Quote Originally Posted by gbpxl View Post
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?