ToshiroOC

Ah, the venerable Nintendo Entertainment System. Thanks to this wonderfully advanced piece of 8-bit hardware, a large number of us gamers got our start in gaming at a young age. Then we went off to college, where we spent less time playing and more time trying to get the damn console to work. The frustration of getting your favorite game to work without wiping your save game, or restarting it after the screen turned to junk 15 minutes into the game; ah, the memories.

To be young again, and to have a pristine NES. A lucky few are fortunate in that their NES STILL works fine regardless of its age, or perhaps they have found a top-loading Nintendo on eBay. However, your NES will eventually have a problem loading games — even the top-loading version. If you're like me, you're tired of blowing on the cartridges, swabbing alcohol on the game connectors, or just plain physically abusing your Nintendo until it works. Whatever your preferred method, you'd just like it to work without any futzing around, right?

Never fear. For less than $20 and the use of some tools you already own, or you can bum off the neighbors, your Nintendo can be as good as new.

--By Rob Nelson, source: Ars Technica

Article can be read here.

Vampyromaniac

Heh mine still wroks fine . . . still play Bubble Bobble from time to time

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