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Omg, lol yes I used to have to do that all the time.
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yeah i did and was luck forget this crap.i bought a new 1 with my newspaper delivering money.lol
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haha yeah...I remember that...I always blew into the game and then if that didn't work i would blow into the nintendo....I miss mario paint..that was a fun game...
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Wow I remember the NES. I used to blow in the cartridge, then wiggle it if that didn't work. After that I said screw it and put it in the Game Genie, which always worked. LOL.
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I had one of these when I was a kid and we, my brother and I, had to blow in it. I would put my shirt over it so dust and stuff didn't blow all over my face. Sometimes we would blow into the Nintendo itself--just in case. I miss that system...oh, the good old days.
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Yeah, blowing in the cartridge was always the first step, but I don't think it actually worked. It think it was the fact of removing and replacing the game that probably did the trick.
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Yes,...there were so many different ways to get the to work. It acually works if you put them in the freezer for a while.
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Hahaha I always blew for a good 5 minutes into the game, then gave a quick puff to the machine itself. I don't think it ever occured to me to wiggle. OH YEAH! And then we found out that if we stuck a pencil above the tray (to hold it solidly down), it would help, too.
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Hahah, when I read this commercial, I thought of this guy's Nintendo bit. Edit: lmao, Why did I say commercial? No one even asked! I apologize for my lack of thought process =P
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Same with my Sega Megadrive. Blowing cured nearly every hardware problem back then. Nowadays with my PC it's a slightly different story of course.
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Yeah...I remember that. ...good times...good times...
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Blow, worked every time!!
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I'm yet another gamer who is guilty of blowing into NES carts. I sometimes do it with other carts as well, especially Genesis. I don't do it as much anymore, for I've learned that the moisture can attract more dust or even corrode the pins. I now use rubbing alcohol to clean games, and instead only use blowing as a last resort.
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Yes, and what's funny is that my son who's five will do this to his gameboy advance games :)
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Hells Yeah I did! I don't know if it helped or made it worse but in my mind it worked, and to this day I will still use that technique.
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I still have my NES and this trick still works! Blow into the cartridge, wiggle it in the slot.. the pencil trick is nice, too. Also sometimes the carts require a good slap before they'll work properly!
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bahah always!
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I Blew in it.
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at first I would blow into the game then the system I would only wiggle it wi'll its playing I still have three nintendos there way better but headsup don't put it in the freezer it will just wreck your system
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XD I used to blow on the game and blow in the console then wiggle it around, throw a tantrum and stop playing it for like.. 5 minutes.. until I got bored and went back to it and IT ALWAYS WORKED :) It seemed to work!
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All the time! What's messed up is that there are people with driver's licenses in some places who are too young to know what you're talking about!
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i remember i would blow into the cartridge and if that didnt work then i would blow into the NES itself, which reminds me you should probably spit your gum out when you do that because i blew a piece of gum into mine when i was a kid. basically ruined my NES :(
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lol
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I was always a blower. I've found it works best... I miss Diddy Kong Racing, and Mario 64.... and omg!!!!! I MISS BANJO KAZOOIE! ...i appologize in advanced for changing the subject a bit, I just miss those days sooooo much....
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i dont remember the whole routine exactly. but i know that blowing in it, wiggilng the game. something with the powere and reset buttons etc was in the process. I actually still have one of the few that works. its in pretty good shape, typically only have to hit it once and it works, but i remember the bad ones of friends.
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a lil bit o both lol
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I would definetly blow into the cartrige you never know what can go in there that will mess it up
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If you mean NES, then i would blow in it but be careful you dont spit into it. If your game is really not working, use a cleaner kit. That helps soooo much! Also, I put in the game and pushed it down and put a game on top of it to keep it down. These things help a lot. If you mean the N64, I blew into it, again, not spitting at all. Then push it in and put some pressure while turning it on, then wait a few second and slowly ease on the pressure. Ahhhhh the good ol' broken consoles!
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I would blow my little munchkin lungs out. I felt like if I didn't feel light headed afterwards I hadn't blown hard enough to do any good.
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It wasn't about the blowing, it was about getting moisture into the contacts. If you breathed into the cartridge similar to the way you would if you wanted to fog up a window, it is much more effective than blowing the way you would if you were to remove dust.
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I still just keep a can of condenced air by my side. really came in handy for the sega games too.
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ahh yes, the good old days....
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Who didnt.lol Even though it clearly says not to blow in the cartrige but it worked.lol (hope you like the pics!)
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Yeah I remember blowing on the cartridge or in the system. I also had this little trick where I would put the cartridge almost all the way and then snap in the back of it. Don't ask why but some how it worked.
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HAHAH... if only we could just blow/shake a scratched CD or DVD these days!!!
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omg wow, i havent thought of that in a while...you allways blow in it man! its the only way....lol
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nintendo usually just needed a wiggle, but blowing was good for SEGA GENESIS, which i actually still have... it may be worth a lot of money one day, lol
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Yeah, I actually still have to do this when I pull it out...Thank God for the VC on the Wii.
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Yes I remember that now! I always used to blow into the cartridge, and sometimes the console itself. Dont know if it did anything tho! If all else failed i would then turn it off and on again and blow all over again. I wonder where it all started... cant really imagine nintendo telling us to blow! I used to do it on gameboys too!
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I used to just put the cart by the edge of the entrance and force it down... now I just hit up ebay for a new 72-pin connector :P
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I will never understand why it worked, but I was always a blower. Of cartridges, that is.
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Well I always blew into it although the directions clearly said not to......but it worked about 90% of the time for me and when it didnt work anymore it was usually due to the nintendo itself being broken not the game itself.
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both and then tap on the system 3 times.
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you could do both but dont wiggle it to hard or you might break it
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I would do a little of both, and if the game still didn't work after that, I would use rubbing alcohol and Q-tips
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I used to just wiggle a bit or tap on the cartridge, that worked too.
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I blow it.
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All the time with my Super Nintendo cartridges. I also found out that you could clean them with rubbing alcohol, it worked.
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ya gotta blow into the game. it means that the inside is dirty. blowing into the system works too.
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Yes I did. Well actually my mom did. My parents bought my Super Nintendo for me then they ended up playing it all time!
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I used to blow into the cartridge then the Nintendo itself then when i pushed the game in i used to hold it down firmly until the game menu would come up...Ahhh those were the days...lol
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both. pffft nintendo rules. i still got mine:)
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I remember that i always blow in the cartridge but if it didn't work you blow in the nintendo.....the good old days.lol
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I used to do both.
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Take the cart out, blow, then wiggle it back in. Not pushing it in all the way (maybe half a centimeter from totally in) would work too, sometimes. That was my technique.
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Both! At the same time! *sigh* I miss mario...
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Yes, you had to blow in it to remove dust and other stuff that is in there. Trust me I still today when I play Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2. That is the only way I know to clean it. Old school stuff!
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Neither...I alwayz blew in the system and then turned it on and off really quickly
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I used to blow the cartridge and wipe it out with an alchohol-dabbed q-tip. ''sighs'' The good old days.
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lol....brings back memories. I would try to blow on it, and if that didn't work I'd jiggle it in place :)
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I wonder who thought of doing that first, and how he or she got the other NES owners out there to do the same.
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that's what she said. haha but no for real i would blow into it and if it didn't work, i would either reset it or try and wiggle it in to make it work.
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When i was little me and my brother had one, we'd blow in the cartridge, the machine, and then sorta slam the damn thing back in there. It worked every time.
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Yeah, I would blow in the cartridge. That was fun times.
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U BLOW IT
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Both, first blow on it and put it in there JUUUUST right for the perfect old skool nintendo gaming experience.
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BOTH, and i still do, it's quite amazing to see the old Nintendo games like Zelda, Super Mario, etc on a big TV Though i found that if you played on it for ages it heated up, and that impeded the play, so i had to save a lot and let it cool down
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I used to blow in my Sega cartridges and press them in really hard to get them to work.
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I always liked to blow (thats what she said). Blowing it always seemed to work but if it didn't i would usually hit it, then get mad at myself cause i thought i broke it, then i would just walk away.
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everyone blew on the cartridge and that worked 90% of the time.
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i always blow into the cartridge first then blow into the console then if that doesnt work...well i dunno maybe blow into the cartridge twice as much again.
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i had the nintendo that you slid the cartridge in horizontally and yep i blew into it, and if that didnt work i'd blow into the nintendo...i had ALL of the mario games! i miss that thing...
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i always blew in it, but i was little, so my dad did it. i ad to do it in every Nintendo system, i got the 64 for one of my birthdays and it would work (i got Super Mario 64 and Yoshi's Story with it) so i bew in it, and woohoo! it worked!
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Both at first it was just blowing on the connectors but towards then end of its life I had progressed to using a butter knife to wedge the games in place.
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I would blow into it as the first step and then rub a Q-Tip in rubbing alcohol a long the connector.
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Idk who would still have one of thoes...
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Oh yes. We would blow into those cartridges all the time.
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Both, haha. I still have my Super Nintendo.. and I have to blow and wiggle it pretty much a good percentage of the time. :]
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yup lol your doing the right thing and blow in the nintendo
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Yep all the time. I have one friend who said he'd never heard of doing that, never tried it, never had to on his. Freaky.
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mostly blow in it
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Blow into it. After getting older I realized that using a q-tip and some rubbing alcohol is better for the game and more effective.
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wow good memories, i blew into it, then wiggled. I had a whole system down. lol
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I user to blow in the cartridge, yes because it worked, that's only cos there was a lot of dust in some games because they were so old
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I user to blow in the cartridge, yes because it worked, that's only cos there was a lot of dust in some games because they were so old
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Me and my brother used to wiggle it and blow and blow some more...but like 5 years ago when I bought a new one, I found out that blowing in it is the worst thing you can do, it puts spit particles all over the mechanism. One trick that I now use is you have to put the game not all the way in just far enough so that it will go downand it usually works. when I get really peeved at it I just unplug it and play my N64 another great childhood memory that doesnt require blowing or wiggling. :D
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I blow into the cartridge and the Nintendo if that does not work. If both of those fail, I use q-tip dipped in rubbing alcohol to clean the connector of the cartridge.
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blew into it, good ol' goldeneye
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I blow in the cartridge loads of time, although my brother gets a little too carried away and spit can sometimes get in there and it just really doesn't help. I wiggle it at times, then I just reboot it. On and off, back again.
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blow
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XD omg that was back in the day. blew in it cos if u wriggle it it can damage the consol
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At first I didn't have to, but after a few years I had to after and before every single game, I also blew into the n64 aswell
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if it was hot, id blow. if not, wiggle
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Both, I also tightened a piece inside to cause a better connection between the cartridge and the system.
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i was a total pro at blowing into the cartridge! I could do it in one swift motion!
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I usually tried to blow in it first, if that didn't work then I would do the "cuss and wiggle" method.
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yup i'd blow and wiggle thousands of times until it started working.
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Both. I also prayed for good luck from the god of video gaming and occasionally struck the cartridge on the side of my palm to jar loose any errant particulates. Also extremely useful as a kid was to blow into the cartridge receptacle to make the two work better together. Still a solution you can use today for making other things "play right." ;-D
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blew in the catridge
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dont blow the cartridge cuz it might mess it up.
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