So I went to my local thrift and the other day and picked up some NES games, and I was delighted for find a copy of the original Legend of Zelda for the NES cheap. I figured what the heck and dropped it in my stack and took it home. Doing my normal post-purchase game check I'll open the cart and clean the PCB and contacts before testing. All my games were fine except this copy of Zelda, which was insane looking:
Legend of Zelda NES PCB Front Damaged by xelement5x, on Flickr
Legend of Zelda NES PCB Back Damaged by xelement5x, on Flickr
Wowser! The cart looks perfectly fine though, I'm not sure what happened here to the PCB since it looks like a combination of corrosion and water damage. I've thought about cleaning it up, but I almost wonder if it's even worth the effort. Any ideas/suggestions on what might revive this mighty copy?