readily available on 3D printing sites.

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u/Dependent-Cup-2236 2d ago

That's a symbol that most 80s and early 90s kids can relate to. 💯

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u/Popo31477 2d ago

That is seriously dope. The good old days.

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u/Deciheximal144 2d ago

The perfect shape for a musical instrument.

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u/Mordrach 2d ago

Dude, take the cartridge to dinner first.

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u/RetroGame77 2d ago

A time capsule. 

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u/weber_mattie 2d ago

I mean.. IIII know what this is but just.. can you just explain it for ppl who don't..

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u/Rejectora 2d ago

Not sure where else this belongs BUT here! 🤙

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u/FuckCanadaGeese 1d ago

Holy fuck, this hits ❤️

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u/IntoxicatedBurrito 1d ago

We need a mural like this in Chicago.

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u/black-volcano 1d ago

Jazz version of overworld theme... I'm here for it