(August 11, 2018 at 11:27 am)emjay Wrote: Wow... so you actually know how to fix them. The closest I've ever got to fixing them is blowing on the cartridge or in the slot, or with my dad, when I was a kid, cleaning the contacts (or whatever they were) for control pads with methylated spirits... but that still didn't help much... still ended up with about ten partially working control pads
Anyways, the N64 just continually resets... so my theory is that perhaps the reset button got held down in storage and is now semi-stuck down.. or something like that. And the Mega Drive is just very fragile... the slightest touch of it and the screen will freeze. And both of them need a lot of blowing on carts before they work, if they do.
But anyway, thanks for the advice
Try this link. (If anything for the joke about the crucifixion painting. lol!)
https://medium.com/@DafeAllen/n64-random...83566a3c88
It requires zero skill to replace pin connectors... otherwise I wouldn't be able to do it. Google it and follow some schmuck's instructions on YouTube. It's that easy.
If your bored one day, give it a shot. It sounds like your interest in restoring your game systems is lukewarm, but it ain't so bad firing up some childhood memories after you get it working again, so keep it in mind.
Also, if you do decide to buy connectors, go ahead and grab a backup set. I feel good knowing I have an extra set even though the ones inside it are brand new.
Any favorite N64 games?
