SNES cartridge slot troubles...
Back a few months ago my faithful old Super Nintendo of sixteen years began to give me some troubles when it came to booting up and playing cartridges. In order to get games to work I needed to slide the cartridge into the slot, press it back, and slide a coin between the label and the edge of the slot.
Essentially the games wouldn't sit tightly inside their slot. So I decided to wrap the old girl up and use her as a backup. I went to a local shop and bought one of the smaller models and everything seemed to be working fine. I hadn't used it for a few months and just started playing again recently only to discover the second system is starting to have the same problem.
This time I can set the game in without needing a coin but if I even gently jiggle the system the cartridge moves around and the game freezes up and the picture goes crazy. If I reset without moving the game back into it's original position the game won't even boot up...I just get a black screen.
Is there any sort of cure for a loose SNES cartridge slot?
EDIT: I suppose upon thinking about it for a few minutes longer that it's likely the connectors are worn down.
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