Quote Originally Posted by Edmond Dantes View Post
What the hell do people DO to their NESes to have these problems? My NES has been in my house since 1987, has been through some real ass and has even been taken apart a few times, but any time a game doesn't work it just needs q-tips and alcohol.

What, does my NES in particular happen to have magical protection on it?
Minr works great, too. I bought a top loader years ago as well, but it's usually unhooked in favor of the classic console I got for Christmas in '87. A little alcohol at most and it works pretty great, and without all of the vertical lines in thebackground on a top loader.