Will a gold or black Game Genie prematurely wear out a NES' 72 pin connector?

[treismac]

Years ago, I recall my cousin's NES never working quite right after he used his Game Genie in it, and I am also fairly sure I have read online other gamers confirming this. In my combing of DP I have read that the black/purple Game Genie sometimes has thinner connector pins than the gold version that my cousin and now I have. So what does anyone know about this? Are black/purple Game Genie's easier on a NES or is it only certain ones? In the thread (which is specifically about the Top Loader and Game Genie compatibility, by the way) that I linked to there is even one post that says that the gold Game Genie can have a thinner connector pin. Bleh.

So...

1) Can Game Genie's wear out a 72 pin connector or was my cousin's experience a fluke?

2) Is there a thinner connector pin Game Genie, and if so...

3) how can you tell?

[Parodius Duh!]

absolutely. The first releases of game genie use a much thicker board. Not really sure how you will be able to tell the difference, model # maybe? Id say most early Gold ones are thicker. Perhaps you could find a sealed copy with a later manufacturing date? I recall GG's are pretty cheap even new, at least at some point in recent time they were. Or you can do what my buddy does, have a dirty whore NES specifically for use with Game Genie and another that has never had a GG inserted in it, shes still a virgin.

[BetaWolf47]

Yes they will. I have a Game Genie that was released after Super Mario Bros. 3, and it bent the pins in my system pretty badly. My Game Genie is black.

[kedawa]

Once you go black...

[Jack7]

Once you go black...

you wear out the opening with a stiff board?

[Rickstilwell1]

Color makes no difference. It's what's on the inside that counts. Joke aside, my uncle once had a black Game Genie with a thin board that fit in a toploader just fine.

[BetaWolf47]

Color makes no difference. It's what's on the inside that counts. Joke aside, my uncle once had a black Game Genie with a thin board that fit in a toploader just fine.

Interesting. To fit my black one in the slot, I really have to jam it in. Makes it hard to pull out.

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Giggity.

But seriously, careful when sticking any Game Genie into a toploader.