avatar! | 1,827 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Hey all, so I recently received a few "bad" cartridges/games - first time I've had a bad experience in a long time, suppose it was due... Anyway, I also ended up with a defective cartridge from someone from here, so guess it can happen anywhere eh? My broken/defective NES games Ninja Turtles Tetris (otherwise CIB) Wizards and Warriors So, what do I do with them? I opened them up, cleaned them up as best I could, but nothing... In principle I could try to analyze the board and see if I can find anything that's not working, but totally not worth my time. So, what to do? Suggestion? Do people repair these? It's worth so little money I'm just tempted to give them to someone who would be interested in repairing or recycling them... thoughts?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,952 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Do what I did on NA like a decade ago, pop the back off as parts, add a $10~ basic 1AA battery powered clock kit to the mix. Drill a centered hole through the label enough to get the spinner through, attach the hands, and enjoy. The kit has a loop in the rear, so it's meant to be hung, but it wouldn't be hard to add a stand as a desk clock. Shadowbox with some 3D layered cut out work you see some do with it as the center? Drink coasters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowser | 600 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 I love to fix defective cartridges for fun so I could try to take a stab at fixing them if you're interested I've posted some of my success stories over in the VGS repair shop thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,708 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Use for parts. At least 3 shell backs and 3 fronts with labels. Also you have likely have working chips, it’s probably the pcb’s that are bad. Or give them to @bowser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,537 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 How'd you clean them? Did you try methods a little stronger than alcohol? Like Weiman or Deoxit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,827 Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Tulpa said: How'd you clean them? Did you try methods a little stronger than alcohol? Like Weiman or Deoxit? Not yet, I may add a bit of rubbing alcohol and do the q-tip thing again... But, otherwise just not worth my time to try and play with the boards. I'd rather at that point just hand them over to @bowser Edited July 14, 2021 by avatar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,708 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 If the contacts are really messed up, you could try a little brasso. But use sparingly as it actually wears away at the pins. Also if you do that, then be VERY diligent about cleaning it all off with alcohol. It often looks like you got it all off, but you’ll notice there’s still some there after it’s all dried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,753 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Send them off to am engineer friend for repairs.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincoln | 230 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Put the lot of them on ebay as not working and for parts/repair, watch people pay full price for them anyway. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,708 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 7 hours ago, Lincoln said: Put the lot of them on ebay as not working and for parts/repair, watch people pay full price for them anyway. Or send them to Wata for grading 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 467 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 If the pins are clean and shiny it could be a broken trace somewhere or one of the chips went bad. Can you post pics of the boards? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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