Blinking Light Win: Fixing your toaster NES for good (72-pin replacement)

[YoshiM]

Update: So what I have found is that if you rub the contacts with alcohol and q tips and insert, you'll get a nice insertion that goes in smooth. But if you go in bone dry, it doesn't seem to make very good contact. And if you leave a cartridge in for any length of time, it's going to be really hard to pull it out. So basically, go in wet, and pull out when you're done.

Ahem...snicker.....snort...dang reading this I'm fourteen again.
So you gotta lube up the cart, is that what yer sayin' ?

I recently got a BLW too to have a NES over at the Air BnB (I'm trying to convince my wife she should go with a "retro" motif due to comments on how old styled things are). That BLW is a PITA trying to get cartridges out! I either have to rock the cart out side to side or use a pliers! Function wise, it works great.

[gbpxl]

yeah I had to use a pliers on a cartridge before. dumbass from the game store told me "that's how tight it was back when the system first came out" and he wasnt born for another 3 years after that. um ok

[Gameguy]

So it has a death grip on the carts like other crap connectors from 15 years ago? Just more garbage then. With a death grip it's wearing away the contacts from the game carts, it's going to ruin your games in the long run. Plus marking up the cases by using pliers isn't something I'll ever want to do.

I'm going to hate buying used NES games 5-10 years from now when everything will be beat up from crappy replacement connectors and poor quality "aftermarket" consoles. It's like finding used PS1 games now that look like they were used as drink coasters. So much for the hobby.

Also, if you're just wanting an NES for an Air BnB, just get something aftermarket with built in games like those fake famiclones or use some type of emulation setup. People into retro stuff today are mostly hipsters who don't really want to deal with old finicky things. They want a modern HD widescreen display, so you'll need something that can easily hook up to it. They'll probably want to stretch out the games to widescreen too. If you have a real NES I'm sure it'll be broken pretty quickly, and people would step on the games or something. Some type of cheap arcade cabinet would also work instead of an NES. You're attracting hipsters rather than real collectors.

[YoshiM]

So it has a death grip on the carts like other crap connectors from 15 years ago? Just more garbage then. With a death grip it's wearing away the contacts from the game carts, it's going to ruin your games in the long run. Plus marking up the cases by using pliers isn't something I'll ever want to do.

I'm going to hate buying used NES games 5-10 years from now when everything will be beat up from crappy replacement connectors and poor quality "aftermarket" consoles. It's like finding used PS1 games now that look like they were used as drink coasters. So much for the hobby.

Also, if you're just wanting an NES for an Air BnB, just get something aftermarket with built in games like those fake famiclones or use some type of emulation setup. People into retro stuff today are mostly hipsters who don't really want to deal with old finicky things. They want a modern HD widescreen display, so you'll need something that can easily hook up to it. They'll probably want to stretch out the games to widescreen too. If you have a real NES I'm sure it'll be broken pretty quickly, and people would step on the games or something. Some type of cheap arcade cabinet would also work instead of an NES. You're attracting hipsters rather than real collectors.

We got some reviews from folks that were tickled pink over the experience using a VCR. So I thought it'd be fun to bring another retro experience. We had people complain about lack of things like a smart TV and other like "modern conveniences" which honestly you see at places way more upscaled than ours. We charge $55 a night for a two bedroom apartment with a stove, fridge and wifi. I joked to my wife who would get disgruntled over the comments that we should yank the 50" plasma (she rented the apartment monthly but our last tenants jumped ship and left everything, including that TV) and put in a 27" CRT and a Beta VCR. After the above mention of a "retro" experience, the idea started to gain traction.

So an emulation box really doesn't hit that true retro experience. If the tenant damages it, they pay for it. I'm not worried

[gbpxl]

With the NES, you're choosing between a really loose connection that barely works or a death grip. there isn't a happy medium. the best thing to do is lube it up and remove the cart as soon as you're done.

[YoshiM]

With the NES, you're choosing between a really loose connection that barely works or a death grip. there isn't a happy medium. the best thing to do is lube it up and remove the cart as soon as you're done.

Sometimes you get lucky and get an original Nintendo made one online. I got one for my original NES, I think from this very board.

I wonder how hard it is to manufacture a connector that doesn't grip so hard. Nintendo did it...why can't others?

[Gameguy]

We got some reviews from folks that were tickled pink over the experience using a VCR. So I thought it'd be fun to bring another retro experience. We had people complain about lack of things like a smart TV and other like "modern conveniences" which honestly you see at places way more upscaled than ours. We charge $55 a night for a two bedroom apartment with a stove, fridge and wifi. I joked to my wife who would get disgruntled over the comments that we should yank the 50" plasma (she rented the apartment monthly but our last tenants jumped ship and left everything, including that TV) and put in a 27" CRT and a Beta VCR. After the above mention of a "retro" experience, the idea started to gain traction.

So an emulation box really doesn't hit that true retro experience. If the tenant damages it, they pay for it. I'm not worried

If people are really into it then go ahead, I'm apparently wrong. I was going to suggest a VHS VCR but figured you probably already did that too. Though if people are really happy with it when hooked up to an HD display then I'm pretty sure they'd be happy with a famiclone. Otherwise CRTs are still easy to find for free if you're looking, though working Beta VCRs are difficult as they all need servicing. It might be funny to get CEDs instead, though funnier if you just got the CED discs and paired them with a laserdisc player.

Sometimes you get lucky and get an original Nintendo made one online. I got one for my original NES, I think from this very board.

How can you tell if one is an original one when buying it as a replacement? And did Nintendo actually sell replacement new connectors? Or are you talking about used ones someone took out of an existing console?