Post pictures of your video game collection!

[Ninja Spirit]

Just a couple pics of the TV screen with some PCE action on it. (Son Son II)
Just beat stage 6

First part of the final stage

Final boss doing his little pre-fight shit talking.

[Joe Redifer]

Ha ha, no pictures of the ending... he PWND you!

[Kitsunexus]

Man the white Duo looks like one of those portable old people toilets... 


I would post pics of my collection, but it's not impressive. I never really took good care of my stuff when I was little, and as such, all my PS1 games are either cracked or lying under my bed, their cases used as cases for burned CDs to give to my friends, and my N64 games died of cart rot. 

All I have of my collection is a couple of Gamecube games (Red Faction 2, Star Fox Adventures, Ikarauga (no manual) and Megaman X Collection, I have more but they aren't mine, they're shared in my family) and a couple of loose SNES games (MegaMan X3, Gradius 3, Secret Of Mana, Illusion Of Gaia, and Final Fight 3 (again I have more, but those are shared in my family, not really mine).

Lesson learned: Take care of your stuff, or you're not going to have good stuff. 

[Joe Redifer]

"Cart rot"?

Explain.

[Kitsunexus]

"Cart rot"?

Explain.

That's what they call it on the net, and theres supposed to be some expensive spray to fix it, but basically, I left my N64 carts standing on my shelf with the connectors facing downwards. This somehow caused oxidization, and now the connectors are all brown and green (green spots, not the color of the board) and wont boot. I KNOW it's not the N64, that works with some other games that are in. I just lost GoldenEye, Starfox 64, and Jet Force Gemini.

This baffles me, because I left them on a clean dust-free shelf, no moisture, no humidity.

[nat]

Can't you just take a little sand paper to the contacts and call it good?

I can't imagine it's any more trouble than cleaning corroded terminals on a car battery.

[Michael Helgeson]

"Cart rot"?

Explain.

That's what they call it on the net, and theres supposed to be some expensive spray to fix it, but basically, I left my N64 carts standing on my shelf with the connectors facing downwards. This somehow caused oxidization, and now the connectors are all brown and green (green spots, not the color of the board) and wont boot. I KNOW it's not the N64, that works with some other games that are in. I just lost GoldenEye, Starfox 64, and Jet Force Gemini.

This baffles me, because I left them on a clean dust-free shelf, no moisture, no humidity.

The problem with that is if you had them standing to where the connectors were not exposed to any kind of elements,basically standing on  a shelf,,or against a shelf,this would not,should not have occurred. Oxidization only tends to happen if the environment is somewhat harsh,or you introduced a new chemical onto the pins,i.e. Windex,something with ammonia ect. You can take a slightly hard metal bristle brush that looks like a tooth brush and remove it,but you will need to take apart the cart first. Worse comes to worse,you can take a rag,the thin plastic handle of a trow away fork or spoon,or a thin handled toothbrush,and soak the rag in alcohol,place a layer over the handle end each side,work it in the carts pin space,and rub hard to clean. This has worked for me in the past.

[Joe Redifer]

Yeah, I'd recommend the sandpaper thing as well.  Where in the country do you live?  I've had all my N64 carts (all 4 of them) facing down on a shelf for years and years.  Same with all of my SNES games.  Never a problem.

[Turbo D]

zack, post some pictures of the rotten carts

[Keranu]

I've never experienced cart rot or even heard of it before. Laser rot, sure, but cart rot? Never!

[Turbo D]

I think my car has cart rot, haha

[nat]

zack, post some pictures of the rotten carts

Last time I went to Wal-Mart I had a cart with a moldy wheel.

[Kitsunexus]

Your ideas are great sounding, but they all require too much work. And since the reward will only be the resurrection of some old muddy-graphics (albeit fun) games that can EASILY be emulated on my PC and (thanks to today's $10 converter purchase) played with the far superior Gamecube controller, I have another plan that shall be executed in one month from today.

Yes my friends, in one month from this very day, it shall be July 4th.

And I have $580-something dollars.

That's a SHITLOAD of firecrackers, folks.

Well, I'll probably only spend $100, but over here, that's like 7000 individual firecrackers, those good ones too, not the shit Dixie Dynamites, we're talking Black Cats, those waterproof mofos with the long fuses, and if you know where to look, M80s! 


Yes, on that day I will be watching Transformers, eating great grilled foods, and partaking in the destruction of 2 games by a company that turned out to be a Microtraitor and a game that spelled the DOWNFALL of one of my former favorite franchises.

In other words, I'll be partying like it's 1999. Life is great. ^_______^

[Turbo D]

haha, are you going to blow those games up with those firecrackers? you should put it on youtube if you do.

[Kitsunexus]

haha, are you going to blow those games up with those firecrackers? you should put it on youtube if you do.

I would, but my mom's digicam is a temperamental POS with a low-light disability.

I could do it in the day time, but it has a problem taking more than 3 seconds of video. My dad was messing with it,  he must have hit some setting. If I can figure it out, and the conditions are good outside, you shall have your video.

Where in the country do you live?

The "wonderful" world of Texas. Some day I swear I am LEAVING this God-forsaken place, to go to a place where the sun is always shining, and the air smells like warm root beer, and people will gladly shave your back for a nickel!

Nah, actually I really want to go to Los Angeles.