The dreaded blinking red light: The bane of every middle-aged adult who is trying to relive part of their childhood through a 30+ year old video game system. The cause is typically a bad connection between the game cartridge and the system. That can be caused by damage, but more often than not it’s decades of dirt, corrosion and abuse that has taken its toll.

Before you replace the 72 pin connector, try this as it has worked for me on 2 different NES machines. Additionally, sometimes it’s actually the old game cartridges that don’t work well. Watch my other video to see how to truly clean them! I was able to get all my old games working without replacing any parts.

Clean old cartridges video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QwjYaBHaB0


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