SuperNES (Nintendo)

[mpm]

I have an old Super NES (Nintendo Game from the late 80's?) to give to
the niece & nephews, but it has a problem.
Hoping someone here has experience with these... Some games will not
play at all. Others will occasionally play - (which SEEM to be
related to either reset button, or wiggeling the cartridge sometimes
helps - but not all the time - and sometimes not at all. In other
words - It could still just be random). Other games play just fine,
every time, no problem whatsoever.

I know I should take an eraser to the SuperNES game cartridge
connector.. I intend to clean that.

Is there anything inside the game cartridges that could wear out?
I've not opened one yet - (will require glue to re-close?) But I
assume it's just an onld-style EPROM and maybe a cap inside? Maybe
in the non-working/flaky games the cap dried out?? (Total SWAG)

I guess my question is: What was the most common failure with these
game consoles??
And of course, and hints or suggestions are appreciated before I get
the screwdrivers out.

Thanks.
-mpm

 

[Tim Williams]

Did you blow in the cartridge?

Tim

 

[mpm]

Did you blow in the cartridge?

Tim

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No, but I'll clean those connections today too.
I did find a Wiki article on the earlier Nintendo model, and it said
some of the games have a "keep-alive" memory battery for storing game
progress / results.

I assume if the battery dies (which is almost certainly the case on
some of these cartridges), that you lose the ability to save a game
midway, but that it would still work in all other respects.??

Anyway, that's one more thing to try....

Thanks.