Ever have a cart that just won’t work?

Video Games
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I’ve been able to revive some pretty ratty looking, assumed out of commission carts for most of my time gaming. A couple years back, attacked a Batman and Robin Genesia cart and Banjo-Tooie with some brasso, q-tips etc, and after a little work they played perfectly.

The other day I snagged a boxed Killer Instinct Gold for like 10 bucks. Looked in pretty good shape…of course it won’t boot for anything! I’ve only had this happen one other time with a Kirby Superstar Snes cart.

The board looks pretty clean too.

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Yeah, I have had a few I couldn’t revive: Pinball (VIC-20), Frogger (InTV), Demolition Man (Gen), Atomic Robo Kid (PCE).

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Pc Kid 2 on PCE , never understood why : bought new , always placed in the protection and in the case , and one day blank screen … :disappointed_relieved:

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Never on a cart but I’ve had a few disks that just refuse to read, on multiple consoles, despite looking brand new

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A Sonic 1 cart I bought used. I’m not sure I ever got it working. I tried to clean it up as best as I could, even tested continuity (was good), but still couldn’t make it work. Dumping it several times with a Retrode gave me a different file every time, so I don’t think it’s bit rot.

At least it’s not an expensive cart to replace.

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Star Wars Rogue Squadron on the N64 stopped working for me.

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Bought a sonic 3 genesis cart in an expo and when I flew back home I discovered it wouldn’t boot :frowning:

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Dang man, that sucks to hear!

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My copy of comix zone. It never worked.

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i picked up a genesis copy of road rash forever ago - ive tried alcohol, brasso and so much, it just never boots. not a big deal with the mega everdrive about, but still sucks.

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Had a few that have needed mass cleaning (recently a copy of Duck Tales on Gameboy that had a BLACK PCB from what looked like a coca-cola spill), but nothing that’s refused to boot.

Definitely had faulty discs though.

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My Clock Tower on SuFami never worked right, couldn’t make it passed the damn intro sequence.

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I have a Zen Intergalactic Ninja for NES that wont run. Cleaned the shit out of the pins and get nothing,shame as its pretty rare.

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I have a copy of Batman on Famicom that simply wont run, as well as a copy of Final Lap Twin on PC Engine that refuses to start after any sort of cleaning. Not sure what the hell is up with either one of those.

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Bonk’s Revenge/ PC Kid 2 has one of the highest failure rates for Hucards. There was a thread about it on the pcenginefx forums.

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I work about 10-12 hours a week working with my friend that owns a retro game store and I’ve cleaned and tested hundreds of games. I have had a couple I couldn’t get to work, most were ruined by having soda spilled all over them. However, Gauntlet 4 still drove me crazy because the copy was in mint condition and only booted up once. I could never get that game to work for some freakin reason.

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Isn’t there a history of Tengen Genesis carts having issues? I seem to remember hearing about that somewhere.

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Yeah, Grind Stormer seems to be a major one for being defective.

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Yup, I forgot, I do have a Grind Stormer cart that only works on my Retron 5 of all things.

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I had no idea that you own a Retron 5!