What method do you use to clean your old games?

[John-Lennon]

Hey guys,
I was just wondering what your cleaning solutions were to your old stubborn games that don't work right.

My method:
I usually use rubbing alcohol at first.
If that doesn't work, I take it apart and sand the contacts down with 1000 grit, then to clean the residue from the sanding, I spray the game with Scrubbing Bubbles. I then wipe down the contacts with a paper towel and blow through the chips. I then let it dry for 15 minutes and then works as if it were brand new.

[Robocop2]

I usually use a Q-tip and some rubbing alcohol, so far that has taken care of it every time. Of course just for nostalgia sometimes I blow on the contacts (I know I know, thats a no no)

[leatherrebel5150]

Hey guys,
I was just wondering what your cleaning solutions were to your old stubborn games that don't work right.

My method:
I usually use rubbing alcohol at first.
If that doesn't work, I take it apart and sand the contacts down with 1000 grit, then to clean the residue from the sanding, I spray the game with Scrubbing Bubbles. I then wipe down the contacts with a paper towel and blow through the chips. I then let it dry for 15 minutes and then works as if it were brand new.

I cringe every time I get a game that someone has sanded the contacts on. It destroys the contacts, or makes them corrode much faster. Alcohol is alright but if that does not work just use an eraser that works every time. If that don't do it then there is something else wrong like a dirty connector.

And yea blowing the carts a big no no.

[Snappaccino]

I take every game apart, use a white eraser over the pins, take a microfiber cloth with a little rubbing alcohol on it and run over the pins till the shavings and rest of the dirt come off. Looks nice and shiny afterwards.

[sheath]

I have had no trouble with q-tips and rubbing alcohol. If I go through more than four cotton ends on one game I break out a rubber eraser for a while. This is almost as dangerous as sand paper though, as I once rubbed the gold off of my Genesis 1's Sega CD port connector trying to fix a problem with lock ups that ended up being a fuse.

Overall I've spent a lot more time removing stickers from new acquisitions than I have cleaning contacts though.

[Kellhus]

Piss on em and dry them off with a towel.

[dendawg]

Dawn and a Scotch Brite pad on the contacts, with an alcohol rinse after.

[Zama]

Q-tips & rubbing alcohol are my favorite combination to clean my old games like for the SNES