I have had a SNES console for over a decade now and its always worked perfectly. Tonight I plugged it back in and I got a new game in it "Super Mario world" and it ran great. I had also gotten Castlevania IV and a Spider-man/x-men game. Note these news games are dusty and mine are in perfect shape. I put in castlevania and it won't work at all. Tried one of my games, it loads and everything. Then suddenly I have to switch around on games, sometimes they work, others they don't.
I have a nintendo cleaner kit (never used) but I'm unsure of whether dust is the problem or worse. Before these new games I never had any trouble.
2007-07-01 15:13:01 · 6 answers · asked by Yokihana 7 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Games & Gear ➔ Other - Games & Gear
the reason they don't work is the same reason many people have trouble with nintendos.
the pin connector doesn't age well, and needs to be replaced. after that, when you put in a game, you won't get a gray screen, and it'll never blink, and should work EVERY single time you use it. however, with a new pin connector, it is actually mandatory to open every snes game and clean them properly too
however, as already pointed out, you'd need the right bit to open the snes in the first place. both the 'super nintendo security bit' and the 'snes 62 pin connector' can be found in online auctions - keep in mind that the nes security bit is smaller than the snes bit (i have both, and just went and double checked)
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if it is ONLY the new games that are problems, you might be in for a little shock. the contacts, the gold colored metal bits that go into the snes, have been corroded, even if you couldn't see it. when you put the old games into your snes, you transferred some of that metal decay into your pin connector - that's why you always clean used games before YOU use them
2007-07-01 18:14:08 · answer #1 · answered by Jim 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
probably just dust and dirty conecetions in the games clean the games and try again i had this same thing happen on a snes console i got froma yard sale for two bucks cleaned the system and games and it worked perfectly, although i got some strange messages on the console if i would put certian games in it before it was cleaned
2007-07-01 22:21:43 · answer #2 · answered by wrenchbender19 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jim has one cause of the problem but there is another reason that could be causing the problems...Game cartridges only have a shelf life of about 10 - 15 years before the memory chip in them fails and becomes unreadable. This could be the reason your new ones are not working properly...they havnt been used in ages and the chips have dried up from lack of reading/use
2007-07-02 04:18:08 · answer #3 · answered by Jason A|retired 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i like playing them older games 2..usually it is the dust that causes the problem..try using the cleaner and see if that works
2007-07-01 22:21:26 · answer #4 · answered by spanky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
super nintendo, ouch thankfully i got you in IM so i can walk you through it, first get a phillips screwdriver. wait no the snes takes the star shape doesn't it. well, hmmm
2007-07-01 22:28:08 · answer #5 · answered by the one and only robertc1985 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my grammy has one
whenever one doesnt work, we blow the dust out of the console and the inside of the game ( the bottom )
2007-07-01 22:20:29 · answer #6 · answered by abcdefg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋