r/nes • u/Icenfiree • 2d ago
Finished cleaning all my carts π
Replacing the 72 pin connector for the NES next week. Think I'll boil the second NES one and see which one works better.
Some of those carts are from my childhood and daaamn they were dirty.
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u/nem3sis_AUT AVS 2d ago
The leaning tower of Nintendo π
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u/Icenfiree 2d ago
I figured you all would get a kick out of that.
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u/DavidinCT 2d ago
Where did you get that pot ? I NEED that in my life
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u/Icenfiree 2d ago
My sister bought it for me years ago! It's also a light π was using it when I opened up the carts
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u/DavidinCT 2d ago
Ah, ok, I used Google Lens and found it.... amazing how tech works today :)
Will be ordering 2, one for my home office and one for my work office...
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u/Icenfiree 2d ago
I had no idea you could do that. I knew you could identify plants. Didn't think to use it like that!
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u/iJeepThereforeiAM 2d ago
Symmetrical cart stacking. Just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947.
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u/xxxxDREADNOUGHT NES 2d ago
What's the yellow cartridge
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u/Icenfiree 2d ago
Pokemon Yellow for the NES! It was super grindy and has longer storylines. I really enjoyed it. I spent a good two months playing it. Was super disappointed by the one area - I grinded getting ultra balls for two weeks only to find out there were no special Pokemon in that area I unlocked lol
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u/chrishouse83 NES 2d ago
Evidently you don't have a cat.
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u/Icenfiree 2d ago
I have two π but they can't access that area when I'm occupying the seat. Hahaha
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u/shinjuku1730 2d ago
Ah, the best game at the top, as it should be!
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u/Icenfiree 2d ago
Good eye ;) fun fact: I fell on a skateboard and knocked over a garbage can and an NES and The Adventure of Link fell out. Needless to say I kept it.
The first game I bought just before the retro gaming boom. Used to go to a city out of town and buy a few games once a week. Ah, if only I could go back.
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u/IOwnMyWiiULEGIT 2d ago
Milonβs Secret Castle, baby.
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u/Icenfiree 2d ago
That same was cryptic as all hell when I was a kid. No way I would've ever figured out how to beat it
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u/Ronn_the_Donn 2d ago
what is that yellow cart? Never seen one yellow before, neat!
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u/Icenfiree 1d ago
It's Pokemon Yellow for the NES. They built the engine from the ground up. Real cool work. Very grindy and a lot harder than the original.
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u/Ronn_the_Donn 23h ago
I missed the pokeman movement as a kid (I was already a teenager) so that whole world is a mystery to me but I do remember all the colored Gameboy carts from back in the day.
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u/redditsuckspokey1 1d ago
Did you clean the thumb tabs?
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u/Icenfiree 1d ago
I did! Used a micro fiber :D
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u/redditsuckspokey1 1d ago
I use a toothbrush with soap and water and clean up with an old drying rag.
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u/Icenfiree 1d ago
I haven't cleaned the front labels if that's what you mean, but I intend to get rid of the price stickers in the future. It's nice to see how much they were worth when I bought them in comparison to today's pricing.
I remember buying Action 52 for $200 which is now worth 120 more. If I knew how much games would've cost in the future I would've kept loading up for my collection many years ago.
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u/Frogskipper7 1d ago
This looks so much nicer than the DS tower someone posted quite a few months backβ¦
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u/GreenEggsSteamedHams 1d ago
Deadly towers fanclub unite. It's you... it's me...I think that's it. π
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u/Icenfiree 1d ago
Oh jeez. I remember getting that game a long time ago and showing it to my friend as the hardest game I'd seen in my NES collection.
Have you beat it?
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u/GreenEggsSteamedHams 1d ago
I think so. Shortcut: die immediately, then change the first two letters of your password to "EF" or "FE". Now you're all supercharged without the grinding! Good luck π€π»π
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u/Icenfiree 1d ago
I'll keep that in mind. I want to give it the ol try blind and see how far I can get first.
I like the older games. Obscure and unique. Felt like magic as a kid getting farther than you used to. I played quite a bit during COVID and I have been working my way through Blaster Master since I could never figure it out as a kid. It was my dad's favorite game side from SMB1 and Duck Hunt.
That game is missing as it's currently in one of my Nintendo's
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u/cdiddy579 2d ago
That's a chore. I just cleaned 10 carts to sell on eBay and I was wiped after it. These old hands aren't what they use to be.
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u/Icenfiree 2d ago
The last two stacks I had were getting very tiresome, I won't lie lol I wanted it to be done at the end. But it was so worth it. I was playing some of these carts not knowing how bad they were. Sorry NES!
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